The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
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MISSE - AND RELAXATION

=" HAT there is great deal of good in the old
Hindu philosophy of rest and relaxation is
truth that has again been demonstrated by
two circumstances of recent happening. One
L OF these is the fact that many young girls
girls as young as 10 or Il years of age, find it
necessary TO retire from active school work mental
and physical exerton of any kind, temporarily, and
take rest cure, just the jaded society woman
withdraws from her social activities TO recuperate
and during the retirement they taught the value
of absolute relaxation The other is that stimuli
taneousy with the scientific study OF rest and reaxa
ton by the young girl of today, the Yogi treatment
and philosophy are brought into prominence by the
leaders in the Emmanuel movement who rely upon
this old Hindu method for restoring the mind and
body to natural and healthful condition. Yogi
breathing, Yogi physical exercises and Yogi phioso
ply Of relaxation made feature of the practical
side Of the Emmanuel treatment of certain cases. and
this form of is proved to be beneficial in
restoring wasted mental and physical force that the
method is being applied to young persons, the
idea being that the girl learns how to rest
and relax scientifically the stronger will be her vital
ity and the better will be her ability withstand the
strain that modern life puts upon the individual
TT is not because girls are breaking down earlier
| are showing loss of nervous force at younger
age than formerly that they are being taught how
10 take of themselves after the oriental fashion,
but because parents and guardians sec that it is
essential for them TO learn early possible the
value OF this quaint and simple philosophy which
has been przctced centuries upon centuries and has
brought about excellent results The difficulty
perienced by grown person in learning relax
properly and to perfectly is multiplied by that
persons years 1t follows quite naturally then, that
the earlier begins studying this science the easier
II to one and the greater are its advantages
all during life
Besides the beneficial effects derived from the
practice Of Hindu philosophy and physical exercises
the idea Of TIE science fail appeal to the
young girl The principle Of the treatment Is simple
to understand and the rules easy to follow while
the results are nsas:y always immediate enough to
be encours gng and to stimulate interest in the cult
One Of TIE hardest things to do 10 to relax COM
pletely. Sozae parsons think they letting 60 of
their muscles but in reality they not. Instead
the majority OF their muscles are tense and it is
almost impossible 10 get them to relax after
series OF mental and physical treatments Relaxing
Il psrsiy mental SO that youthful minds easier
70 treat than mature ones.
4 MONC the beet relaxing exercises are those
u which start with the body standing and letting
60 cf each muscle and joint separately. First
the srnrsare cutstretched in front and the fingers
are permitted to drop fall of themselves, and when
they are perfectly limp and inactive then the relaxing
should be continued to the forearm then to the upper
arm letting the whole arm drop loosely at the side
and not only remain motionless but possess the
sation of utter relaxation. These exercises in letting
20 of the tension of the muscles should be continued
70 the feet then the legs, the pupil lifting and drop
ping each in turn then to the shoulders and the
head by letting the latter fall loosely it will either
in front or to side and the whole upper part of
the body "sumpng" forward. Even the waist and
the hips can be relaxed although the loosenng of the
muscles have been taught what perfect relaxation
and this is only the beginning of the treat
.nent-lie down a couch bed that is not TOO
soft and let go of the entire body supplenenng the
physical relaxation with a mental attention to these
muscles and members of the body The Hindu main
tains that the mind must be fixed the muscle
relaxation in order get the best results and to s
the Letting go" thorough and complete, especially
when is learning the first principles of relaxing.
Resting like this twice during the day will
restore one quickly TO normal condition, and few
minutes devoted TO perfect relaxation worth
hour of sleep of the ordinary kind It sounds
more less absurd to who does not understand
the art apd science of relaxation and perfect
say that ones energy and vitality can be restored
without having the pupil lie down. The method
TO pursue in this quick restoration process is stand
erect in rather active postion-that is with the
head up shoulders back and chest expanded slightly
The arms should be allowed to drop loosely at the
sides. While thus poised raise the body on the balls
Of the feet lifting the heels gradually and throwing
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