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	Misogi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Misogi is a Shinto practice involving purification in a waterfall or other natural running water.
		There is the Sen Shin tei Misogi Well at the Ki Society Headquarters in Japan, where people perform misogi with cold water before sunrise.
		Misogi is also used in some forms of martial arts, especially Aikido to prepare the mind for training and to learn how to develop your "centre".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Misogi (335 words)

	Misogi, Chinkon, Kansha
		The activities of Aiki, Misogi, and Chinkon all share the same aim; they are nothing less than sacred vehicles meant to bring humankind into accord with Daishizen...to enable humankind to wald the Kami no Michi, and to live the life of Makoto.
		In the most literal sence O' Misogi Harai is the practice of removing kegare (pollution) from the body/mind/spirit by ritual bathing in cold moving water...purification in a river, waterfall or sea.
		Misogi practices can be subclassified as those purifying the body (physiological structure), the heart (emotional body), the enviornment, and the spirit (astral body).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/8871/kansha.html (1093 words)

	Kami no Michi 10
		Misogi is efficacious in restoring the natural greatness of soul of which man is capable.
		Misogi in the style of Tsubaki Grand Shrine has been practiced for centuries and there is good reason to believe that people in ages past knew more of the secrets of nature than we know in our modern state of alienation from nature.
		Misogi is one of the important spiritual activities of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine as well as one of its most characteristic activities.
	www.csuchico.edu /~georgew/tsa/Kami_no_Michi_10.html (2697 words)

	Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Misogi (bathing for purification) is the first discipline of esoteric Shinto.
		In the most literal sense Misogi is the practice of removing kegare (pollution) from the body/mind/spirit by ritual bathing in cold water...
		Misogi practices can be subclassified as cleansing the body, the heart, the environment, and the spirit.
	www.tsubakishrine.com /test/Misogi.asp (870 words)

	MI Magazine
		MISOGI: Generally very well but again with most things they take time and once people are familiar with you and what you are doing, then there is more comfort and confidence in dealing with you and shared support.
		MISOGI was never about having a huge catalogue of all things for the sake of it; it was about getting right back to basics with customer service and good products.
		MISOGI: Not a store as such, we have an office/showroom based right near Central Station in Surry hills, Sydney, which was inspired by the little back street store in Kill Bill, where Uma Thurman got her Hatorio Hazon.
	www.mimagazine.com.au /Issue09_Sept/09_ProfilingMisogi.htm (949 words)

	Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In other words, the skills of misogi are Aiki, the way of uniting heaven and earth, the way of world peace, the way of trying to perfect humanity, the way of the Kami, the way of the universe.
		Misogi is the practice of uniting with the great nature and uniting with the universe.
		At the same time, Aikido misogi is a way of harmonizing heaven and earth, a way of producing harmony and a way of uniting everything with the Kami.
	www.tsubakishrine.com /test/kannagara/misogi.asp (668 words)

	AikiWeb Aikido Forums - Misogi Practice in NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Misogi is well known as a set of ascetic ritual purification practices.
		However, as I have been instructed, misogi can also be looked at as a purely physical set of forms, or kata to use a term that may better serve to illustrate my point, that contain a single, common point of focus.
		Misogi as a practice has been handed down to us as an oblique, but ever-lasting distillation of knowledge that can not be misinterpreted or watered down, to use a pun, as it is shared from one generation to the next.
	www.aikiweb.com /forums/printthread.php?t=4916 (905 words)

	Bu Jin Newsletter: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Whenever Budo used to visit Misogi at her dojo his skin would prickle from the disinfectant used to scrub the walls and his eyes would smart from the billows of air freshener she squirted about.
		Misogi's was so white that she looked like a bear in a blizzard and Budo, well - at least, he didn't smell.
		Misogi being the good cousin and dedicated Aikidoist that she was, spent half her time teaching at her dojo and half her time at Budo's.
	www.bujindesign.com /newsletter/2001.3.vol14/index.shtml (1019 words)

