rson stands will naturally sway out to
the side, and the free hip will be surrendered, bringing the body very
naturally into its spiral curves.

30. CO-ORDINATION IN STANDING

Standing erect, expand the chest in opposition to the balls of the
feet, and allow the body slowly to be lifted seemingly from the
summit of the chest upward. Allow it to return very slowly and
steadily and to sink to the heels. Repeat many times.

This exercise should also be practiced upon each foot separately. It
establishes right co-ordinations of the body in standing and helps in
establishing accordant poise. All the muscles in the body which tend to
bring the summit of the chest and the balls of the feet into right
co-ordination are brought into sympathetic activity. It is really an
important exercise for the development of a correct bearing and posture
of the body.

In going upward, be sure that the chest reaches upward and that the body
is lifted by a species of levitation.

Keep the body as straight as possible from the heel to the centre of the
neck, preserving a sympathetic expansion of the chest at all times.

This exercise acts upon the whole body, tending to bring all parts into
normal relationship.

31. EXTENSION OF CHEST

Placing your hands against the sides of a narrow door way, allow
your weight to come forward upon the hands, the knees straight.
Take a full breath, then carry the body back by action of the arms.

This presses the shoulders back and causes expansion of the chest, and a
deep breath should, of course, be taken. The exercise should be repeated
many times.

This exercise, as well as all others, should be practiced where the air
is pure.

Observe that this exercise can be made more severe by placing the feet
farther back from the door so that the weight of the body will fall more
upon the hands. In this case the hands may be lower. They should be
placed slightly below the shoulders.

32. HARMONY OF RESPIRATION AND CIRCULATION

Lift the arms as high as possible and grasp a pole which has been
placed so that it can barely be grasped on tiptoe, and let your
weight rest upon the hands, and endeavor to touch the floor with
the heels. One can easily have a pole placed upon hooks as high as
possible inside a closet.

This exercise frees all the muscles of the back and carries the blood
away from the head. It is an exercise especially recommen