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Chapter XXVI: The Yogi Bath.1931
and the body soon manifests a magnetic glow after the clothing is placed
on one after the bath. The result of these Yogi baths if practiced for awhile
is that the person will become vigorous and “hardy,” their flesh becoming
strong, firm and compact, and a “cold” becoming almost unknown to them.
The person practicing it becomes like a strong, hardy tree, able to face all
kinds of weather and seasons.
Right here, let us caution our readers against adopting a too cold bath
at the start. Don’t do this, particularly if you are of impaired vitality. Try
water at a pleasant temperature at first, and then work down toward a little
cooler, gradually. You will soon strike a degree of temperature that is most
pleasing to you—stick to that. But do not punish yourselves. This morning
cool wash-down should be a thing of pleasure to you, not a punishment or
a penance. When you have once caught the “knack” of it, you would never
think of giving it up. It makes you feel good all day long. You feel a little cool
as the wet cloth is applied to the body, but this is followed in a moment or
so by a most delightful reaction and a feeling of warmth. In case you take a
cool bath in the tub, instead of a wash-down, do not stay in the tub more
than one minute, and use your hands vigorously the whole time that you are
in the water.
If you take these morning washes, you will not need many warm baths,
although an occasional “soaking” will do you good, and you will feel better
for it. Give yourself a good rubbing down, and put on the clothing over a
dry skin (in the case of a warm bath).
Persons doing much walking, or standing, will find that a foot bath at night
just before retiring, will prove most restful, and conducive to a good night’s
sleep.
Now don’t forget this chapter as soon as you have read it, but try the plan
it advocates, and see how much better you will feel. After trying it for awhile,
you will not think of giving it up.