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Rh follows the thought like the spark from the electric machine.

The Hatha Yogis do well to use the cat family as an illustration of grace, vitality and repose.

In fact, there can be no great power of quick and effective action unless the ability to relax is also there. People who fidget, fret, and fume, and "stamp" up and down, are not the people who do the best work; they wear themselves out before the hour for action arrives. The man who may be depended upon is the one who possesses calmness, the ability to relax, repose. But let not the "fidgety" person despair; relaxation and repose may be cultivated and acquired just as may be other desirable "gifts."

In our next chapter we will give a few simple instructions to those wishing to acquire a working knowledge of the Science of Relaxation.