Find clarity and balance through the samurai practice of stillness. Inspired by Let the Samurai Be Your Guide, this article explores how mindfulness, honor, and presence help us navigate stress, uncertainty, and modern-day challenges.

Photo by Mogami Kariya , used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)  licence. Wikimedia Commons+1 In the heart of every samurai was an unspoken vow to live with integrity, discipline, and honor, no matter the cost. Centuries later, on the baseball fields of America, that same spirit lives on in a young man from Ōshū, near Sendai in northern Japan.  From an early age, Ohtani was different. At just eighteen, he wrote down a detailed chart

Discover the deeper meaning of Makoto (誠), the Bushido virtue of honesty. In Let the Samurai Be Your Guide, Lori Tsugawa Whaley shares how the samurai’s unwavering truthfulness can guide us toward authentic living, trustworthy leadership, and inner peace.

Explore the Bushido virtue of Loyalty (忠義) and its timeless power to shape character, community, and purpose. In Let the Samurai Be Your Guide, Lori Tsugawa Whaley reflects on stories—from the 47 Rōnin to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team—that reveal how true loyalty endures beyond hardship and honors values greater than self.

For many years, the word Ikigai  has captivated the hearts and minds of people around the world. It has been beautifully illustrated in...

In the Code of Bushido, honor was the soul of the samurai, an inner compass guiding every action with integrity, courage, and respect. Drawing from Let the Samurai Be Your Guide, this reflection explores how living with honor, keeping one’s word, doing what’s right, and upholding dignity, remains a timeless path to a noble life.