Filling Cracks and Flaws with Gold

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold.

The technique is built on the idea that by embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. This is true of you and your relationships.

Kintsugi pottery is about embracing and celebrating imperfections, flaws, and damage.

Mindful coaching and yoga are too.

The Kintsugi technique suggests we shouldn’t throw away “broken objects.” That what might initially seem like a “breakage” ultimately adds value and strength.

Mindful coaching also approaches breakages and weak spots as “opportunities.”

This perspective and mindset shift are helpful no matter the underlying issue.

Kintsugi and coaching are both about "messy mending."

When you repair cracks with gold you are not trying yo hide what’s there or pretend the break didn’t happen.

Instead, you emphasize and celebrate the marks and scars.

Note my recent approach of offering gentle yoga while I recovered.

Scar tissue and markings enhance beauty.

They can be a source of strength and usually increase longevity.

The key to the Kintsugi pottery technique is “the use of innovative, unorthodox materials and techniques.”

It is simplified and elegant.

Mindful coaching is innovative. It incorporates creative and often unorthodox techniques and materials (mindfulness, breathing, and yoga.)

It helps you get back to simple and elegant by learning to see things from a different perspective and practicing new healthier habits.