Make Space for What Matters

Home Retreat Rituals

“Suppose you are offered a cup of tea, very fragrant, very good tea. If your mind is distracted, you cannot really enjoy the tea. You have to be mindful of the tea, you have to be concentrated on it, so the tea can reveal its fragrance and wonder to you.“ These are the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, a Zen master, poet and peace activist, revered around the world for his pioneering teachings on Mindfulness. His words also hold true for life. Life becomes full and beautiful only if we learn to slow down and live mindfully. Otherwise, life can’t reveal its fragrance and beauty to us.

ALIGN | Movement Meditation Sessions

We believe the healing and transformational power of dance. Bundled with present moment awareness, body awareness and observation of our underlying emotions, we create a space for contemplation. It’s not only a work-out, but also work-in. And that’s what matters!

CreativeDeniz GunizDecember 9, 2019dance, flow, movement, meditationComment

Note to Self: Wabi Sabi

w a b i s a b i | Love the idea of perfection of being - not so perfect. 〰️ .

✏️Note to self! “Things can be perfectly imperfect! .
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➰ I guess I must be challenged by perfection somehow that I have started to have “wabi sabi” in my mind these days. May be it is just to justify my imperfectness ( is this even a word?) That’s a possibility sure. Ha haa... .
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➰The first time I questioned perfection was the time when Martha Stewart asked me to divide strawberries into three categories on set for a photo-shoot during my styling job.

Creative, BeingDeniz GunizDecember 6, 2019wabisabi, wabi sabi, creativity, design, japanese, japanese culture, interior design, styling, deniz-asutayComment

Note to Self: The Room, Empty and Full.

“I opened my eyes. The first light of dawn was filtering through the curtains. Without any thought, I felt, I knew, that there is infinitely more to light than we realize. That soft luminosity filtering through the curtains was love itself. Tears came into my eyes. I got up and walked around the room. I recognized the room, and yet I knew that I had never truly seen it before. Everything was fresh and pristine, as if it had just come into existence. I picked up things, a pencil, an empty bottle, marveling at the beauty and aliveness of it all.” – Eckhart Tolle

Dance, I love you!

If there’s one piece of advice that I could give everyone today it is this one by Elizabeth Gilbert:

“Dance. Right now. Stand up out of the chair that you are seated in, or the bed that you are brooding in, or the couch that has taken you captive. Put on some music and dance. Yes, even though you don’t feel like it. Dance. Dancing is free. It is available at any moment.

Meet the Maker: Ipek Sensilay

Editor's Choice, CreativeDeniz GunizNovember 19, 2019jewelry, jewellery, hand-made, necklace, rings, earrings, cufflinks, greece, breeze of greeceComment

Meet the Maker: Neslihan Algunerhan

On this second round of our online pop-up event, we’d like to feature Neslihan Algunerhan, a textile designer from Istanbul. Having received her Fine Arts degree with the emphasis on Traditional Turkish hand-crafts, as well as handprints in carpets and rugs, Neslihan further mastered serigraphy techniques with renowned artists in Istanbul.

CreativeDeniz GunizOctober 23, 2019neslihan-algunerhan, textile, home textile, textile designer, linen, tablecloths, napkins, teatowel, aprons, placematsComment

Meet the Maker: Kerem Alsan a.k.a Keramikos

On this first round of our online pop-up event, we’d also like to feature a ceramic artist from Urla, Kerem Alsan, and his recent work in the form of made-to-order Chef’s plates and salad/fruit bowls under his functional line.

CreativeDeniz GunizOctober 23, 2019ceramic, handmade, ceramic artist, ceramic plates, ceramic bowls, home chefsComment

Making Space

Creative, BeingDeniz GunizJanuary 23, 2019make space, fulfillment, mediation, mindfulness, slow living, breathing, minimal, minimalism, creativity, creative, poetryComment

BeLief

It’s kind of an obsessive interest of mine that I often enjoy and appreciate some peculiar words more than others only because they would have not one, but multiple meanings. Regardless of any specific language…

Object(s) of Our Lives

This story that I am going to tell you now is about trusting yourself, and perhaps even more importantly, trusting “life” itself, learning how to let go and saying “yes” to what life brings to you.

Well, it’s about my significant other…

Meet Contemplate Kitchen!

Taaa daa…Our recent branding project is about to come to fruition soon...

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