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Speaker 1: Physiological effect of the complete breath. Scarcely too much can

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be said of the advantages attending the practice of the

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complete breath, and yet the student who has carefully read

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the foregoing pages should scarcely need to have pointed out

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to him such advantages. The practice of the complete breath

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will make any man or woman immune to consumption and

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other pulmonary troubles, and will do away with all liability

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to contract colds, as well as bronchial and similar weaknesses.

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Consumption is due principally to lower vitality attributable to an

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insufficient amount of air being inhaled. The impairment of vitality

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renders the system open to attacks from diseased germs. Imperfect

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breathing allows a considerable part of the lungs to remain inactive.

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In such portions offer an inviting field for bacilli, which

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invading the weakened tissue soon produce havoc. Good healthy lung

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tissue will resist the germs, and the only way to

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have good health healthy lung tissue is to use the

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lungs properly. Consumptives are nearly all narrow trusting. What does

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this mean? Simply that these people were addicted to in

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proper habits of breathing, and consequently their chests fail to

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develop and expand. The man who practices the complete breath

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will have a full, broad chest, and the narrow tested

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man may develop his chest to normal proportions if he

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will but adopt his mode of breathing. Such people must

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develop their chest cavities if they value their lives. Coals

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may often be permitted by practicing a little vigorous complete breathing.

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Whenever you feel that you are being unduly exposed when chilled,

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breathe vigorously a few minutes, and you will fill glow

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all over your body. Most colds can be cured by

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complete breathing and partial fasting for a day. The quality

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of the blood depends largely upon its proper oxygenation in

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the lungs, and if it is under oxygenated, it becomes

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poor in quality and lay maiden with all sorts of impurities,

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and the system suffers from lack of nourishment and often

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becomes actually poisoned by the waste products remaining uneliminated in

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the blood. As the entire body, every organ in every

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part is dependent upon the blood for nourishment. Impure blood

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must have a serious effect upon the entire system. The

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remedy is plain practice the yogi complete breath. The stomach

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and other organs of nutrition suffer much from improper breathing.

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Not only are they ill nourished by reason of the

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lack of oxygen, but as the food must absorb oxygen

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from the blood and become oxygenated before it can be

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digested and assimilated. It is rarely seen how digestion and

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assimilation is impaired by incorrect breathing, and when assimilation is

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not normal, the system receives less and less nourishment, the

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appetite fails, bodily, vigor decreases, and energy diminishes, and the

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man withers and declines, all from the lack of proper breathing.

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Even the nervous system suffers from improper breathing, inasmuch as

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the brain, the spinal cord, the nerve centers, and the

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nerves themselves, when improperly nourished by means of the blood,

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become poor and inefficient instruments for generating, storing, and transmitting

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the nerve currents, and improperly nourished, they will become if

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sufficient oxygen is not absorbed through the lungs. There is

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another aspect of the case, whereby the nerve currents themselves,

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or rather the force from which the nerve current spring

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becomes a lesson from one of proper breathing. But this

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belongs to another phase of the subject, which is treated

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of in other chapters of this book, And our purpose

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here is to direct your attention to the fact that

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the mechanism of the nervous system is rendered inefficient as

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an instrument for conveying nerve wars, as the indirect result

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of a lack of proper breathing. The effect of the

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reproductive organs upon the general health is too well known

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to be discussed at length here, but we may be

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permitted to say that with the reproductive organs in a

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weakened condition, the entire system feels the reflex action and

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suffers sympathetically. The complete breath produces a rhythm, which is

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nature's own plan for keeping this important part of the

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system in normal condition. And from the first it will

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be noticed that the reproductive functions are strengthened and vitalized.

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Thus by sympathetic reflex action given tone to the whole system.

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By this, we do not mean that the lower sex

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impulses will be aroused. Far from it. The Yogis are

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advocates of constance and chastity and have learned to control

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the animal passions. But sexual control does not mean sexual weakness,

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and the yoga teachings are that the man or woman

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whose reproductive organism is normal and healthy will have a

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stronger will with which to control himself or herself. The

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Jogi believes that much of the perversion of this wonderful

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part of the system comes from a lack of normal

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health and results from a morbid rather than a normal

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condition of these organs. A little careful consideration of this

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question will prove that the yoga teachings are right. This

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is not the place to discuss the subject fully, but

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the Yogis know that sex energy may be conserved and

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used for the development of the body and mind of

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the individual, instead of being dissipated in unnatural excesses, as

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is the want of so many uninformed people. By special requests,

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we will give in this book one of the favorite

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Yogi exercises for this purpose. But whether or not the

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student wishes to adopt the Yogi theories of continence and

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clean living. He or she will find that the complete

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breath will do more to restore health to this part

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of the system than anything else ever tried. Remember now

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we mean normal health, not undue development. The sensualness will

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find that normal remans a lessening of desire rather than

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an increase. The weakened man or woman will find a

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toning up and a relief from the weakness which has

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heretofore depressed him or her. We do not wish to

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be misunderstood or misquoted on this subject. The Jogi's ideal

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is a body strong in all its parts, under the

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control of a masterful and developed will, animated by high ideals.

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In the practice of the complete breath. During inhalation, the

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diaphragm contracts and exerts a gentle pressure upon the liver, stomach,

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and other organs, which, in connection with the rhythm of

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the lungs, acts as a gentle massage of these organs

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and stimulates their actions and encourages normal function. Each inhalation

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aids in this internal exercise and assists in causing a

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normal circulation to the organs of nutrition and elimination. In

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high or mid breathing, the organs lose the benefit accruing

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from this internal massage. The Western world is paying much

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attention to physical culture just now, which is a good thing,

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but in their enthusiasm they must not forget that the

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exercise of the external muscle is not everything. The internal

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organs also need exercise, and Nature's plan for this exercise

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is proper breathing. The diaphragm is nature's principal instrument for

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this internal exercise. Its motion vibrates the important organs of

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nutrition and elimination and massages and needs them at each

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inhalation and exhalation, forcing blood into them and then squeezing

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it out and imparting a general tone to the organs.

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Any organ or part of the body which is not

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exercised gradually atrophies and refuses to function properly, and lack

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of the internal exercise afforded by the diaphragmatic action leads

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to diseased organs. The complete breath gives the proper motion

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to the diaphragm, as well as exercise in the middle

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and upper chest. It is indeed complete in its action

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from the standpoint of Western physiology alone without reference to

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the organ. Philosophies and science This Yogi system of complete

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breathing is of vital importance to every man, woman, and

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child who wishes to acquire health and keep it. Its

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very simplicity keeps thousands from seriously considering it while they

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spend fortunes in seeking health through complicated and expensive systems.

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Health knocks at their door, and they answer not verily.

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The stone which the builders reject is the real cornerstone

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of the Temple of Health.