Exercise IV.

(1) Lie on the floor with your face downward, and palms of hands flat upon the floor by your sides. (2) Inhale complete breath and retain. (3) Stiffen the body and raise yourself up by the strength of your arms until you rest on your hands and toes. (4) Then lower yourself to original position.  Repeat several times. (5) Exhale vigorously through the mouth. (6) Practise cleansing breath.

Exercise V.

(1) Stand erect with your palms against the wall. (2) Inhale complete breath and retain. (3) Lower the chest to the wall, resting your weight on your hands. (4) Then raise yourself back with the arm muscles alone, keeping the body stiff. (5) Exhale vigorously through the mouth. (6) Practise cleansing breath.

Exercise VI.

(1) Stand erect with arms “akimbo” that is with hands resting around the waist and elbows standing out. (2) Inhale complete breath and retain. (3) Keep legs and hips stiff and bend well forward, as if bowing, at the same time exhaling slowly. (4) Return to first position and then take another complete breath. (5) Then bend backward exhaling slowly. (6) Return to first position and take a complete breath. (7) Then bend sideways exhaling slowly (vary by bending to right and then to left). (8) Practise cleansing breath.

Exercise VII.

(1) Stand erect or sit erect with straight spinal column. (2) Inhale a complete breath but instead of inhaling on a continuous steady stream, take a series of short, quick “sniffs” as if you were smelling aromatic salts and 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. (3) Retain for a few seconds. (4) Exhale through the nostrils in a long restful breath. (5) Practise cleansing breath.

WHEN YOU ARE IN TRAINING.

Do not attempt to take all the above exercises at one and the same time.  Take them several times in the day.  Never exercise immediately after a meal or before it.  Do not try to force development as you will be apt to suffer from re-action.  Slow and steady wins the race.  Gentle and persistent exercises are advisable.  That will lead to permanent development.

EFFECT OF MIND AND BODY.

It has been proved conclusively even on the physical plane that a “a Man thinketh in his heart so is he.”  The great thing to avoid is Fear and Worry thoughts.  These and all other undesirable thoughts are due to bad health partially but it is even a greater truth that physical degeneration is due to bad thinking.  Fear affects the heart.  During epidemics such as plague, cholera, etc., you generally first project the deadly germs of Fear-Thoughts upon yourself and thus by weakening your mind you weaken your body and expose yourself to disease influence.  Again, if you have some hereditary disease and if you