Preserving primary conditions, turn the hips vigorously as far as
possible one way and then the other.
This gives a vigorous twist through the centre of the body. It affects
the stomach, liver and all the vital organs, and if the chest is kept
expanded and a full breath is retained, it greatly affects the diaphragm
and action of the respiratory muscles.
These movements may be taken also with dual and with quadruple rhythm.
If done slowly and steadily, in true rhythm and sequence, they will
accomplish surprising results, and bring about a deep harmony. If there
is congestion the exercise should be performed twenty or twenty-five
times.
This exercise frees the torso and makes it flexible. It strengthens the
diaphragm and, obeying one of the fundamental laws, exercises the
central muscles of the body.
Do not give sudden jerks or sudden collapses, but steadily, definitely
and vigorously pivot the hip.
In many people, there are tendencies to congestion in the stomach, and
in the neck and throat. This rotary action tends to remove these
constrictions and to develop a certain flexibility in the whole torso.