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Brighten your Face & Spirit!

Zen & Sip Salon 

Sacred Inner Nourishment | Soulful Connections | Creative Embodiment | For Fabulous Women Creating Change!

 A Monthly Virtual Membership, Curated by Sarika

OH, I'M IN! →

Early Access Price

14-day FREE Trial + Then €33 €47  /month!

💕Are you a fabulous women on a mission to create positive social change, one little step at a time? 

 

But you often put yourself last, while giving so much to others around you.

 

If that sounds like you, I’d love to invite you to a new, cozy sanctuary - off social media - where we gather over unique LIVE events for soulful connection, sacred inner nourishment, and creative embodiment. Come as you are. Bring your beautiful soul. 

As a Japanese woman, I know that the gender gap is real. That’s why having a cozy, safe space where we can come together to inspire, motivate, and support one another is essential💕 More power (and money) in the hands of heart-centered women will do good for the world, right?! 

I'M READY!

Welcome! I'm Sarika

 

Founder, Zen & Sip Salon | United Nations official turned Japanese Sake Scholar, blending Sake rituals with Face Yoga and Sake-inspired self care to brighten our face and spirits!

Welcome to your little guided tour of the Salon. Come on in barefoot. Relax your face and soul.

Love, Sarika

 What is the Salon about?

The 3 Pillars

 

Pillar 1

Sacred Inner Nourishment: Face Yoga

 

Did you know that we all unknowingly carry stress on our precious faces? Face Yoga is a powerful, all-natural way to release that "RBF" and facial tension - both physically from the face and emotionally from the heart. It feels so good!

As a certified Face Yoga Method instructor, I'll be sprinkling in quick facial relaxation sessions throughout our Salon events. Sarika Face Yoga will brighten your face and attitude!

 

Pillar 2:

Soulful Connections

 

As women creating positive social change, we often get so absorbed in our mission that we become so busy, stressed, and sometimes isolated, losing sight of the joy that fuels our goals.

The Salon brings joyful, relaxing, and inspiring events to brighten our faces and spirits, while connecting with other fabulous women on a mission.

We also have a private community, off social media, where we can connect in between our LIVE Salon events. We can go LIVE inside the Salon, without Zoom!

 

 

 

 Pillar 3: 

Creative Embodiment

 

 Join us for unique, hands-on gatherings where creativity comes alive through art, sensory science, cooking and nourishing practices that fuel our wellbeing. These joyful, soulful experiences are designed to engage your senses, spark inspiration, and reconnect with your creative essence. It will refuel our motivation to achieve our grand missions!

 

Who is it for?

 

Fabulous Women

You’re a busy women visionary - building a business, or family, or shaping society, with your passion for positive social change, in whatever form it may be!  But you often put yourself last while giving so much to others around you.

  

 

Sacred Self Care

Even super heroes need sacred downtime. It's essential for our well-being and allows us to refuel for our grand mission! Even if life can get chaotic, we always have the choice to take a moment for ourselves to reconnect with joy, relaxation, and inspiration, all while nurturing our souls in the company of like-minded women.

 

Equality & Kindness

We stand for gender and racial equality, honesty, and kindness, welcoming people who share the same values. This is absolutely non-negotiable. Thank you for your understanding💕

 

OH, THAT'S ME!

What happens inside the Salon?

Salon Events

 About 3 Salon Events per Month | Replays saved inside the Salon | 1 Virtual Portal, off Social Media | Salon Events below

 

 

1 X Month LIVE Interactive Zen & Sip Hour!

 

Mix and mingle with your favorite beverage: Mini knowledge learning  + Mix and Mingle + Face Yoga. 60 min LIVE in our virtual Salon

 

 

 

Pop-up Events: LIVE & Do-At-Your-Own-Time 

 

âś“Face Yoga Challenge

âś“Fabulous Guest Speakers!

âś“Members Spotlight

✓Co-Working | Co-Dreaming + Face Yoga during breaks  + more

 

 

 

Face Yoga Pose of the Month

 

Mini tutorial video drops the first day every month. Master one powerful Face Yoga pose every month to brighten your face and attitude!

Greek Cooking with Demetra   

Learn Tiropitakia, a Greek Cheese Puff pastry

| Saved in Salon Recordings |

How to look better in photos!

From a Face Yoga Perspective 

| Saved in Salon Recordings |

Art X Sustainable Fashion X Kimono 

With Aricoco, Japanese Interdisciplinary Artist based in NYC

| June 2025 Guest Speaker: Coming Soon! |

Vibrant Feminine Archetypes

with Gabrielle Thil, Lawyer turned Love Coach 

| Saved in Salon Recordings |

Japanese Girls Day

Planning for a beautiful month 

| Saved in Salon Recordings |

Japanese Sake for Beauty

Learn how to use Japanese sake for self care. External application!  

| Saved in Salon Recordings |

5-Min 7-Day Face Yoga Challenge

Feel what a 5-min routine can do you to you in a week!

| Saved in Salon Recordings |

Stop & Smell: Secrets to Better Living

What Your Nose is Trying to Tell you & Why You Should Listen!) with 

Dr. Isabelle Lesschaeve, Wine / Sensory Scientist

| May 21, 2025 Guest Speaker: Coming soon! |

The Art of Facial StoryTelling

Universal Facial Expressions! 

| Saved in Salon Recordings |

Co-Working | Co-Action!

