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(5) Repeat until you begin to fee! tired. Then rest 

 for a while, and resume at pleasure. Repeat several times 

 a day. 



Some Yogis vary this exercise by retaining the breath 

 during a 1, 2, 3, 4, count, and then exhale in an eight-step 

 count. Practice whichever plan seems most agreeable to 

 you. 

 ' 9ffr (6) MORNING EXERCISE. 



(1) Stand erect in a military attitude, head up, eyes 

 front, shoulders back, knees stiff, hands at sides. 



(2) Raise body slowly on toes, inhaling a Complete 

 Breath, steadily and slowly. 



(3) Retain the breath for a few seconds, maintaining 

 the same position. 



(4) Slowly sink to first position, at the same time 

 slowly exhaling the air through the nostrils. 



(5) Practice Cleansing Breath. 



(6) Repeat several times, varying by using right leg 

 alone, then left leg alone. 



(7) STIMULATING CIRCULATION. 

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(1) Stand erect. ,,,,,,.., 



(2) Inhale a Complete Breath and retain. 



(3) Bend forward slightly and grasp a stick or cane 

 steadily and firmly, and gradually exerting your entire 

 strength upon the grasp. 



(4J| Relax the grasp, return to fir * position, and 



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slowly exhale. ^ anteoisO'sitt *>*wnI 



(5) Repeat several times,, fl of> ftna nottBTOboffl 98 -j 



(6) Finish with the Cleansing Breath. 



This exercise may be performed without the use of a 

 stick or cane, by grasping an imaginary cane, using the 

 will to exert the pressure. The exercise is a favorite Yogi 

 plan of stimulating the circulation by driving the arterial 

 blood to the extremities, and drawing back the venous 

 blood to the heart and lungs that it may take up' the 

 oxygen w?:h has been inhaled with the air. la cases of 

 poor circu' lion there is not enough blood in the lungs to 

 absorb tb increased amount of oxygen inhaled, and the 

 tystem do< not get the full benefit of the improved breath- 



