The role of exercise in self-health & self-healing

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Hi Group,

 

The following is from the free information on the Edgar Cayce site.

Enjoy.

 

John La Tourrette, PhD

 

 

http://www.edgarcayce.org/health/database/chdata/data/thexerc1.html

 

EXCERPTS ON EXERCISE FROM THE CAYCE READINGS

 

Q. State in detail what kind and amount of exercise the body should take?

A. As much outdoor exercise as is possible, always, for the body. A sufficient

amount of mental exercise to keep an even keel or balance with that of the

physical body; for the body nominally is an active body, mentally and

physically, and in the manner as will make the body physically tired; so may the

body be made mentally tired. These are the even keel for this body,

particularly. Walking, riding, any outdoor exercise good. (202-4)

 

The best way to acquire the correct amount of pep is to take the exercise!

(288-38)

 

It's well that each body, everybody, take exercise to counteract the daily

routine activity so as to produce rest. (416-1 )

 

Then, each morning and each evening.... Standing, erect, raise the hands

high above the head as possible, rising on the toes, then slowly bending forward

until the hands will almost or not quite touch the floor. Do this slowly, but

do it at least three, four, five, six times, very slowly, stretching upward and

forward and downward. (555-8)

 

No better exercises may be taken than..... the cat-stretching exercises,

which includes, of course, being able-(put very coarsely)-to do the split, be

able to put the head on the feet, to put the feet behind the head, to make the

head and neck exercises and all of those activities that may be said to be of

the feline or cat exercise. To be sure, in the present period, present

development, present conditions that exist, must be gone at gently; but be

persistent morning and evening, working at it, still not letting it become rote,

but purposeful. (681-2)

 

Of morning, and upon arising especially (and don't sleep too late) - and

before dressing so that the clothing is loose or the fewer the better-stand

erect before an open window, breathe deeply, gradually raising hands ABOVE the

head, and then with the circular motion of the body from the hips bend forward;

breathing IN (and through the nostrils) as the body rises on its toes-breathing

very deep; EXHALING SUDDENLY through the MOUTH, not through the nasal passages.

Take these [exercises] for 5 to 6 minutes. Then as these progress, gradually

CLOSE one of the nostrils (even if it's necessary to use the hand-but if it is

closed with the left hand, raise the right hand; and when closing the right

nostril with the right hand, then raise the left hand) AS the breathing IN is

accomplished.

 

Then of an evening, just before retiring-[with the body prone, facing the

floor and] with the feet braced against the wall, circle the torso by resting on

the hands. Raise and lower the body not merely by the hands but more from the

torso, and with more of a circular motion of the pelvic organs to strengthen the

muscular forces of the abdomen. Not such an activity as to cause strain, but a

gentle circular motion to the right two or three times, and then to the left.

(1523-2)

 

Exercise in the open air, - as walking, as just sitting in same, - is

necessary. Walking and swimming are the best exercises. (2164-1)

 

Then in the morning before dressing, exercise the upper portion of the

body; [by swinging] the arms up and down, straight up, straight down; then the

turning motion as of swinging the arms around, for the movement..... from the

diaphragm upward . . . from the ninth dorsal upward-these exercises will take

away the heaviness and the tendency to get tired easily.... let the exercise

preferably be for the lower limbs [in the evening]..... a movement as of sitting

on the floor and walking across or swinging the limbs one in front of the other

for 3 to 4 movements. (2454-2)

 

Take this regularly, not taking it sometimes and leaving off sometimes, but

each morning and each evening take this exercise regularly for 6 months and we

will see a great deal of difference: sitting erect, bend the head forward three

times, to the back three times, to the right side three times, to the left side

three times, and then circle the head each way three times. Don't hurry through

with it but take the time to do it. We will get results. (3549-1 )

 

Then, to give the body normal forces, and to bring the normal effect in

body, little of medicinal properties would be effective. Better that climatic

conditions; pure water [carrying lithia], high altitude. These with food

values, exercise of the physical body, that the forces may be brought to

exertion in the system, that the body may become physically tired, without

strain to the system. Taking at such times exercises as would be given to the

body by deep manipulations to awaken the excretory system and the secretive

system through the liver proper. (3762-1)

 

Note: The above information is not intended for self-diagnosis or

self-treatment. Please consult a qualified health care professional for

assistance in applying the information contained in the Cayce Health Database.