Massage & Exercises Combined / A permanent physical culture course for men, women and children; health-giving, vitalizing, prophylactic, beautifying; a new system of the characteristic essentials of gymnastic and Indian Yogis concentration exercises combined with scientific massage movements; with 86 illustrations and deep breathing exercises

by Albrecht Jensen

Position.—Standing erect, with heels about eight inches apart and feet nearly parallel, legs and feet kept stationary.

Exercise No. 9.

Fig. 9 A. Fig. 9 B.

Fig. 9 C. Fig. 9 D.

Bend the trunk forward and slightly to the left and place the right hand transversely on the outside of the left thigh in such a way that the four fingers are close together and pointed outward and backward (Fig. 9 A).

From there, stroke with the right hand, upward over the side of the left thigh, hip and lower side (Fig. 9 B) and inward and upward over the left nipple or breast and upper chest and outward to the right armpit; at the same time raising the trunk.

When the hand strokes across the upper chest the upper body is bent to the right, but not forward (Fig. 9 C).

Release the right hand at the right armpit; while the upper body is still bent to the right, bend it forward and place the left hand on the outer side of the right thigh (Fig. 9 D) stroking from there upward over the right hip, lower side and inward and upward over the right nipple or breast and upper chest, outward to the left armpit; at the same time raising the upper body. This time, however, the trunk is bent to the left, as the hand strokes the upper chest outward to the left armpit.