THE NEED FOR WORK
The yogic poses described above are a great
.aid in restoring the tone of the digeative organs
,and strengthening the abdominal muscles which
support the digestive organs. They may also help
in correcting deformations and displacements.
-Any number of rhythmic exercises can be devised
on the basis of these yogic poses to suit patients in
different conditions.
Apart from these yogic asauaj, a certain
amount of physical work may also be necessary.
Work is the physiological justification for eating/ as
the. author of Practical Nature-Cure puts it, though
it is true that an excess of physical exertion will
be a tax Q*I one's vitality,. Before eating, one should
create the need for food by work. That is perhaps
the meaning of the biblical saying : By the sweat of
thy Iroio thov, sha.lt eat. When such a need for food
is not created; keen hunger fails to make its appea-
rance and digestion weakens.
But for creating this need for food, specialised
systems pf exercise are not needed. Indeed it will
be far better to engage in some kind of fruitful
activity. Productive work always brings -a sense of
satisfaction. Gardening/ for instance/ is an ideal
work. ' Besides having the satisfaction of producing
something' good, one has the unique experience
of living amidst things which live/ 'grow and are
colourful/ which will impart a little at least of their
liveliness and colour to one's own life.