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THE ART OF JAPANESE WELLNESS

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Who We Are

Mogami is a Japanese wellness brand focused on empowering individuals' well-being by helping them discover, learn, and integrate the art of Japanese well-being into their everyday lives. With Japan being known for its longevity, Mogami demystifies its wellness principles in an authentic approach to empower you to make actionable and sustainable changes to your lifestyle. 

We provide a wide array of services to align with your well-being journey, including educational content, wellness experiences, private wellness coaching, and corporate well-being services. 

Our Approach

Mogami's approach is rooted in integrating holistic wellness coaching frameworks with the art of Japanese well-being. We focus on five main Japanese wellness principles that have proven to be key ingredients in achieving a sustainable healthy lifestyle. Mogami focuses on the daily lifestyle actions that one can take to improve their overall well-being, which includes the mind, body, and soul. We appreciate that our life is a journey, and we have to continuously work on taking care of our authentic selves, together as a community. 

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Our Founder

Saori Okada

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A New Yorker's mind with a Japanese soul on a mission to empower your holistic wellbeing.

Saori's passion for health and wellness started at a young age, coming from a family of healthcare professionals. After overcoming her own "unhealthy obsession to be healthy", which Saori transparently shares in her narrative memoir, "Until the Death of Me: A 15-year Eating Disorder Recovery Journey", Saori realised that one's health went beyond their body.

Her interest led her to pursue holistic wellness, where she studied to become a Certified Transformation Nutrition Coach (CTNC) at the Institute of Transformational Nutrition (ITN) in the U.S.
 
She has since combined her cultural upbringing of Japanese wellness with her professional background to launch Mogami Ltd. in London, UK.
 
Saori believes that nothing is more important than our health and well-being. Her approach focuses on decluttering one's lifestyle and simplifying wellness. Mogami focuses on everyday lifestyle design based on five Japanese cultural concepts that will empower individuals for longevity.

Saori holds a B.S. in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia (USA). Her previous work history includes 7+ years working in the marketing & media analytics industry in New York City, USA and Toronto, Canada. She served as the Director of Customer Success and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Saori's Journey

Until the Death of Me is a narrative memoir that follows the innocent beginnings of the author's eating disorder in adolescence and the 15 years of pain, suffering, self-discovery, and ultimately self-love that followed. The title, Until the Death of Me, was how Saori viewed her eating disorder. She was planning on taking her eating disorder secret with her to the grave. The anxiety, shame, and sheer panic with the thought of someone finding out about her “secret” were debilitating. Powered by reflection points and an undeniably authentic voice, Until the Death of Me, takes you into the mind, body, and soul of an individual evolving into her own to truly overcome her eating disorder.

Eating Disorder Recovery book: Until the Death of Me by Saori Okada

Hear More From Saori

Mar 28, 2023

A Wellness Journey with Saori Okada (McIntire ’14), Founder of Mogami

Blog

Changing Her Work, She Changed Her Life - How Saori Okada (McIntire ’14) transformed her personal and professional realities with Japanese wellness practices.

McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, Alumni Student Feature, Saori Okada ('14)

Mar 17, 2023

Moments that Matter with Mazda

Collaborations

In this special collaboration with Mazda, Saori brought the Japanese wellness principles to practice through a #MomentsThatMatter series. Mazda invited three guests and a friend to take a moment out with vehicles from their CX range and had time to connect with themselves and those that matter, stepping out of their day to day routine to experience something different, with Japanese traditions at the heart.

Moments that Matter Mazda Campaign with Saori Okada, Founder of Mogami Wellness

Nov 29, 2022

Igniting a positive spark

Blog

Saori shares her eating disorder recovery story with Beat, U.K's largest eating disorder charity in hopes of 'igniting a positive spark' towards recovery.

Eating Discover recovery story with BEAT Charity

Nov 16, 2022

Talkin' Solutions: Unlocking the secrets from Japan to a more holistic approach to health, wellness, and spirituality

Podcast

Saori talks to William Cheshier, podcast host of "Talkin' Solutions" to discuss holistic health, wellness and spirituality as we dissect the differences in approach between Japan and Western countries. Saori talks about the importance of taking a more holistic approach and understanding spirituality within your life, and how as founders and employees we can apply that to build a strong work culture.

Podcast "Talkin' Solutions" episode with guest Saori Okada, Founder of Mogami Wellness

Aug 26, 2022

The Purpose Effect: Ikigai and Authenticity

Podcast

In this episode of "The Purpose Effect", Saori sits down with podcast host, Elena Kersey to talk about what Ikigai *really* is and how she creates impact by coaching brands, organisations and community managers in how to live and work well.

Podcast "The Purpose Effect" episode with guest Saori Okada, Founder of Mogami Wellness

Aug 3, 2022

VLOG with Kelly Morita | Why I Stopped Looking for my Purpose 🌸 IKIGAI

YouTube

Saori explores Tokyo's greenery with Influencer and friend Kelly, to talk about the true meaning of Ikigai.

VLOG with Kelly Morita on the true definition and power of Ikigai

Jul 7, 2022

Ikigai with Jennifer Shinkai: Sustainable Wellness and Ikigai with Saori Okada

Podcast

Saori sits down with Jennifer Shinkai, podcast host of "Ikigai with Jennifer Shinkai" to explore the art of Japanese wellness and how it ties into longevity, her personal wellness journey, and how ikigai relates to a sustainable wellness lifestyle. (TW: In this episode, we discuss eating disorders)

Podcast "Ikigai with Jennifer Shinkai" episode with guest Saori Okada, Founder of Mogami Wellness

Apr 20, 2022

How courage and curiosity inspired me to lead a more intentional life

Blog

Saori speaks to The Portfolio Career, a global community of world class Portfolio Professionals focused on launching and sustaining successful portfolio careers through learning, collaboration and finding work opportunities. She shares how portfolio careers can compliment living intentionally and shares what she learned whilst launching her own portfolio career

The Portfolio Collective Blog Feature on how courage and curiosity helped Saori Okada, create Mogami Wellness

Feb 17, 2022

The Fulltime Ikigai Podcast: The Truth about Ikigai and Why you Got it Wrong

Podcast

An insightful conversation as Saori joins host Kelly Morita to delve into the real meaning and significance of Ikigai in enhancing one's well-being, while debunking the popular misconception around the Ikigai Venn Diagram

Podcast "The Fulltime Ikigai" episode with guest Saori Okada, Founder of Mogami Wellness

Jan 13, 2022

Ikigai Tribe Podcast: What does it mean to be Japanese?

Podcast

In this episode of The Ikigai Podcast, Saori discusses with podcast host Nick the true essence of Japanese culture, as opposed to the Western interpretation of it.

Podcast "Ikigai Tribe" episode with guest Saori Okada, Founder of Mogami Wellness

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