t SCIENCE OF BEE ATE. 



undoubtedly "gets into harness" in his work of controlling 

 the body and mind by the Will. 



Yoga is divided into several branches, ranging from 

 that which teaches the control of the body, to that which 

 teaches the attainment of the highest spiritual develop- 

 ment. In the work we will not go into the higher phases 

 of the subject, except when the "Science of Breath" touches 

 upon the same. The "Science of Breath" touches Yoga at 

 many points, and although chiefly concerned with the 

 development and control of the physical, has also its 

 psychic side, and even enters the field of spiritual develop- 

 ment. 



In India there are great schools of Yoga, comprising 

 thousands of the leading minds of that great country. The 

 Yoga philosophy is the rule of life for many people. The 

 pure Yogi teachings, however, are given only to the few, 

 the masses being satisfied with the crumbs which fall from 

 the tables of the educated classes, the Oriental custom in 

 this respect being opposed to that of the Western world. 

 But Western ideas are beginning to have their effect even 

 in the Orient, and teachings which were once given only 

 to the few are now freely offered to any who are ready 

 to receive them. The East and the West are growing 

 closer together, and both are profiting by the close contact, 

 each influencing the other. 



The Hindu Yogis have always paid great attention to 

 the Science of Breath, for reasons which will be apparent 

 to the student who reads this book. Many Western writers 

 have touched upon this phase of the Yogi teachings, but 

 we believe that it has been reserved for the writer of this 

 work to give to the Western student, in concise form and 

 simple language, the underlying principles of the Yogi 

 Science of Breath, together with many of the favorite Yogi 

 breathing exercises and methods. We have given the 

 Western idea as well as the Oriental, showing how one 

 dovetails into the other. We have used the ordinary Eng- 

 lish terms, almost entirely, avoiding the Sanscrit terms, so 

 confusing to the average Western reader. 



Th first part of tha book is devoted to the physical 

 phase of the Science of Breath; then the psychic and 



