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What is seiza?

What is seiza? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Japan) A traditional formal way of sitting in Japan, by kneeling with the legs folded underneath the thighs and the buttocks resting on the heels, with ankles turned outward.
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Yamaguchi shouted and a hundred people stopped and slowly sat down in seiza.
From Thursday to Sunday we sat in seiza for about ten hours a day, chanting a passage from a norito, putting as much of our entire being into it as possible.
Doshu sat down in seiza in front of him and with a big smile returned the bow.
I couldn't do seiza but I could sit with my legs crossed and I trained from there, in that way.
Beginning kata from seiza not only trains one in the most basic of postures, but the position is also an important physical aspect of traditional Japanese culture.
We were sitting in seiza and he walked past us and then retraced his steps.

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