SCIENCE OF BREATB. 



respects. He has contracted improper methods and atti- 

 tudes of walking, standing and sitting, which have robbed 

 him of his birthright of natural and correct breathing. He 

 has paid a high price for civilization. The savage, to-day, 

 breathes naturally, unless he has been contaminated by 

 the habits of civilized man. 



The percentage of civilized men who breathe correctly 

 is quite small, and the result is shown in contracted chests 

 and stooping shoulders, and the terrible increase in diseases 

 of the respiratory organs, including that dread monster, 

 Consumption, "the white scourge." Eminent authorities 

 have stated that one generation of correct breathers would 

 regenerate the race, and disease would be so rare as to be 

 looked upon as a curiosity. Whether looked at from the 

 standpoint of the Oriental or Occidental, the connection 

 between correct breathing and health is readily seen and 

 explained. 



Tha Occidental teachings show that the physical health 

 depends very materially upon correct breathing. The 

 Oriental teachers not only admit that their Occidental 

 brothers are right, but say that in addition to the physical 



f benefit derived from correct habits of breathing, Man's 

 mental power, happiness, self-control, clear-sightedness, 

 morals, and even his spiritual growth may be increased by 

 .aji understanding of the "Science of Breath." Whole 

 schools of Oriental Philosophy have been founded upon 

 this scier ^e, and this knowledge when grasped by the 

 Western races, and by them put to the practical use which 

 is their strong point, will work wonders among them. The 

 theory of the East, wedded to the practice of the West, will 

 produce worthy offspring. 



This work will take up the Yogi "Science of Breath," 

 which includes not only all that is known to the Western 

 physiologist and hygienist, but the occult side of the subject 

 as well. It not only points out the way to physical health 

 along the lines of what,, Western scientists have termed 

 "deep breathing," etc., but also goes into the less known 

 phases of the subject, and shows how the Hindu Yogi con- 

 trols his body, increasing his mental capacity, and develops 

 the spiritual side of his nature by the "Science of Breath." 



