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Explanation of Chart No. 10
It is not an easy matter to present an exercise for heart trouble because that is the one time when nearly all physicians agree on complete rest and no exercise of any kind. This is very wise procedure in all acute attacks and with reference to the usual form of exercise. However, this does not take care of the problem after the acute stage nor does it help the heart patient to bring him back to as near a normal balance as Nature will permit.
Inaction is no cure for heart trouble. Moderate action and the release of gases as shown in charts No. 63 and 64 of the supplement to book II, as well as the exercises given in my book entitled: "EASY STRETCHING POSTURES FOR VITALITY AND BEAUTY"[1] have proven to be of great help to many patients.
The digestion is usually involved in heart trouble because the fiery energy which is the warmth in the blood is also the heat which digests the food. It is an energy principle which is involved in the whole of matter and not merely a constituent in the blood.
Gas pressure under the diaphragm is also an important factor. This may be due to distention of the stomach filled with fermenting, undigested food; or it may be due to diffused gasses from the colon. Directions for correcting both of these factors are in this book and in book III under the heading of "Gas Releasing Techniques According to Polarity Principles". Acute indigestion often resembles a heart attack in all its active symptoms.
The question naturally arises, how could any exercise benefit the heart and what kind should this be to restore the heart to a more natural function? Since strain and over-action are credited as causes of heart trouble, it seems strange that there could be a logical approach to exercise as an answer to this ticklish problem. Is it possible? The answer is "yes", and it has been proved in actual practise [practice].
Chart No. 10 is presented in this book to illustrate the foundation of the principle used here and as Nature's testimony to the process of building and restoring life in the body. In nearly all illness, when this position is possible, the sufferer assumes a posture - even while in bed - as nearly similar to the one the fetus [foetus] has during the period of gestation, when the body is being built. The vital currents evidently favor this posture because it is assumed spontaneously - consciously and unconsiously [unconsciously] - by patients in any violent pain in the anterior part of the body, especially in abdominal pain.
It seems quite evident that the position for building the form would be the best suited for its repair. This was also the foundation of charts No. 63 and 64 in the supplement to book II and of the book, "EASY STRETCHING POSTURES FOR VITALITY AND BEAUTY"[1]. Small children naturally assume this posture while at play.
The legs of the fetus [foetus] are upward, with the toes near the forehead; and the little arms are folded across the chest; thus polarizing one side with the other and the head with the feet.[2] Polarity seems to work best in this position because the poles are then in closer proximity to each other for quick response. No action is necessary at this stage, but building is the major process.
It is in this posture that the four polarized elements of Nature have their turn of rhythmic action and play, one after the other, in their triune function of positive, neuter [neutral] and negative action. The four conditions of matter itself are the actors who weave the body like threads of life
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1 This book is included as the second half of Health Building - The Conscious Art of Living Well.
2 This position is referred to as a "frank position" by obstetricians.
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