Get 1 task done that you've been procrastinating forever! 

June Salon Events

June 2025 Coming!

Members Spotlight

The Salon is new and still very cozy-small, but with truly amazing women from Asia, Austrlia, Middle East, Europe and the USA. They are so preciously unique that I just started a Members Spotlight! More coming soon!

 
 
 

“Sarika is such a gift to the world, and one of the most interesting women I have ever met. Her laugh and awesome sense of humour will keep you engaged - she is a mesmerising teacher and draws students in with her sheer love of life and incredible enthusiasm in all she does” 

 

Suzanne Vian, USA, Founder, Saigon Yoga

“​It was great to participate in Sarika’s Face Yoga workshop! For me it was such an amazing discovery to realize what we can do to tone and lift both our faces and our spirit!  Sarika is such a talented woman and simply being in her company makes your day happy and serene! I highly recommend attending her sessions! Don’t miss out!"

 
 

 

Claudia Marinzi, Rome, Italy

Plus...these goodies that make life a little more fun

Bonuses!

 

 

 

5-Min Face Yoga Flow

 

Do it at your own pace ! In just 5 minutes, it will boost blood and oxygen circulation on your face! Feel well and look well! Find on the left side bar

✓Monday: All-Face ✓Tuesday: Eye Muscles ✓Wednesday: Cheek Muscles ✓Thursday: Mouth Muscles ✓Friday: Chin Muscles ✓Saturday: Jaw & Neck Muscles✓Sunday: Mini Face Lift

 

 

Comes with an App

 

So you can have the Salon in your back pocket! Away from social media noise to do your quick 5-min Face Yoga, catch the replay of Salon events, or connect with other fabulous women inside the Salon on the go.

 

 

 

 

Fun Surprise Gifts!

 

Monthly Leaderboard with fun surprise gifts to acknowledge precious Salon members of the month. So far, Helena, Karen, and Ines got the Sake Beauty Balm -Awarded the 2024 European Natural Beauty Awards! Congratulations💕

 Go from

"Isolated and Tense" to Brighter Face & Spirit!

  

âś“Release facial and mental stress through Face Yoga

âś“Connect with other fabulous women on a mission through unique Salon events!

âś“What you get: Relaxation, Connection, Inspiration

 

TRY IT FOR FREE for 14 days, Risk Free

I'M SO IN!

But rather than me trying to convince you, please take a minute with your eyes closed, and see how you feel. Your intuition should tell you if you feel excited to try it💕

I'M FEELING IT!

Lovely to meet you!

I'm a United Nations Official turned entrepreneur, on a mission to to share Joy through Japanese Sake & Face Yoga. I love to eat & drink! 

After living and working in 14 countries in 4 continents - Asia, Africa, Europe and North America - and starting a family, I founded my own company. What truly lights me up is connecting incredible people through my work, and I like to think that my superpower is bringing people together!

My entrepreneurial journey began during the pandemic, with a desire to share my love for our 2000-year-old Sake, a beautiful, but declining craft. I also founded a Sake-infused cosmetics brand, awarded the 2024 European Natural Beauty Awards. To this day, I'm also still in awe that over 11,000 students are enrolled in my online courses! Fortunately, I had the opportunity to be in the first cohort of the EU Women Entrepreneurs Fellowship and the London School of Economics Female Founders.

As my business grew, I felt called to reconnect with my soul’s mission - supporting and uplifting women. (My last UN posting was at the Women's Empowerment Section for Asia-Pacific, and I know how much work still remains to be done.)

My great-grandma, Chifu, was one of the earliest Japanese women to attend university, a hundred years ago, defying all odds. She even crowdsourced (!) to fund a solo 40-day boat journey to Europe, knowing her family would oppose the idea. She was ahead of her time in pursuing education and independence, at a time when Japanese women were expected to stay “in their place.” (In contrast, my paternal grandma had an arranged teenage marriage to my much older grandpa.)

Inspired by the women who went before me, and growing up experiencing gender stereotyping in Japan, my drive for positive social change—toward an inclusive, equal society—has always been a guiding force. It's the reason why I originally joined the UN because I wanted to change the world! 

At this half-way point in my life, I felt called to create a cozy space where I could bring together all my expertise from Face Yoga to Japanese Sake to women's empowerment - to uplift and empower others on their own journeys. 

Now, I’m thrilled to meet and connect with other visionary women like you. I created this Salon for meaningful connection, inspiration, and relaxation, because we all need a little fun downtime to achieve our big missions. (I bet my great-grandma would have loved to join us!)

I can’t wait to welcome you to the Zen & Sip Salon! You’re meant to be here💕

Love! Sarika 

 

How to Join

14-day FREE Trial + Then €33 €47  /month! 

 

The Salon was just an idea in my heart, but now, it’s alive! I’m deeply honored that truly beautiful souls have already joined me in the Salon. It’s just the beginning right now!

As the Salon develops, the membership price will rise gradually over time (to, €47/month, etc) but you'll lock in this special price forever, even when the price rises later, as long as you continue to remain a member because you jumped in at the start! Yay!

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