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February 27, 1985 1. Lie down flat on your back. Bend your knees and begin kicking your buttocks. Kick alternately with your left and right heels. 5 1/2 Minutes. During the last minute move as fast as you can. Move directly into exercise 2. Continue alternately kicking your buttocks. Bend your arms at the elbows and alternately hit your shoulders with …

October 10, 1984 1. Make your hands into ftsts and place them on your shoulders close to your neck. Raise your elbows as high as you can. Focus at the tip of your nose. Breathe deeply and powerfully through your nose, making sure to expand your upper lungs. Fill your lungs to their capacity. 5 Minutes. If the lungs are …

March 5, 1986 1. Sit on your heels with your knees spread wide, balancing on the balls of your feet as in Frog Pose. Clap your hands once and then bend from the waist, touching your forehead to the floor. Return to the starting position and continue clapping and bowing. 2 Minutes. 2. Sit in Easy Pose and cross your …

January 9, 1985 l’ 1. Come into Cobra Pose, heels together, elbows straight and chin tilted upward. 3 1/2 Minutes. Remain in the same posture, put your tongue out and begin a powerful, panting breath from the diaphragm. 2 Minutes. Still in cobra pose, pull in your tongue, close your mouth, and begin Breath of Fire through your nose. 2 …

1. On your hands and knees, do Cat-Cow with breath of fire. 1 1/2 Minutes. 2. Sit in easy pose and reach your left arm straight out in front. Then reach your right arm straight out in front as you twist your torso to the left pulling your left arm in. Continue. Twist your torso and shoulders left and right …

January 31, 1986 A Wake-up5et These exercises may be done on those mornings when you feel too tired to get up and go to work: 1. Lie on your back and move your feet alternately forward and back at the ankles, pointing and flexing the feet. 30 Seconds 2. Raise and lower your knees alternately. 30 Seconds. Sometimes while sleeping, …

March 6, 1985 1. Lie down on your back. Raise your legs toward the ceiling and grasp your toes. Keep your legs up while you open and close them rapidly. Do Breath of Fire, timing the breath with the opening and closing of the legs. 5 1/2 Minutes. 2. Remain in the same position, holding onto your toes with your …

May 29, 1984 1. Lie down on your back with your legs straight. Your heels are together and your toes point upward. Keeping your heels together, spread your feet apart so that they both point out to the sides. The right foot points to the right and the left foot points to the left. Then close your feet so they …

June 5, 1984 1. Sit in Easy Pose with your upper arms dose to your sides. Your elbows are bent and your forearms extend forward, parallel to the floor. The palms are down. Begin moving your forearms up and down together, as if you are bouncing a ball. This movement is heavy, powerful, and rhythmic. The breath will automatically become …

January 29, 1986 1. Sit in Easy Pose with a straight spine and cross your hands over your heart center, right over left. Open your mouth and breathe heavily through your throat. Close your eyes. You have to participate strongly. 7 Minutes. 2. Lie down in Baby Pose. Meditate on all the elementary pain you felt in your mother’s womb …