OCR Text |
Show Ing la a longer one than can be accredited accred-ited to any one specific In all materia medlca. THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT BREATHING. Io all thla purault of youth and beauty there le nothing more neeeeeary to success) suc-cess) thaa health, and health la vary much mora dependent upon a oorrect method of breathing than the majority of us real lea. Tha blood depends upon it for Ita vitality and the brain for its mental vigor, and yet we go ahead with cheat waDa dropped upon the delicate cello oc the lunge, with tight clothing pressing the lower rlba and breathe and rebreatne vitiated, unwholesome air. Why not, rather, have the full benefit of thla Ufa giving force, the breath? You know the axhllTaratlon you feel when you take in a deep draught of fraah air. Trtrak, then, of the Inestimable good that must reeult when every breath Is full and deep and oxygen laden. Breathing correctly- la quite ae simple a matter aa breathing Incorrectly, once you have taken the trouble to form the habit, and let me assure you aa impressively impress-ively aa I may that It Is well worth any time and effort It may take to form the habit. Breathe through the noee. both Inhaling Inhal-ing and exhaling. If the passages are not dear and breathing In that manner Is labored. It would be wis to consult a physician at once, as the presence of adenoids la Indicated and they ehould he removed; or If It le a cold in the head that oauaee the difficulty, rub yellow vaseline along the bridge of the nose and the passage will qub kiy b cleared. Place the finger tips of both hands ! lightly together on the cheat. Inhale and : measure your chest expanelon and the j fulness of your breath hy the Intervening space between the two eeta of fingers Do not force the chest up nor try to I draw In the abdomen, but easily and I naturally send the breath to the lowest 'point of the lunge and imagine thet It I ia Ailing alao the cheat and stomach. K.nhate slowly. Moat persona, If th Inhale alowly, exhale or let the breath out with a gasp It le a good Idea, therefore, when you first begin this practice prac-tice of correct breathing, to count 13 I aa you Inhale, 1 3 I aa you hold, and 1 1 J aa you eahale, thus making the action rhythmical and even. Keep the cheat alwaye up and out. as though you arere trying to ehow a brooch that you have pinned there, and when yeu find that you have acquired the habit of breathing properly all the ! time you will begin to appreciate that I your clothee look better on you. that vou I have aeaumed a dignity and poise that I you had not before, and that a certain chaerinaea haa eupptanted a tendency tc worry or to ba melancholy. There Is I nothing ao efflcacloue In chaeing awav blue devlle aa regular doaea of oxygen. I taken through rhythmical breathing. The ! veto; act of t brings Ita own uplift, while i the list of chronic ailments that are I helped or entirely cured by deep breath |