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(5) Then bend backward, exhaling slowly. 



(6) Return to first position and take a Complete 

 Breath. 



(7) Then bend sideways, exhalin" 1 slowly. (Vary by 

 bending to right and then to left.) 



(8) Practice Cleansing Breath. 



EXERCISE VII. 



(1) Stand erect, or sit erect, with straight spinal 

 column. 



(2) Inhale a Complete Breath, but instead of inhaling 

 in a continuous steady stream, take a series of abort, 

 quick "sniffs," as if you were smelling aromatic salts or 

 ammonia and did not wish to get too strong a "whiff." 

 Do not exhale any of these little breaths, but add one to 

 the other until the entire lung space is filled. 



(8) Retain for a few seconds. 



(4) Exhale through the nostrils in a long, restful, 

 sighing breath. 



(5) Practice Cleansing Breath. 



