Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-11-20
LESSON FROM ORIENT
system of Exercise Gained to Quiet
Most Unsteady Nerves,
Comes FROM Class of Hindoo ocr uitists
aud Ia Eeiug Taken / n In This
Country with Great
Enthusiasm.

Exercises for fat, exercises for Inn
perfect digestion, exercises for that
tired fceling-these are our common
portion, Americans have been body
building by pit steal culture with as
or aigg persistence OF late. Cures
or half the ills that flesh Is heir to hay =
nee1 iound in various movements, =
aid II has seemed that TIE cosd morn
l.g tnb ard the 15-min-tes' Grill was
10 become as universal as breakfast IT.
self
B,t now comes an exercise system
rfysr.s 70 Nav York Weird, which is
claimed 10 have ar almost oeealt IN
ueEee; to nromo.e personal magnet
ism, to quiet, Strengthen, and steady
the most giraffe nerves, and 10 promote
great reSar of mental concentration In
che fiigh.iest
This new and peculiar fed Is, &c
might be guessed, oriental In Ia Csieln
.nd eitatf because OF this Of astsege az
some realization of real posnib.e beEG-
rs It Is being taken up with enthusl-
a39.
Oriental nerve control Is taught by
fiiu6oo eecutisis. q class OF teachers
wao ar generally recognized 70 have
Lcl.td With areat ard tangible results in
ths rsali4 of mysticism.
is ramcr Bile feature is rs great
simplicity. i5r Tie system consists Of a
ew exercises In breathing accompanied
ey mild admlxture CT oriental railes-
ply. Thsse are based upon the fun
.ar.s.tsl truth chat all 1.t7l ferees IN
Tic ho:s enter in tie lgrg sd That
BREATH; : according &c eirta!r reics sill
generate new AID healthy TIRE it Tie
hody which fad expression = dec eb-
,isce OF Nervousness, etrarG personal
nsaue,.sm ard the ability 10 ccatcn-
t.ate the mind readily upon eifen sub
ltet.
The first position in the principal ex-
srcise for Gryeloplpg control g oxen
with the heels toge lher ard han6s halg-
Ing at ;hs sidta. The posi,gen saaclt be
erect. without st,f,ress. and the mir d
should GWcl uH9n The philosophy OF
rorte control while the lungs inhale
and eshale Geoply.
v.Ee. both mind and body Sc, m con-
.ei.trated upon The matter, with long
Inhalation the arms should be raised
slowly at the sides IN rtlaXf5 posi-
don till ca ..e vita TIC $40 ,ider.
This attitude Is retained icr e" sec-
onGs, while several br4aths are taken.
Then, with lungs full c. or, the arms
should fall SLOWLY to the slGss, VIA TIE
aibsws aeld in ,-~ard TIE body al tae
hand ard fore6r fornI.s a cur e,
Duri4g this ecntlc no.eneAt The
breath saoulG bt exaa,GG sc sc9l: tat
the effort has lie ofsc2t Of L>i;G IL
conscious. Cne has a droasy = nsation
which. ia little while. gives place 10
one OF increasing physical control and
greater mental balance.
The sraot position should la rot ifed
in this movement and finger c. Tie eft
hand pressed against The ri.t II aos,s.l,
This exercise Is the cefae The FIRST,
eaG may be practiced first With n : -iaht
arm and the right rostril oloseG, and
then with the left arm. having the left
lostr;. closed.
When a pupil has thoroughly mas
tered this exercise tehsity Is combined
with it by holding the right arm in a
horizontal position and 8 left finger
against the right nostrii while deep
breath Is being taken ana he'd for
about FIVE seconds. Meanwhile the ex-
tended arm should be mace 10 stiffcn
from the wrist to the shoulder ard then
from the finger tips to the wris while
ihe lungs are being expanded with the
Imprisoned cir. In the first ltssCn Ave
sscorCs is considered iorg eDC-Gh hev
fore relaxation occurs. As the breath
Is gradually expelled the arm ehould re-
lax from the shoulder to the wrist and
from the finger tips to that poiaf. AS
the arr slowly becomes l'nr the elbow
Should be drawn In toward the side Of
the boGy ard the fingers curved upward
After exercising each arm in this man
ner ten or twelve times the two arms
may be raised together.