{"id":1062,"date":"2020-06-04T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acupuncturewaran.com\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2024-03-17T12:28:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T12:28:59","slug":"self-care-series-%e2%91%a2coredantian-tanden-whole-body-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acupuncturewaran.com\/nl\/self-care-series-%e2%91%a2coredantian-tanden-whole-body-connection","title":{"rendered":"Self care Series: \u2462Core(Dantian\/Tanden) & Whole Body Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

So far, I have talked about the importance of toes & feet.<\/p>\nSelf care Series: \u2460Toes & Feet<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nSelf care Series: \u2461Ankle Joint<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n

Because human being has evolved to stand & walk on two feet, we use the reaction force from the ground through feet. This is one reason why it is important to maintain your feet.<\/p>\n

However; if you are using\/seeing your feet as a separate body unit, you cannot gain the maximum benefit from the maintenance exercises.<\/p>\n

Good movement always begins with the core<\/strong>, but this is more of internal actions. It is easier and simpler to rely on external actions with outer muscles.<\/p>\n

Many people tend to disconnect body movements from the core and rely too much on the outer muscles. This will create disharmony and put continuous stress to your body.<\/p>\n

I will introduce some simple exercises to activate the core and to reconnect body movements to it.<\/p>\n

The self care method introduced here works for whole body, but is especially beneficial for prevention of lower back\/knee\/hip joint pain, gynecological issues, postpartum recovery, lack of energy,fatigue, urological issues<\/strong><\/em>, and many more.<\/p>\n\t

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First of all, let’s check if your core is well activated or not.<\/p>\n

When you stand naturally, how is your body weight distributed?<\/p>\n

How is the stability?<\/p>\n

Do you feel any tensions in your body?<\/p>\n

Please remember the feeling.<\/p>\n\t

In the East Asian medicine, generally the core area is called Dantian (in Chinese) or Tanden (in Japanese). Since I am from Japan, let me use Tanden in this context.<\/p>\n

Generally, Tanden refers to the area below the navel (about three finger widths below and two finger widths behind the navel). This is where all the energy(Qi) gathers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Tanden\"\n\t

Exercise \u2460 Inflating Tanden<\/h3>\n\t