Tip 141. Saving Sight
w
ith
S
w
ing
i
ng
Today learning the simple exercise
f
or saving sight called
swinging.
Stand with your feet 12 inches apart,
hands held
loosely at t
h
e sides, the
whole
body and m
i
nd relaxed. Gently sway your body f
r
om side to side, slowly, steadily, with the heels rising
alternatively but not the
rest of the f
o
ot.
Imagine you
are the pe
n
dulum of the clock,
and
move just as slowly. Swinging sho
u
ld be done
in front of a
window or a picture. Y
o
u will see t
h
e object moving in the opposite dir
e
ction of your swing. This
must be noted and enc
o
uraged. When you face one end of
t
he window or object,
blink onc
e
.
This exercise has a very beneficial
e
ffect on the
eyes and the nervous system.
Tip 142. Exercise promotes longevit
y
.
Exercise promotes longevity.
Medical researchers at
Harvard and
Stanford Universities
w
ho studied
t
he habits a
n
d health of
17,000 middle-aged and
older men, reported the
first scientific evidence
t
hat even m
o
dest exercise helps prolong life. Dr. Ralph S. Paffenberger, the visiting prof
es
sor of epid
e
miology at the Harvard
School of Pubic Health,
who is the
p
rincipal aut
h
or of the report said, "
W
e have found a dir
e
ct relatio
n
s
h
ip between the level of physical acti
v
ity and the length of life
in the college men we have studied." He added," This is the first g
o
od evidence that people
who are active and fit have a longer life span than those
who are not."
Tip 143. Massage is e
x
ercise, too.
Massage is
an excellent
form of passive exercise. The word is derived from the Gre
e
k word
'massier' which means
t
o knead. It involves the sc
i
enti
f
ic manipulation of
the soft tissues of the body. If correctly done on a bare body, it can be highly stimulating and i
n
vigorating. As far back
as 400 B.C., the great Hippocrates,
t
he father of
medicine,
e
mployed
m
a
ssage and manipulation in healing
his patien
t
s.
Since then it has been
u
s
ed as a mode of treatment for many ailm
e
nts and it h
a
s restored many a sufferer to health
and vigour.
What are the benefits of
massage?
The general massage, dealing with
a
ll parts of t
h
e body, is highly beneficial in many ways. It tones up the nervous system, influ
e
nces respi
r
a
tion and quickens the
e
limination of poisons and waste material from the body
t
hrough the v
a
rious eliminative organs such
a
s
t
h
e lungs,
skin, kidneys and bowels. It also
bo
osts blood
circulation a
n
d metabolic
processes.
A massage removes facial wrinkl
e
s,
helps to fill
o
ut hollow c
h
eeks and n
e
ck and eas
e
s
stiffn
e
ss, sore muscles a
n
d numbness.
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