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CHAPTEB XI. 

 THE SEVEN YOGI DEVELOPING EXERCISES. 



The following are the seven favorite exercises of the 

 Yogis for developing the lungs, muscles, ligaments, air 

 cells, etc. They are quite simple but marvelously effective. 

 Do not let the simplicity of these exercises make you lose 

 interest, for they are the result of careful experiments and 

 practice on the part of the Yogis, and are the essence of 

 numerous intricate and complicated exercises, the non- 

 essential portions being eliminated and the essential fea- 

 tures retained. 



(1) THE RETAINED BREATH. 



This is a very important exercise which tends to 

 strengthen and develop the respiratory muscles as well as 

 the lungs, and its frequent practice will also tend to expand 

 the chest. The Yogis have found that an occasional hold- 

 ing of the breath, after the lungs have been filled with the 

 Complete Breath, is very beneficial, not only to the respira- 

 tory orgaua but to the organs of nutrition, the nervous 

 system and the blood itself. They have found that an 

 occasional holding of the breath lends to purify the air 

 which has remained in the lungs from former inhalations. 

 and to more fully oxygenate the blood. They also know 

 that the breath so retained gathers up all the waste matter. 

 and when the breath is expelled it carries with it the effete 

 matter of the system, and cleanses the lungs just as a 

 purgative does the bowels. The Yogis recommend this 

 exercise for various disorders of the stomach, liver and 

 blood, and also find that it frequently relieves bad breath, 

 which often arises from poorly ventilated lungs. We 

 recommend students to pay considerable attention to thit t 

 exercise, as it has great merits. The following direction;: 

 will give you a clear idea of the exrcie: ~ ^k:;!*^ 



(1) Stand erect '*> YIIUU U'>iJJ// PT -*4*1 ^> t 



(2) T .nnale a Complete Breath, 



(3) 'etain the air as long as you can comfortably . 



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