Balance in Movement Will Ensure Both Physical and Mental Upliftment In another article (The Magic of Poise) poise was emphasized as necessary to mental well-bei How is one to undo bad habits, and form new and better ones?' The first requisite for good poise ix strength of muscle and ligament, and absolute control of them mentally. It is useless to square one's shoulders and hold one's self rigid if the muscles of chest and waist are weak. Such effort is and harmful—tension is a drain on the nervous energy.
The muscles of the lex, chest, and hack can be trained to do. thei work with unconscious ease by the practice of a few very simple exercises, Always. start in the correct attitude, body weight centred_on the hip joint and the alls of the feet, heels lightly pressing the floor.
Iunees straight. Raise the chest up when erect, This exercises the muscles in your side and the ab-nominal wall, and is splendid for preserving slim loins and youthful waist-curve, Now try some stretching quote an eminent teacher of ok balance movements, "the preliminary condi for all perfectly alariced movement is that of fall stretch. by placing the fect close tore th the Tine of the fect touching from ta loo, weight well forward ver the halls of the fect; no weight upon the heels. Arms. stretched down to their full Tengih at sides, together but fully extended, This deaws the body muscles upward, lifting: the whole frame away: from the hin-girdle. Then raise Control of Muscles the heels from the floor, raise the body ax high ax possible on the balls of the fect, then slowly lend the Imes and lowly down to a silting position on the heels, hands hanging straischt down and touching the ankle bone, lack straight. Then raise the body to ils former erect position. Count when sinking, and ten when is continuous day. it should upwards upon the bails of the tos as high as possible, with neck tretehed, knees braced backwards, japhrazm in, Breathe in deeply then relax. "Simple, ix it not?—to read! But it will search out rot realized. you possessed Twefore, Whilst on tiptoe oise the arms sideways at shoulder level, hands (arned nekward, and push, Push ton times with the chest and shoulder muscles, moving: th ut slightly. Relax, then the same again, only: this. time with palms downward, and pushing low Kelax, then extend the farms in front of the Tega, hands 19 the head:
As you become ex pert the count may be lengthened to 60, Test your movements once or tw ce weekly: in this exercise to if you fare preserving your silootlimess of moves member that the head. wack, and arms should b fectly: straight Tine (the not be tipped forward), and the hicels must Io off the floor. Your weight is then centred, and. the correct carriage of your hoy ase sured,
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