ageous features of the three other methods, plus the
reciprocal advantages accruing from the combined action of the
high-chest, mid-chest, and diaphragmatic regions, and the normal
rhythm thus obtained.

In our next chapter, we will take up the Complete Breath in practice,
and will give full directions for the acquirement of this superior
method of breathing, with exercises, etc.

CHAPTER VIII.

HOW TO ACQUIRE THE YOGI COMPLETE BREATH.

The Yogi Complete Breath is the fundamental breath of the entire Yogi
Science of Breath, and the student must fully acquaint himself with
it, and master it perfectly before he can hope to obtain results from
the other forms of breath-mentioned and given in this book. He should
not be content with half-learning it, but should go to work in earnest
until it becomes his natural method of breathing. This will require
work, time and patience, but without these things nothing is ever
accomplished. There is no royal road to the Science of Breath, and the
student must be prepared to practice and study in earnest if he expect
to receive results. The results obtained by a complete mastery of the
Science of Breath are great, and no one who has attained them would
willingly go back to the old methods, and he will tell his friends
that he considers himself amply repaid for all his work. We say these
things now, that you may fully understand the necessity and importance
of mastering this fundamental method of Yogi Breathing, instead of
passing it by and trying some of the attractive looking variations
given later on in this book. Again, we say to you: Start right, and
right results will follow; but neglect your foundations and your
entire building will topple over sooner or later.

Perhaps the better way to teach you how to develop the Yogi Complete
Breath, would be to give you simple directions regarding the breath
itself, and then follow up the same with general remarks concerning
it, and then later on giving exercises for developing the chest,
muscles and lungs which have been allowed to remain in an undeveloped
condition by imperfect methods of breathing. Right here we wish to say
that this Complete Breath is not a forced or abnormal thing, but on
the contrary is a going back to first principles--a return to Nature.
The healthy adult savage and the healthy infant of civilization both
breathe in this manner, but civilized man has adopted unnatural
methods of living, clothing, etc., an