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Date & Time: <\/em><\/strong>June 18 4PM PT \/ June 19 8AM JT
Location:<\/em><\/strong> Virtual Event
Registration: <\/em><\/strong>This event is open to all USJC members. If you have questions about this event or would like to attend, please email us at\u00a0membership@usjapancouncil.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

USJC Mental Wellness Affinity Group invites you to slow down and embrace the beauty in life\u2019s natural rhythms. This interactive session led by USJC members Claire Cuccio and Jeff Sera will introduce Wabi-Sabi, the Japanese philosophy that values simplicity and imperfection, paired with the ancient practice of guided meditation and mudras. You\u2019ll learn practical tools for emotional grounding, participate in a live meditation, and reflect with others in a supportive space. Together, we\u2019ll explore how embracing impermanence can be a powerful act of healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Claire Cuccio<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Claire Cuccio is an intercultural arts educator, writer, editor, curator and translator settled in Seattle after two decades in East and South Asia. She holds a PhD in Japanese literature (Stanford University) where she first encountered wabi sabi in poetry, aesthetics, Buddhism and tea ceremony. Today, explorations of wabi sabi inform her creative programming in the arts for wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeff Sera<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Jeff Yukikazu Sera is a Reiki Master Teacher and Self-Development Sensei whose healing work focuses on supporting spiritual awakening, self-development, and emotional intelligence in order to fast-track the process of healing your body, mind, and spirit. He uses Reiki, meditation, self-awareness and sound to support you with the journey of healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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