CHAP TEE X 1 1. 

 SEVEN MINOR YOGI EXERCISES. 



This chapter is composed of seven minor Yogi Breath' 

 ing Exercises, bearing no special names, but each distinct 

 and separate from the others and having a different pur- 

 pose in view. Each student will find several of these exer- 

 cises best adapted to the special requirements of his par 

 ticular case. Although we have styled these exercises 

 "minor exercises," they are quite valuable and useful, or 

 they would not appear in this book. They give one a con- 

 densed course in "Physical Culture" and "Lung Develop- 

 ment," and might readily be "padded out" and elaborated 

 into a small book on these subjects. They have, of course, 

 an additional value, as Yogi Breathing forms a part of each 

 exercise. Do not pass them by becaue they are marked 

 "minor." Some one or more of these exercises may be just 

 what you need. Try them and decide for yourself. 



EXERCISE I. 



(1) Stand erect with hands at sides. 



(2) Inhale Complete Breath. 



(3) Raise the arms slowly, keeping them rigid unth 

 the hands touch over head. 



(4) Retain the breath a few minutes with hands over 

 head. 



(5) Lower hands slowly to sides, exhaling slowly at 

 same time. 



(6) Practice Cleansing Breath. 



EXERCISE 11. 



(1) Stand erect, with arms straight In front of you. 



(2) Inhale Complete Breath and retain. 



(3) Swing arms back as far as they will go; then back 

 to first position; then repeat several times, retaining the 

 breath all the while. 



(4) Exhale vigorously through moi;;f;h. 



(5) Practice Cleansing Breath. 



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