her we should
take care to exercise all the parts equally. We may change the kind of
food, but the degree of sustenance it contains should not greatly vary.

16. Practice patiently.

Do not expect great results to come in a day, though you ought to feel
some effect very quickly, yet it may take weeks, especially if there is
any unusual weakness or abnormal condition. The slower and more varied
the practice the better, other things being equal, because conditions
are more important than the exercise and the normal adjustment of the
various parts of the body is much more important than strengthening any
local part.

17. Practice slowly but decidedly and vigorously.

The more slowly an exercise is practiced the deeper the effect. The
lifting of the feet very slowly, for example, will have more effect upon
the diaphragm than if done quickly. The holding of the chest high while
lifting the feet slowly, causes wonderful action of the diaphragm and
of the stomach and vital organs.

Slowness, however, does not mean hesitation, indifference, nor laziness.
Mere lazy, indifferent practice will accomplish nothing. Let the
movements be done slowly but decidedly and definitely.

One should be careful if there is any particular part that causes pain.
We should bring in secondary or kneading movements, with the hands. If
the action is thoughtfully directed to the right part, if it is truly
rhythmic and sympathetic, abnormal conditions will be removed.

18. Exercise as well as sleep in the purest air possible.

Sleep with your windows open. Let the air circulate across your room
though not across your bed. Let the air be as pure as that out of doors.

Perform your exercises in bed with your windows open and with but little
covering. The vigorous exercises will bring greater warmth and you will
feel the desire to throw off the blanket. Some of the exercises, of
course, as lifting the legs, cannot be performed so well without
removing the covering.

The method of practicing the exercises as well as the amount, number and
character of them, depends greatly upon the health and the vitality of
the individual, but there must be a continual advance in the vigor and
the number of the exercises.

VI

ACTIONS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE

The benefit of exercises must be tested by the help they give to the
actions of every-day life. The human body must perform certain movements
which are continually necessary. These exercises enable