Welcome to the very first episode of Exploring Kodawari!

In this particular episode, we work through the definition of kodawari and our motivation for starting a podcast. The short version is that coronavirus rendered us stuck at home , and as classical musicians, all of our concerts and performances were canceled. It's now three months later and it's still unclear when we will get to perform again. So this left us feeling stuck, unmotivated, and frankly somewhat depressed.

We decided that we needed something to keep us moving forward—something to challenge us to help us stay on the path of growing, both as musicians and as people.

And the concept of kodawari sparked my motivation to start this podcast and blog. Most of our other episodes will be interviews, but we wanted the first one to be just us—a kind of meta episode about why we're here and what we're doing.

Thanks for checking us out, and I hope you enjoy it!

• Peter Giuliano on Joe Rogan (talks about kodawari)
• Bear Pond Espresso
• Eleven Madison Park
• Ben Morrow latte art

You can learn more about us by heading over to our about page. Or you can read our first two articles which explore the meaning of kodawari more deeply:

• What is Kodawari?
• Circumambulation and the Kodawari Approach to Life

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• Our Website/Blog
• Newsletter
• Twitter: @EKodawari
• Instagram: @exploringkodawari
• Facebook: facebook.com/ExploringKodawari

Welcome to our new podcast Exploring Kodawari! We are two classical musicians, and we feel that the open conversation style of a podcast is the perfect way to think out loud, make new connections, and continue on the path of self development.

We will be deep-diving into various topics as well as interviewing others who approach their life with the kodawari energy.

Kodawari is a beautiful concept word from Japanese, and although difficult to translate succinctly, it essentially means pursuing perfection in a craft. It is the pursuit of an ideal even though you realize you can’t arrive there.

But it is so much more than that, and on a zoomed-out level, it is an approach to life. It is being the best you can be, even if nobody else will notice.

You can learn more about us by heading over to our about page. Or you can read our first two articles which explore the meaning of kodawari more deeply:

• What is Kodawari?
• Circumambulation and the Kodawari Approach to Life

• Our Website/Blog
• Newsletter
• Twitter: @EKodawari
• Instagram: @exploringkodawari
• Facebook: facebook.com/ExploringKodawari