Otonamaki – Adult wrapping
The Japanese are going truly crazy. Their workaholism combined with their lonely lives is driving them nuts. Everyone is very much aware how we Indians tightly wrap our new borns. It is done to give them warmth and security during their early days. While the hands and torso are wrapped snugly, not too tightly, the legs are wrapped relatively loose. It also makes a new born feel more secure since it has just left its mothers womb. Similarly, the new born babies in Japan are also swaddled in cloth. This is known as Ohinamaki.
One day some marketing savvy guy or gal in Japan came out with the idea that, if adults are wrapped similarly, it will also give a similar secure feeling to them. And one must give credit to the Japanese for thinking of the most original names for any new idea they bring about-so the adult swaddling is creatively named Otonamaki. But wrapping style of Otonamaki is quite different from that of Ohinamaki. While the new borns are wrapped with the hands to the sides and then crossed over their stomach while the legs are kept relatively loose, in Otonamaki, the hands and legs are kept in the embryonic position and then wrapped in a huge white cloth. These adults remain in this claustrophobic position for at least 20 minutes and there are many Japanese who swear by its therapeutic properties. It is said that the hip, shoulder and leg muscles become more relaxed and flexible after undergoing this therapy. However, at the same time, there are many who feel that this is a very creepy practice but we will not know the truth about it, unless Otonamaki is introduced in India.
Yatindra Tawde
The Japanese are going truly crazy. Their workaholism combined with their lonely lives is driving them nuts. Everyone is very much aware how we Indians tightly wrap our new borns. It is done to give them warmth and security during their early days. While the hands and torso are wrapped snugly, not too tightly, the legs are wrapped relatively loose. It also makes a new born feel more secure since it has just left its mothers womb. Similarly, the new born babies in Japan are also swaddled in cloth. This is known as Ohinamaki.
One day some marketing savvy guy or gal in Japan came out with the idea that, if adults are wrapped similarly, it will also give a similar secure feeling to them. And one must give credit to the Japanese for thinking of the most original names for any new idea they bring about-so the adult swaddling is creatively named Otonamaki. But wrapping style of Otonamaki is quite different from that of Ohinamaki. While the new borns are wrapped with the hands to the sides and then crossed over their stomach while the legs are kept relatively loose, in Otonamaki, the hands and legs are kept in the embryonic position and then wrapped in a huge white cloth. These adults remain in this claustrophobic position for at least 20 minutes and there are many Japanese who swear by its therapeutic properties. It is said that the hip, shoulder and leg muscles become more relaxed and flexible after undergoing this therapy. However, at the same time, there are many who feel that this is a very creepy practice but we will not know the truth about it, unless Otonamaki is introduced in India.
Yatindra Tawde
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