Rules for Breathing.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume IX, Issue 428, 22 July 1913, Page 7

Rules for Breathing.

If a man's health is impaired, or if he wants to preserve it and increase his power to resist disease, he must first of all give attention to his breathing. Even food and drink are second m importance to this, for one can live for days without nutrition save the air breathed ; but if deprived of that, even for a few minutes, life ceases. Here are some of the first rules for acquiring a correct method of breathing, as given by a specialist, who has made an exhaustive 6tudy of the subject (says a writer m the 'Family Doctor')., After retiring at night, release body and mind from all tension, and take full* and regular inhalations through your nostrils ; hold th© breath about on© second ; take all the time you can to exhale it; keep this up until you are weary or fall asleep. When you wake m th© morning, repeat the exercise at least for fiv© minites., longer if time permits. During the day take as many full respirations as possible, exercising care with the exhalations. While taking these exercises, one should bear m mind the thought that he is inhaling new life ahd power.