	Yamato ideal - SixthWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ancient Misogi was cleansing his physical and astral bodies with clean water at natural sacred place.
		It is common for one to perform Misogi with one's own blood, for example, by seppuku.
		If one performs Misogi using the blood of an enemy, he can be tried as a criminal, although judgement will be taken in consideration the act of Misogi.
	wiki.dumpshock.com /index.php/Yamato_ideal (790 words)

	Misogi - Shipping & Policies
		Due to variable fuel charges and delivery costs, MISOGI does not add the cost of delivery to your purchase alternatively a member of staff will contact you within 24 hours of your purchase to give the best possible option and finalise your order.
		MISOGI also uses the services of transport brokers to find the best delivery solution for you.
		MISOGI may also need to release certain information on products and orders to carriers, and customs authorities for custom clearance and by law.
	www.misogi.com.au /about_shippingRates.asp (382 words)

	SHINKIKAN - AIKIDOJO OF HOUSTON
		“In short, misogi is a washing away of all defilements, a removal of all obstacles, a separation from disorder, an abstention from negative thoughts, a radiant state of unadorned purity, the accomplishment of all things, a condition of lofty virtue, and a spotless environment.
		In misogi one returns to the very beginning, where there is no differentiation between oneself and the universe.
		Please remember that misogi is done at all times while we train at the dojo, not only when we pick up the jo to do this exercise, and more specifically, at all times throughout our lives.
	www.shinkikan.com /lessons/week2.shtml (313 words)

	Another Perspective on Misogi
		While the two are of different affiliations, with somewhat different approaches to the art, the misogi have in common immersion in very cold water and chanting; in one instance while doing bokken cuts and in the other while ringing bells.
		Misogi is often described as a "cleansing" or "purification".
		In this sense, it's connected to such religious based rites as the ritual cleansing of Orthodox Jewish woman in a mikvah (communal bathhouse) and the medieval Christian practice of self-flagellation.
	ejmas.com /tin/2005tin/tinart_rosen_0105.html (483 words)

	Glossary
		The correct distance to be maintained between yourself and your partner; the immediate surroundings and one's own position determine this spacing.
		Although misogi rites usually involve water purification (e.g.
		In the Ki Society we practice a form of misogi adapted from the Ichikukai Temple.
	home.att.net /~kcaikido/Glossary.htm (1333 words)

	Jihonjuku: The Aikido Academy of Warrior Spirit - Aikido Meditation
		The shamanistic practice of mystical breathing and meditation of uniting the divine and human spirits was often used in old times in the preparation of waterfall misogi, an ascetic practice of standing under a freezing waterfall for long periods of time, in meditation, with the objective of cleansing the mind, body, and spirit.
		O Sensei often practiced this kind of misogi (spiritual cleansing), but to O Sensei, aikido was his daily misogi practice.
		For this reason the founder would prepare for the misogi of his aikido training by performing chinkon-kishin techniques in his warmups.
	theaikidodojo.com /articles/chinkon.htm (1328 words)

	Shugenkai Scrapbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I was fortunate to attend the misogi at the Winter Seminar, and also fortunate to view the pictures of last year's New Year's Day Misogi.
		I was further stymied by the fact that I found the previous misogi of bell-ringing enjoyable (foot pain notwithstanding) and had a fuzzy idea in my genes that if I didn't find pouring frozen water on my head enjoyable then I shouldn't do it.
		The misogi left me with a few days of elbows that wouldn't bend, yet my shoulders and wrists were fine, but I can't decide if I was letting my elbows bend too much with the momentum of the jo, or alternately forcing them to stay rigid.
	www.shugenkai.com /conymis05heidi.html (839 words)

