Yamato Breathing School



Prologue — Breathing in Resonance with Heaven and Earth
Yamato Breath School is a sanctuary grounded in the ancient wisdom of Yamato and the cosmic principles of Shinto, where breath, awareness, sacred word, and prayer are cultivated as one path.

This path opens the “Cave of Light” sleeping within your chest and restores the Prayer-Breath that resonates with Heaven and Earth.

Through breath, the human being binds Heaven and Earth. Through prayer, that bond is purified and aligned.

The inhalation receives Heaven; the exhalation nourishes Earth. At the center of that exchange, Light stands.

Yamato Breath School is a place of discipline to raise that pillar of Light within each person.



What Is the Yamato Breath School
Founded by Shinto practitioner Masayoshi Kawase, this school teaches the Way of Yamato Breath, Yamato Meditation, and the Heavenly Light Kotodama Rite — all shaped from oral transmissions of prayer.

Students awaken progressively through the five, six, seven, and eight senses, cultivating resonance with the inner divinity — the Self as a living spirit.

This path is not merely a health technique or spiritual-style meditation. It is the Way of Light that aligns heart, body, and soul, and binds Heaven and Earth as one.

By training breath, awareness, and prayer as a single act, we soothe old karmic threads carried by the individual, the ancestral line, and the land itself — and open a field of quiet peace.



What Is Yamato
“Yamato” is the sacred etiquette of prayer that transcends conflict and restores harmony.

In the character for Yamato, “human,” “grain,” and “woman” overlap — a symbol of prayer and gratitude that sustains life.

It is the wisdom of the feminine principle that prays for harmony between Heaven and Earth. In ancient times, this was the path of priestesses who spoke with the gods, united the people, and guarded the circulation of life.

Yamato is not humiliation. Yamato is the movement of the soul that gives birth to light and harmony.

To restore that true form in the present age is the mission of Yamato Breath School.



Yamato Breath — The Circulation of Light and Life
Yamato Breath is the Prayer-Breath that unites Heaven, Earth, and Humanity in a single motion.

It is not a trick of “taking in more air.” It is the discipline of welcoming the cosmic law into the body and restoring the circulation of living light.

With each breath, celestial ki descends from the crown, and terrestrial ki rises from the soles. They meet within the chest — the Naka-Ima, the Eternal Now.

That single point is where heart, body, and soul align as one. Yamato Breath is the path of remembering that resonance.

Breathing is the movement by which the universe remembers itself.

Inhalation is receiving; exhalation is releasing. When this cycle of acceptance and letting go continues in stillness, the inner light rises again.

Yamato Breath is not escapist meditation. It is disciplined practice within ordinary life — allowing quiet harmony to ripple into one’s work, family, and community.

In time, breath becomes kotodama — the Word-Spirit. Kotodama becomes prayer, and prayer radiates light. In that moment, breath is no longer just biology; it becomes a key that opens the visible world.



Bridging Worlds — Takama no Hara and the Quantum Field
In ancient Shinto, Takama no Hara is the unseen origin field from which all forms of Heaven and Earth arise.

Modern physics speaks of the Quantum Field — the vibrational field in which all phenomena exist as possibility.

Different languages, same truth: both point to the root of existence.

Yamato Breath is the bridge of light between these two worlds. It is the lived method by which prayer and science, myth and awareness, become resonance — allowing the human being to speak with the universe through Heaven and Earth.



Light and the Dragon Deities — The Flow of Energy
If the sacred pillar is the axis that pierces Heaven and Earth, the Dragon Deity is the spiral current that rises and descends around it.

The dragon embodies wind, water, and lightning — the living movement of ki itself.

This same flow exists within the human body. When it stagnates, the heart clouds. When it moves, the soul shines.

Yamato Breath is the art of awakening that inner dragon and restoring harmony together with the inner pillar of light.



The Heavenly Light Kotodama Rite — Guiding Souls through Light
The innermost art of Yamato Breath is the vibration of prayer born at the edge of breath. This is the Heavenly Light Kotodama Rite.

Kotodama — the Word-Spirit — is not mere speech. It is the sound of light: the voice of the cosmos expressed through the human being.

This rite rests upon three pillars:

1. Shōkon — Calling back the wandering soul.
2. Chinkon — Returning the soul to stillness and safety.
3. Shōkon (Ascension of the Soul) — Guiding the soul to the Source of Light.

When these three pillars move as one, the field is aligned and the circulation of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity is restored.



The Three Pillars of Study
The study in Yamato Breath School is built upon three sacred pillars — Food, Breath, and Prayer — a living trinity of life.

1. Food — Nourishing the roots of life.
We return to simplicity, season, and fermentation, cultivating a body that stands in harmony with nature.

2. Breath — The rhythm that binds Heaven and Earth.
Through the forms of Yamato Breath, posture and heart are aligned, and awareness opens from the five senses toward the eight senses.

3. Prayer — The art of circulating light.
Through kotodama, we purify the field, weave relationships, and restore the flow.
Prayer is not a wish. It is consciousness moving light.



The Path of Light Cultivation — The Soul Remembering Light
The curriculum of Yamato Breath is a path of cultivation that binds Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

Beginner — Awakening of the five and six senses.
You refine sight, hearing, scent, taste, and touch, and open the Inner Gate of Light.

Intermediate — Harmonizing the seventh sense.
You learn resonance and attunement, and you directly feel how your own breath can transform the field around you.

