Delsarte æsthetic gymnastics / by J. Edgar Foster.

  • Foster, J. Edgar (Joe Edgar)
Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
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Credit: Delsarte æsthetic gymnastics / by J. Edgar Foster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    backward, then kneel on the right knee. Before rising incline the body forward very slowly, three times, until the forehead touches the floor, thus giving the Grand Salaam. 2. Same as the foregoing except that the pupil kneels on the left knee. Exercise FALLING. Kneel rapidly, then allow the body to fall over to the right or left; arise rapidly to kneeling position again, then to erect position as quickly as possible. A PREVENTIVE OF CONSUMPTION. With persons labouring under dyspepsia, torpid liver, constipation, and of consumptive tendency, the special indications are to keep the lungs expanded, and to promote the action of the digestive organs. Persons of sedentary habits, or whose occupations debar them from much out-dcor exercise might main- tain their health by devoting twenty minutes twice a day to the following exercises. Exercise I. Let the pupil purify the air in the lungs thoroughly, by drawing in the abdominal muscles upon the diaphragm, throwing the chest forward, and expiring all the air out of the lungs possible; then inhale slowly till the lungs are filled to their utmost capacity, retain the whole volume of air *n the lungs for an instant, and then expire or blow it out as completely as possible. This may be repeated from