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Hatha Yoga: The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being1832
will welcome the voicing of the truth in this book, knowing that many will
be benefited by having their attention called to it. We purpose giving you
a plain talk about the ashes of the system—the cast off waste of the body.
That such a talk is needed, is evidenced by the fact that at least threequarters
of the modern people are sufferers from a greater or lesser degree
of constipation and its baneful results. This is all contrary to nature, and the
cause is so easily removed that one can scarcely imagine why this state of
affairs is allowed to continue. There can be but one answer—ignorance of
the cause and cure. If we are able to aid in the work of removing this curse
of the race, and in thus restoring normal conditions by bringing people back
to nature, we will not mind the disgusted expression upon the faces of some
who glance at this chapter and turn to some more pleasant subject—these
very people being the ones who need this advice the most of any of our
readers.
Those who have read the chapter in this book upon the Digestive Organs,
will remember that we left the subject at the stage where the food was in
the small intestines, being absorbed and taken up by the system. Our next
point is to consider what becomes of the waste products of the food after
the system has taken up all the nourishment it can from it—the material
which it cannot use.
Right here it will be as well to state that those who follow the Yogi plan of
eating their food, as given in other chapters, will have a much less amount of
this waste matter than the average man or woman who allows his or her food
to reach the stomach only partially prepared for digestion and assimilation.
The average person wastes at least half of what he eats—the waste matter of
those who follow the Yogi practice being comparatively small and much less
offensive than that of the average person.
In order to understand our subject, we must take a look at the organs of
the body having to do with it. The large intestine of the “Colon” (the large
bowel) is the part of the body to be considered. The colon is a large canal
nearly five feet in length, passing up from the lower right-hand side of the