04:02South Korea: Seoul cafe offers spiritual 'zone out' concept to help relieve soul and body
South Korean cafes are breaking new ground with a trend toward personal spiritual healing. One such cafe is nestled behind a mountainside temple on Gangwha Island outside of Seoul. It offers private spaces for contemplation to “hit mung” which can loosely be translated to “zone out” or “still the mind.”
“This cafe seems different from others. As for regular cafes, you go there today, it is not about recovering because when you go back home, you are stressed by your children, by COVID, and many other stresses. However, when you come here, it is not a momentary recovery, but it feels like being cured”, said cafe attendee Ji Oj-Jeong.
Customers can sit alone in a room with a mirror or with a friend to just look into a forest. Other cafes scattered across the country offer similar spiritual healing experiences, which provide visitors with a welcome retreat from the seemingly high stress - high competition lifestyle in South Korea, especially in the era of COVID-19.
04:02South Korean cafes are breaking new ground with a trend toward personal spiritual healing. One such cafe is nestled behind a mountainside temple on Gangwha Island outside of Seoul. It offers private spaces for contemplation to “hit mung” which can loosely be translated to “zone out” or “still the mind.”
“This cafe seems different from others. As for regular cafes, you go there today, it is not about recovering because when you go back home, you are stressed by your children, by COVID, and many other stresses. However, when you come here, it is not a momentary recovery, but it feels like being cured”, said cafe attendee Ji Oj-Jeong.
Customers can sit alone in a room with a mirror or with a friend to just look into a forest. Other cafes scattered across the country offer similar spiritual healing experiences, which provide visitors with a welcome retreat from the seemingly high stress - high competition lifestyle in South Korea, especially in the era of COVID-19.