	Japan HTML:HTML:1995:f95p2.html
		This autobiography is a spiritual journey through the nightmare of the Japanese defeat in New Guinea, through years of the spiritual exercise of Misogi, Japanese waterfall purification.
		Misogi is a quite different experience that links us both to nature and to one another.
		This experience can be witnessed in the award winning film, Misogi, and through the beautiful new videotape entitled, "Tsubaki through the Seasons-" This video beautifully shows how Shinto integrates life into the rhythm of the seasons.
	www.csuchico.edu /~georgew/tsa/nl/f95p2.html (1217 words)

	Texas Shinto Study Group
		The Texas Shinto Study Group (www.texasshinto.org) and Round Rock Bujinkan (www.roundrockbujinkan.com) will be holding a New Year's Day Misogi at 1 PM at Barton Springs on Saturday, January 1st, 2005.
		Misogi is a great ritual for purifying one's self; especially at the start of the new year.
		Heart Misogi is releasing old thought patterns and beliefs that are no longer life enhancing, moving towards a positive mental life and understanding of Kannagara to obtain inner peace and harmony, manifesting Kansha (thankfulness) leading to a balanced heart whose attributes are: Akaki Kokoro - purity and cheerfulness of heart
	www.texasshinto.org /2005misogi.html (457 words)

	What is Shinto? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This act of ritual washing is the beginning of the idea of Misogi, the physical act of ritual purification in water which is the prototype of the Shinto ritual of O-harai or purification.
		The activities of Aikido, Misogi, and Chinkon all share the same aim; they are nothing less than sacred vehicles meant to bring humankind into accord with Daishizen...to enable humankind to walk the Kami no Michi, and to live the life of Makoto.
		The basis for these Gyo (austere training methods) [Aikido, Misogi, Chinkon] is that of yangizing (densifying, centripetalizing) the physiological structure so it becomes a more clear channel or antennae for the infinite ki (vibratory essence) of heaven.
	www2.gol.com /users/coynerhm/shinto.html (2443 words)

	Shinto Concepts - Elementary Guide to Japanese Shinto Concepts
		The act of cleansing is called Misogi, and the actual washing of hands and mouth with water is called Temizu.
		Some Japanese still practice the old tradition of sprinkling water at the gate of their home in the morning and evening to purify the family environs.
		Misogi Shuho means to conduct one's own purification ritual by bathing in the sea, the river, or by standing underneath a waterfall cascading at freezing temperatures.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/shinto-concepts.shtml (3992 words)

	Budovideos.com - Misogi: Purification of Mind & Body DVD with John Stevens
		Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the martial art of Aikido, defined Misogi as a washing away of all defilements, a removal of obstacles, a separation from disorder, an abstention from negative thoughts, a radiant state of unadorned purity, the accomplishment of all things, a condition of lofty virtue and spotless environment.
		In Misogi, one returns to the very beginning, where one is at harmony with the universe.
		Included are sections on misogi no ken, misogi no jo, misogi no kami jo, misogi no awase (paired forms with staffs), misogi no fan, and sho chiku bai swordplay.
	www.budovideos.com /shop/catalog/product_20123_Misogi_Purification_of_Mind__Body_DVD_with_John_Stevens.html (239 words)

	Aikido North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Misogi means purification of the mind, body, and spirit.
		Misogi can be achieved through many different ways.
		Misogi can also be obtained through meditation, caring and doing things for others, and by performing chores such as cleaning and painting the dojo.
	www.aikidonorth.org /htm/misogi.htm (292 words)

	FightingArts Forums: Misogi, ritual spiritual purification
		The actual reason O-Sensei practiced Misogi was not because it was a mystical Shinto practice, by any means.
		There is a real basis for this practice, one rooted in a clear physical science that has been observed in its true form and practiced by a limited number of followers for thousands of years.
		By that I mean incorporating things like misogi, macrobiotics, chinkon kishin, shodo etc. into their daily practice.
	www.fightingarts.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/13812770/Main/273908 (1088 words)

