Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-11-10
LESSON FROM ORIENT
system of Exercise Claimed to Quiet
Most Unsteady Nerves.
Comes from Class OF HindOO Occultists
md Is Being Taken Up In This
Country with Great
Enthus taSm.


perfect digestion, exercises for that
tired feeling-thCse are our common
portion. A4uercal 5 have been body
building b. sital culture with as
ouis1ing persistence Of late. cures
.ct half the Ills thGt flesh is heir to have
0csn tourG ii various II oVements,
and it has seemed that the cold morn
jrs tub ana tne 15-minutes drill" Was
% become as universal as breakfast 1t
self
But now comes an exercise system,
reports the New York World, which is
claimed to have an almost occult IN
auance; to promote personal magnet
ism, to quiet, strengthen, and steady
iAl most trratic nCr es, and 10 promote
great power of mental concentration IN
the tlightiest.
This new and peculiar fad Is, as
might be guessed, oriental in its origin,
and either because of this or because or
some realization Of real possible bene-
fits it is being taken up with enthus1-
asm.
Oriental nerve control is taught by
Hindoo occultists, class OF teachers
who are generally recognized to have
delved with great ard tangible results in
the realm of mysticism.
Its remarkable feature IS Its great
simplicity, for the system consists or a
'ew exercises in breathing accompanied
by mild admixture of oriental philos-
ophy. These are based upon the fun
damental truth that all vital forces in
the body center in the lungs and that
breathing according to certain rules will
generate new and healthy forces in the
body which find expression in the ab-
sence of nervousness, strong personal
magnetism and the ability to concen-
trate the mind readily upon given sub
jest
The first position in the principal ex-
ercise for developing control Is taken
with the heels together and hands hang
ing at the sides. The position should be
erect, without stiffness, and the mind
should dwell upon the philosophy OF
nerve control while the lungs inhale
and eXhale deeply.
When both mind and body seem con-
,entrated upon the matter, with long
inhalation the arms should be raised
slowly at the sides In relaxed posi-
ton till on a line with the shoulder.
This attitude Is retained for few sec
onds, while several breaths are taken.
Then, with lungs full Of air. the arms
should fall slowly to the sides, with the
elbows held In toward the body and the
hand and forearm forming a curve.
During this gentle movement the
breath should be exhaled SO softly that
the effort has the effect OF being un-
conscious. One has drowsy sensation
which, In little while, gives place to
one OF increasing physical control and
greater mental balance
The erect position should be retained
in this movement and finger OF the left
hand pressed against the right nostril.
This exercise Is the same as the first,
and may be practiced first with the right
arm and the right nostfil closed, and
then with the left arm, having the left
nostril closed.
When a pupil has thoroughly mas
tered this exercise tensity Is combined
with 1t by holding the right arm in
horizontal position and left finger
against the right nostril while deep
breath is being taken and held for
about five seconds Meanwhile the ex-
tended arm should be made to stiffen
from the wrist to the shoulder and then
from the finger tips to the wrist while
the lungs are Eei"o expanded with the
imprisoned air / he first lesson five
seconds is considered long enough be-
fore relaxation occurs. AS the breath
is gradually eXpellsd the arm should re-
lax from the shoulder to the wrist and
from the finger tips TO that point. AS
the arm slowly becomes limp the elbow
should be drawn In toward the side OF
the body and the fingers curved upward.
After exercising each arm in this man
ner ten or twelve times the two arms
may be raised together.
For nearly "a centuries the Greeks
and Persians have been at loggerheads
with each other, and, now at last, they
have decided to become friends again,
reports the New York Herald.
During this entire period there were
TO diplomatic relations between the two
countries. and for this reason unusual
interest attaches to the news that an
envoy from Persia is now on his way to
Athens for the purpose of presenting his
credentials as ambassador to King
George.
The rupture between the two nations
occurred in the year 491 before Christ.
when Darius, son OF Hystaspes, sent an
embassy TO Greece. with instructions to
demand homage from the high-spirited
Athenians. The latter promptly refused
to offer the customary earth and water
to the Persian monarch, and war was at