Yadunand Kamath's Key Ideas from Ikigai
by Héctor García, Francesc Miralles

• Expose yourself to change and do challenging things. This keeps your neurons from deterioration.
• Stress wears down the body much faster. Do yoga, meditation, body scans, etc. to reduce stress.
• Being sedentary can lead to hypertension, imbalanced eating, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and cancer. Walk for atleast 20 mins everyday. Use stairs instead of elevators.
• Participate in social and leisure activities.
• Replace your junk food with fruits.
• Get 7 to 9 hours of sleep.
• Be conscious of your daily routine.
• Maintain a positive attitude and emotional awareness in every situation.

• We don't create the meaning of our life, we only discover it.
• Everyone has a unique reason for being and this can transform many times over the years.
• Humor can help break negative cycles.
• Excessive attention to a desire can keep that desire from being fulfilled.
• We don't control what happens to us, we only control how we react.

Morita therapy focuses on accepting emotions without trying to control them.

1. Accept your feelings. Don't try to control them or get rid of them.
2. Do what you should be doing. Make discoveries through experience.
3. Discover your life's purpose.

Naikan meditation is a type of introspective meditation where you self-reflect by asking yourself the following:

1. What have I received from person X?
2. What have I given to person X?
3. What problems have I caused person X?

Flow is a state where you are completely immersed in the experience, not thinking about or distracted by anything else. You become a part of what you're doing.

Strategies to achieve flow:

1. Choose a difficult task (slightly outside your comfort zone but not too difficult)
2. Have a clear objective
3. Focus on a Single task (No Multitasking)

Flow is mysterious. It is like a muscle: the more you train it, the more you will flow, and the closer you will be to your Ikigai.

• Eat healthy and sleep well. Learn to relax.
• Don't eat meat.
• Don't consume alcohol.
• Eat fewer calories
• Have a sense of humor.
• Keep your mind and body busy.
• Exercise daily.
• Help others.
• Always keep learning.
• Smile and open your heart. Spend time with people.
• Don't be afraid of death.