TO THE
HEALTHY MAN AND WOMAN
THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
THEY  HAVE DONE  CERTAIN  THINGS   (CONSCIOUSLY OS SUBCON­
SCIOUSLY) IN ORDER TO BRING THEMSELVES FROM INFANCY TO
HEALTHY, NORMAL MATURITY. AND ITYOU (WHO MAY NOT
BE S0 HEALTHY AND NORMAL) WILL DO JUST THESE
SAME THINGS, THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOU,
TOO, SHOULD NOT SB JUST AS ARE THEY.
AND THIS LITTLE BOOK IS OUR ATTEMPT
TO TELL YOU JUST WHAT THIS
HEALTHY MAN AND WOMAN
DID IN ORDER TO BE JUST
WHAT THEY ARE.

BEAD IT, AND THEN 00 AND DO LIKEWISE,
SO PAR AS YOU ARE ABLE.

IF YOU DOUBT THE TRUTH OF OUR STATEMENTS, FIND  SOME
HEALTHY MAN OR WOMAN, AND WATCH HIM, OR HER, CLOSELY,
AND SEE WHETHER HE, 0R SHE, DOES NOT DO THE THINGS
WE HAVE POINTED OUT TO YOU TO DO IN THIS BOOK
-AND WHETHER HE, OR SHE, DOES NOT LEAVE
UNDONE THE THINGS WE HAVE ASKED YOU
TO AVOID. WE ABE WILLING TO SUB­
MIT OUR TEACHINGS TO THIS SE­
VERE      TEST-APPLY IT.

Table of Contents

PUBLISHER'S NOTICE

I. What is Hatha Yoga?

II. The Yogis' Regard for the Physical Body

III. The Work of the Divine Architect

IV. Our Friend, The Vital Force

V. The Laboratory of the Body

VI. The Life Fluid

VII. The Crematory of the System

VIII. Nourishment

IX. Hunger vs. Appetite

X. Prana Absorption from Food

XI. About Food

XII. The Irrigation of the Body

XIII. The Ashes of the System

XIV. Yogi Breathing

XV. Effect of Correct Breathing

XVI. Breathing Exercises

XVII. Nostril Breathing vs.Mouth Breathing

XVIII. The Little Lives of the Body

XIX. Control of the Involuntary System

XX. Pranic Energy

XXI. Pranic Exercises

XXII. Science of Relaxation

XXIII. Rules for Relaxation

XXIV. Use of Physical Exercise

XXV. Yogi Physical Exercise

XXVI. The Yogi Bath

XXVII. The Solar Energy

XXVIII. Fresh Air

XXIX. Nature's Sweet Restorer-Sleep

XXX. Regeneration

XXXI. The Mental Attitude

XXXII. Led by the Spirit