THE WAY TO GRACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20288, 22 June 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE WAY TO GRACE.

Relaxing is really as important as breathing to ono who values youth and a youthful figure. Have you a bump on tho back of your neck ? Havo you a sway-back ? Have you a roll of fat just below your ribs ? Thoso aro the acid tests of the _ true condition of the spine whose cushioned spaces between the vertebrae havo been worn down until the whole spine has been pushed out of position. Learn to relax thoroughly. Take the kinks out of your spine by wriggling like a puppy scratching his back and you will be able to straighten up your spine and smooth out your nerves. You may find yourself so nervous and tense when you go to sleep that you wake in tho morning as tired as when you lay down, with your hands clenched, your shoulders tense. Relaxation must come from the inside, lie down on the floor or on the bed and twist and turn your body every way you can think of, just as a " wiggly " child does. Complain with " alis " and " uhms " and sitrhs as you do so. in order that new air will fill your lungs. Raise your head in your hands so that you feel the stretch in your spine. i ßaise your -feet as high over your head as you can. Lie on your back, doublo your knees up, clasp them with your hands aud roll around on tho small of your hack liko a little ball. Then twist, turn, sigh again and again. Finally, stretch out on your back, roll over on your side, curling up slightly. Then, leaving your legs and hips on the side, and with your arms over vour head, try to twist your body from the hips so that both your shoulders touch the floor, keeping your hips sidoways.