Why Physical Exercises?
The question arises: “why should one recommend physical exercises in a course of mental concentration?”
The answer is that they are not necessary, but if the student has the time and the will-power they are advisable in order to correct bad habits of breathing, posture and nervous tension. The evolution of the body has taken place under conditions of Nature in which unhealthy, that is inharmonious, features have been discouraged and eliminated, while healthy or harmonious ones have been steadily built up and preserved.
But now, modern man uses his body for various kinds of work which produce disproportionate, unbalanced and inharmonious developments and habits, which he will do well to correct by a few special exercises. Nothing that we can do to the body will develop the powers or the maturity of the mind, but bodily disharmony sometimes makes mental exercises difficult. Still, it is better to neglect the body, and work at the maturing of the mind-powers, rather than the reverse.
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