Start the year off positively. Join us as we gather at One Dojo to bring in the Chinese new year with vision, courage and determination. The ceremony will comprise meditation, breathing, chanting, bell ringing, and a cold-water plunge in Boulder Creek!
Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 | 7:00 am doors open
Meditation starts at 7:30am. Entire session ends ~ 9:30am
@ One Dojo | 3005 Sterling Circle, Suite 150, Boulder, CO
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You’re Invited to Join One Dojo for the New Year’s Cold Water Immersion
If you’re currently practicing Ki training or training at One Dojo and feel you're in good shape, you’re invited to join us for the Lunar New Year celebration at One Dojo.
Derived from shinto practices Sen Shin no Gyo is a Ki training session designed to harmonize mind and body – serving both as a symbolic and physical ritual to shed the past and start the new year afresh.
Come with a positive mindset and vibrant Ki energy.
Following the ceremony, we continue our tradition by going out for breakfast as a community.
The purpose of this special training not to “tough it out” or learn how to “take it.” We are not creating adversity for its own sake and we do not see virtue in suffering. Instead, we are practicing remaining calm when our mind and body react to an intense experience. We are learning to not be slaves to the twitches in our own minds. Because of this, gritting our teeth or toughing out the experience is actually counter-productive. Doing so trains us to resist and fight with our experience. Here we practice the opposite. We practice surrender to the intensity of the experience. We practice dropping our resistance and feeling the natural movements of our mind and body. As we do, the waves in our mind—the initial reactions to the intense feeling of cold—naturally settle. Then we stand up. Not because we have to, but because we choose to. Practicing this sincerely, even one time, is a transformative experience. It will help you be less reactive and more resilient in the face of challenges. It will develop your capacity to remain calm and bring forth your best in the face of adversity. It will teach you how to relax when you experience intense sensations or emotions so your reactions do not drive your behavior and, as a result, dictate the course of your life. ~ Jonathan Poppele
River Misogi painting © Lance McClure
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Getting Ready for Sen Shin no Gyo
The Process of Chanting & Bell Ringing
What is Japanese Cold Water Training, aka River Misogi?
The Benefits of Cold Immersion Training
What is Misogi?