Sakura Smith is the creator of Bagel Bunny, hand-rolled bagels made using a starter passed down from a Japanese monk. She writes about her travel and food escapades on The Bunny Diaries.
#107: Sakura Smith
Tokyo, Japan (“but I am fly fishing in Hokkaido right now”)
What does health, or being healthy, mean to you?
Health is ever-changing and a balancing act. Beyond all of the minute details, being healthy is wondering what makes me feel the best. What food? What drink? What movement? What people? Health is a practice of learning to listen to yourself.
How would you describe your current lifestyle?
My lifestyle is definitely in a transition phase right now. My fiancé and I are traveling this year, and so much of making myself feel good is dependent on the routines that I have in place while we bop around. How do you feel while being in a bunch of places with one suitcase? Simply accessing different ingredients or herbs has been super interesting. Taking care of yourself in a new place is an exercise for sure. With this, I am practicing control and less control.
How do you start and end your days?
This depends on where I am going. I usually wake up and immediately brush my teeth (oil pull when I have time). I can’t do anything until I brush my teeth and put on my contacts. I drink room-temperature water and then make tea. When it is a slow day, I will meditate in the morning, but if it is a fast-paced one, I will do it in the evening. I try to move immediately, otherwise I just don’t have the will. These days, that either looks like boxing, stretching on my floor/yoga, or going to walk in Yoyogi Park. This is dependent on my menstrual cycle and general mood and time management.
I always get a coffee at my favorite shop in my neighborhood and sit and read or use this time to call people around the world. I say hi to all my neighborhood friends and dogs. This part of my routine brings me probably the most joy. When you are in an ever-changing state, I find a physical place to have routine extremely grounding.
I end my day as chill as I can. My favorite time is dinner, I feel like I live a whole day only to sit down and have dinner. It is the celebration. I like to eat grilled or steamed veggies, a protein, and rice. If it were up to me, I'd eat rice porridge for every meal.
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