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MY BREATHINTt SYSTEM

EXERCISE No. 4.

Fuli breathing during arm-raising to thc front and lowering, combined with deep knee-bendings, feet apart and without heel-raising.

Stand as shown in Fig. 26, with arms stretched down-wards, palnis to thc rear, and feet as much apart as in Exercise No. 1.

Exhale.

Raise the outstrctched arms, palms downwards, slowly to a horizontal position in front, taking, at thc same time, a fuli inhalation (sec Fig. 27). Thcn, whilst starting a deep exhalation, sink ąuickly to a sąuatting position without raising the lieels from the floor (scc Fig. 28). Without any pause while in this position, risc again, at thc same time completing thc cxhaIation and lowering thc arms. (It is in order to preserve the balancc that the arms must be* held outstretchcd to the front during the sąuatting, and they should only be lowered again during thc raising of thc body. If you drop tliern too carly, you will bc liable to fal! baekwards, at all cvents if your feet are in the right position, i.e., with thc whole sole plantcd on the floor.) As the breathing is exhaled during the whole downward and upward mocement, with bending and subseąuent straightening of the knees, this must be carried out in a comparatively short space of time, while the raising of the arms during the fuli inhalation alone must be performed very slowly each time. Repeat thc whole movement four times.

(This exercisc is the same as the preliminary movcment ol the Rubbing F.xercise No. 10 of “ My System.")

Repeat here the Special Reliering Deep-Breathing Exercise,

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