Excerpt from the book, "Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan", by Oscar Ratti / Adele Westbrook

The Samurai Woman

Excerpt from "A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind", by Shoukei Matsumoto on another way to arrive to a sound mind that all of us can practice.

The Key to a Sound Mind

Gardens, from the book "A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind", by Matsumoto. How gardens can help in bringing richness to your life.

Give Richness to your Mind with Nature

Excerpt from Matsumoto-San's book, on laundry, why and how to do laundry daily and how it helps our physical and psychological well being.

Creating New Rhythm in Life with Daily Practice

Excerpt from Matsumoto's book on Lighting fixtures, and how Wisdom can be increased by the care and attention of them.

Easing Troubled Minds with the Brightness of Light

Excerpt from "A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind", focus on floors and the reality behind the physical act of cleaning, and how we can improve our lives.🌸

Cleaning Is Training for Staying in The Now

Fabulous excerpt from Shokei Matsumoto's book, from the chapter The Kitchen, Bathroom, and Toilet, on ettiquette in the bathroom and details on what we all can do to live a nicer life because of the practice.🌸

Culture of Restroom Etiquette 

Celebrating Juneteenth, a small description of this notable Federal Holiday in the U.S., source Wikipedia. Acknowledging the warrior spirit in humanity which is linked to the power of love as Aikido represents, with a small story of an experience reflecting back energy.

Special Episode: Juneteenth Edition

Excerpt from Shoukei Matsumoto's book, on Uchimizu, and expressing gratitude by this practice.

Sending Ripples of Gratitude Through your Neighborhood and your Community

Excerpt on Gardening from Shoukei Matsumoto's book, and talk of how tools help us when well cared for.

Seeing Oneself Through the Lens of Nature.

Aikido martial arts, meditation, spirituality, and more on ideas of how to integrate into healthy living off the mat for everyone.

Excerpt from Shoukei Matsumoto's book on windows, and cleaning the soul.

Cleaning The Windows to Your Soul

Excerpt from Shokei Matsumoto's book, and focus on clearing air. Also special mention of the You Tube show "Samurai Matcha".

Little Things Mean A Lot!

Excerpt in "A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind", on repairs and aspect of cleaning that creativity is discovered.

Finding Freedom in Cleaning and Repair

Excerpt from "A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind", by Shoukei Matsumoto, and small talk on tips of quick cleaning and thought behind small organizing. 🙂

Change of season wardrobe / uniform care

Excerpt from "The Secret Teachings of Aikido", by Morihei Ueshiba, with interesting information on what failure can look like and how to correct it.

Unifying the Divine and the Human

Excerpt from "The Secret Teaching of Aikido", on how Budo is about love and the defeating of an enemy is really defeating the bad things within ourselves.

True Budo = Love

This episode is in remembrance of the Warriors in Love who have left us too soon in the massacre in Buffalo, New York.

What is a Warrior?

Commentary on flexible use of aikido in movement, and suggestion that celebrities can learn aikido to help their security force!😉

Technique

Return to the book, "A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind", by Matsumoto. Being flexible with weather, or in how we take on new habits of cleaning.

Be Flexible

Returning to cleaning fr it'll m the book,"A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind", by Shoukei Matsumoto

Sweeping the Dust off Our Hearts

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