Standing erect, expand the chest in opposition to the balls of the
feet, and allow the body slowly to be lifted seemingly from the
summit of the chest upward. Allow it to return very slowly and
steadily and to sink to the heels. Repeat many times.
This exercise should also be practiced upon each foot separately. It
establishes right co-ordinations of the body in standing and helps in
establishing accordant poise. All the muscles in the body which tend to
bring the summit of the chest and the balls of the feet into right
co-ordination are brought into sympathetic activity. It is really an
important exercise for the development of a correct bearing and posture
of the body.
In going upward, be sure that the chest reaches upward and that the body
is lifted by a species of levitation.
Keep the body as straight as possible from the heel to the centre of the
neck, preserving a sympathetic expansion of the chest at all times.
This exercise acts upon the whole body, tending to bring all parts into
normal relationship.