Short, unhurried essays on the philosophy of travel — for those who travel with intention.
Hosted by Monika Norvilaite — founder of Aura Vera, Virtuoso-affiliated luxury travel advisor, and former maritime hospitality professional aboard the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection and HX Hurtigruten Expeditions in Antarctica.
New episodes follow each edition of the Insider's Journal.
In the West, we are frightened of empty space. We fill our calendars before they are empty, reach for our phones in the first seconds of silence, as if stillness were a problem to be solved.
Japan has a word for what we are afraid of. They call it Ma — the meaningful interval, the pause that gives shape to everything around it.
In this first episode, Monika Norvilaite explores the Japanese philosophy of Ma: what it feels like in the moss gardens of Kyoto, the ryokan, and the samurai dojo — and why the leaders who travel to Japan so often return describing the same thing: a quality of stillness that was, until then, impossible to find.
Read the full essay at aura-vera.com
Describe the feeling. I will find the place.
