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Chapter XII: Seven Minor Yogi Exercises1721
Chapter XII: Seven Minor Yogi Exercises
This chapter is composed of seven minor Yogi Breathing Exercises,
bearing no special names, but each distinct and separate from the others
and having a different purpose in view. Each student will find several of
these exercises best adapted to the special requirements of his particular
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 condensed course in “Physical Culture” and “Lung Development,” 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 because 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 until the hands touch over
head.
(4) Retain the breath a few minutes with hands over head.