	Misogi - Our Company
		It was MISOGI's strong passion in martial arts and the need to bring the philosophy, sensibility, spirituality and teachings of the art into its, product and brand culture.
		When buying martial arts products from MISOGI you are getting a piece of the art and tradition that is lacking in today's industry.
		MISOGI aims to put art back into contemporary martial arts by establishing a standard not seen before in Australia.
	www.misogi.com.au /about_ourCompany.asp (146 words)

	Fumio Toyoda Sensei, A Memorial Tribute Written by Gaku Homma
		Ichiku Kai Misogi dojo was also a place of misogi training for Koichi Tohei Sensei, who later became the founder of Ki Aikido.
		The training practiced at Ichiku Kai Misogi dojo was also later incorporated into the Ki Aikido taught by Koichi Tohei Sensei.
		Misogi shugyo at the time, consisted of three continuous days of vigorous chanting seated in seiza, (a sitting position on ones knees) spurred on by slaps and yells of senior students.
	www.nippon-kan.org /senseis_articles/toyoda_memorial.html (2432 words)

	Aiki-Talk #2: Misogi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I believe that the ability to transcend the intense cold of the water was enhanced by recognizing that others in the group were having the same experience.
		SCOTT: I feel that misogi can also be found in regular aikido training, which requires a particular state of mind to transcend all the distractions (pain included) that can hinder one's presence on the mat.
		In that last sense, perhaps misogi is an ingredient of shugyo, which, I am told, extends from training on the mat to the way one lives life.
	aikido.uchicago.edu /aiki-talk/aiki-talk-2_misogi.html (726 words)

	DailyOM - Misogi Diet
		The Shinto art of cleansing known as misogi brings us closer to the earth by ridding our bodies of pollutants, thereby leaving us purified in body, mind and spirit.
		Misogi follows the macrobiotic principals, taking into account the composition and origins of food to find balance within the diet by avoiding extremes.
		When following the tenants of the misogi diet, one's plate should reflect thousands of years of the tradition of eating mainly grains and locally-grown, seasonal vegetables.
	www.dailyom.com /articles/2004/160.html (310 words)

	Misogi class for Kagami Biraki, Saturday 15th January (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		What is clear is that it is often used as a re-dedication to training, and as an opportunity to reflect upon ourselves and our actions of the previous year.
		Although Misogi was a part of O Sensei's daily life, many UK dojos do misogi together on specific occasions, just a few times a year - Kagami Biraki being one of them.
		Having heard about the forms of misogi practised by Swansea and Port Talbot dojos, we decided to institute one in our dojo this year, to coincide with the week of Kagami Baraki.
	www.aberaikido.fsnet.co.uk /archives/pictures/misogiclassjan05 (804 words)

	Misogi - Aikido - tribe.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This ritual was part of his misogi training and one of his ways of connecting with the divine world.
		The Founder said that every day is misogi waza, which translates as "ridding oneself of jaki," a concept that has passed down from ancient times in Japan.
		I do misogi and shugyo because I can give all my feeling- whether it is the joy of winning a decision on protecting old growth or the sorrow of losing a friend in a car accident- to the bell or the jyo or the water.
	www.tribe.net /thread/6b76b925-235a-4941-b579-3d3a7d15444a?tribeid=29ed52b5-41ac-42a0-a333-2e49aa7f1f73 (1451 words)

	The Blessings of Water -Mikumari God,Kawakami God-
		In preparation for welcoming the spirit of the gods and holding a feast, people had to avoid impurity and perform monoimi (8) while waiting for the day to arrive; misogi* was performed for this purpose.
		And even those from mountain villages who go all the way down to the beach to do misogi have names for this journey: "hama-ori" (going down to the beach) and "hama-iki" (going to the beach).
		In areas far from the sea, people began to perform misogi in rivers, believing that seawater entered the rivers during high tides.
	www.kansai.gr.jp /culture_e/water/bless/god.htm (750 words)

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