Why Ikigai? The Oxford English Dictionary defines ikigai as "a motivating force; something or someone that gives a person a sense of purpose or a reason for living". More generally it may refer to something that brings pleasure or fulfilment.[1] The term compounds two Japanese words: iki (生き, meaning 'life; alive') and kai (甲斐, meaning '(an) effect; (a) result; (a) fruit; (a) worth; (a) use; (a) benefit; (no, little) avail') (sequentially voiced as gai), to arrive at 'a reason for living [being alive]; a meaning for [to] life; what [something that] makes life worth living; a 'raison d'être'. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai Do you accept visitors? Well yes, year round 🙂 It’s a multi-purpose agricultural tourism conservation animal to human healing project. First of 100 planned in the US. So far we’ve had 4500+ visitors from all over the world since July of 2019. This year we became ikigai Sanctuary as it’s more inline with our core purpose and vision. Here’s a central place for links to everything related to this project. More will be added. It’s getting hard to manage it all, so this is the easiest way too keep people in the know :) https://linktr.ee/ikigaisanctuary Ikigai Sanctuary (The non profit/pending 501c3) Will operate the following : Ikigai Animal Sanctuary (The property) Ikigai Intentional Community (The IC) https://www.ic.org/directory/downer-ranch/ (url to change - refer to https://linktr.ee/ikigaisanctuary for updated url) Camp Ikigai (The hospitality, tiny cabins, campground and retreats unit) https://campikigai.com (launching spring) Mine Hill Tiny Homes (Alternative Lifestyle Home Builder) (website launching late spring) Bear Mountain IT (Full Service MSP/WebHost/Off and On Grid Energy and Automation Systems) (website launching late spring) PawsOnTheFly (Mobile pet grooming, training, doggie daycare) (Launching mid-spring)
