🔵 Breathing method as Japanese culture "Tanda breathing"

🔵 Breathing method as Japanese culture "Tanda breathing"

Breathing is uniform, and breathing is a necessary function to maintain human vital activity. However, breathing is not just about sustaining the life of living things, it is given more meaning. Generally speaking, the method and meaning of breathing differ depending on the society and culture. That is because breathing is one of the physical cultures. In other words, the way of breathing and the meaning of breathing differ greatly depending on the times, regions, and cultures. There are various ways to breathe, such as chest and abdomen, and there are various ways to breathe, such as breathing through the nose and mouth. Just as lifestyles, cultures, and consciousness differ depending on ethnicity and class, so do the ways of breathing.

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Physical techniques are considered to be exemplary in an ethnic group, culture, or group, and are handed down.
When thinking about the act of sitting again, in Japan, modernization has progressed and Westernization has progressed, and the life of chairs and tables has become the mainstream. Along with that, sitting has come to mean the act of sitting on a chair from the time when it used to mean sitting upright because it used to live mainly on tatami mats. Also, when thinking about toilets, Western-style toilets are sitting, and Japanese-style toilets are crouching. In recent years, the number of children who cannot sit upright or crouch has increased, which can be said to be largely due to the change in living environment. Yamaori (1981) discusses various ways of sitting and sitting in "The Theory of Sitting Culture". Again, the act of sitting is stipulated in the culture.
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It can be said that these physical techniques have mastered what is inherited in society and culture. Regarding breathing, it is generally said that the breathing of Asians is deeper and longer, and that of Westerners is shallower and shorter. The emphasis on breathing differs between the East and the West

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4.1 Breathing in life
Breathing in life is a breathing method that is greatly influenced by history and the lifestyle of society. Especially in Japan, breathing was closely related to daily life. You can think of it as an important element in your life. Breathing is also called breathing, but first, let's see what kind of Japanese language uses this breathing. "Breathe in" "Breathe in" "Breathe in" "Breathe out" "Breathe in" "Breathe in" "Long breath" "Breathe in" "Breathe in" "Breathe in" There are so many words that use breath, such as "hold your breath" and "hold your breath." Language expresses human perceptions and situations of the outside world, such as society, culture, social relations, and the environment. Therefore, the higher the degree of what the society values, the more subdivided a word can be and the more subtle differences can be expressed. The fact that there are many words related to breath confirms that breath was regarded as important in Japanese. In addition, there is a thought that breath leads to "living", which is very connected to life.
Saito (2000) analyzed that "waist culture" and "breath culture" exist as important elements at the center of Japanese body culture. Japan has been farming for a long time, and many Japanese have lived mainly in agriculture based on rice cultivation. Agriculture stands firmly on the ground and cultivates it with hoe and plow. At that time, it is necessary to keep the legs and hips tight and stable, which inevitably results in abdominal breathing that is conscious of the abdomen. In our daily lives, we routinely put fire in the kamado, draw water, and chop firewood, but all of these require that we have to put our strength into our waist and abdomen. I couldn't do it well without taking a deep breath. The central axis of the body is the waist and abdomen, and if the waist and abdomen are well-positioned, strength is created and calm movement is possible. This state of resting the waist and abdomen is possible only by breathing deeply in the abdomen. The traditional Japanese view of the body, "waist," was supported by Dantian breathing, which breathes deeply in the abdomen.

Masayoshi Omori, Faculty of Contemporary Policy, Josai University
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