Advanced — Integration of the eighth sense.
You return to the natural state in which the law of the cosmos is felt, and the boundary between “self” and “world” begins to dissolve.

Master Transmission (Inner Path) — Training of the Light-Prayer Practitioner.
You discipline the arts of Kotodama, Divine Light, Boundary, Divine Healing, and Distant Prayer, and you receive the Heavenly Light Kotodama Rite.

A Prayer Practitioner is a bearer of Light — one who joins the human and the divine through breath.



The Founder’s Path — Raising Pillars of Light
From early childhood I felt the breath of the gods and walked beside my father as he offered land pacification and ancestral repose.

By the age of four I was reciting the Heart Sutra; prayer had already become part of my daily life.

This was not religion as knowledge. It was a living faith — seeing nature itself as divine.

In time I came to understand that throughout this land of Japan runs a lineage of righteousness: a way of living that mirrors the law of Heaven upon the Earth with an upright heart.



Pilgrimage as Mandate
In 2015, I received the divine directive: “Pacify the Earth.”

From that moment I began traveling across the country — to battlefields, disaster sites, mountains and seas where ancient deities lay sealed.

In each of those places, unspoken prayers were still alive.

I raised pillars of light in those lands and offered more than five hundred rites of repose and restoration.

This pilgrimage became an inheritance of righteousness — a continuation of the lineage of duty and compassion.



The Lineage of Righteousness — As One Who Bears the Light
In the history of this land, there have always been souls who refused to bow to force and instead offered their lives in prayer for the well-being of the people.

Yamato Takeru no Mikoto, Kusunoki Masashige, Ishida Mitsunari — they may have been named “the defeated” in terms of victory and loss.

Yet from the view of Heaven, they were successors of righteousness — bearers of rightful heart.

That flame still sleeps in the hearts of the people as a memory of light.

I raise that flame again and continue to pray so that “the righteousness of light” may stand once more in this age.



The Essence of Prayer — The Path of Healing Together
Prayer is not the act of “saving someone.” Prayer is the act of healing together.

Chinkon — the rite of calming the soul — is the work of closing the fractures of history and re-binding the relationship between human, deity, and land.

To raise a pillar of light is to restore, in the present age, the lineage of righteousness carried by the ancestors.



Conclusion — Restoring the Righteousness of Yamato
When the soul of Yamato, and the lineage of righteousness it carries, rises again in this country, each person will begin to rediscover the rightful light at their own center.

It is not anger. It is not struggle.
It is quiet correctness. Gentle courage.

Yamato Breath is the living path of this righteousness in daily life.

Through breath we learn harmony.
Through prayer we heal history.
Through living itself we become prayer.

To mirror the law of Heaven upon the Earth,
and to walk that law with an upright heart —
this is the righteousness of Yamato,
and this is the mission Yamato Breath School preserves and carries forward.

— Masayoshi Kawase, Founder of Yamato Breath School 🌸✨



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Frequently Asked Questions

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Q1. Is “Yamato / Wa” a derogatory label?
No. “Yamato” was an ancient name for Japan and shares its root with “Wa,” meaning harmony.
It points to a people of humility, balance, and prayer — never an insult.


Q2. Why use “倭 (Yamato)” instead of just “和 (Wa / harmony)?”
Modern “Wa” often refers to social cooperation between people — the end result.
“Yamato,” however, names the living act that generates harmony:
humans, the land, and the divine resonating as one.
The school exists to cultivate that living act, so we honor the word “Yamato.”


Q3. Is “Kidō,” the way of spirits, something dark or frightening?
In its original sense, “oni” does not mean “evil monster,” but the unseen presence of spirit and ancestry.
Kidō is the art of honoring that presence and calming disturbed places back into balance.
It is not a path of fear; it is a path of reverence and restoration.


Q4. Is this a religious organization?
No formal affiliation or doctrine is demanded.
Yamato Breath School is a place to practice breath, prayer, and soul-calming.
It does not exist to create followers — it exists so each person can stand in their own inner light and rightful heart.


Q5. How do myth, science, and history live together here?
Myth is not just a timeline. It is symbolic language about how to live in accord with cosmic law.
Modern physics speaks of the quantum field — the field from which all forms emerge.
Shinto speaks of Takama no Hara — the high, originating realm.
Different language, same pointing: the source from which reality appears.


Q6. Can beginners join?
Yes. We begin with clearing the five senses and gently aligning posture and breath.
You do not need special beliefs or technical vocabulary.


Q7. What if I have physical pain or health concerns?
We do not force strain or harsh postures.
Practice in Yamato Breath is about alignment of breath and awareness, so it can be adapted to your current condition.
Tell us openly and we work with it.


Q8. How do I continue and go deeper?
There is a living progression: basic sensory awakening, resonance work, integration of higher sense, and then, for those called, training as a prayer practitioner.
You can walk only as deep as you truly wish. That is respected.


Q9. Who joins Yamato Breath?
Everyone from homemakers and office workers to business owners, caregivers, healers, monks, shrine caretakers, and people doing relief and land work.
The shared wish is simple: the wish to recover quiet strength and remember one’s inner light.



Closing Words
The practice of Yamato Breath leads you beyond concepts and into direct experience.

Not belief, but breath.
Not theory, but prayer.

With one breath you receive Heaven.
With one breath you soothe the Earth.
Between those two, you remember the Divine.

This is the origin of Yamato Breath,
and the living inheritance of the righteousness of light in this land.

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