REST FOR HEALTH

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 185, 26 October 1927, Page 7

REST FOR HEALTH

VALUE OF DOING NOTHING In these rather strenuous days, when most women are busy with social, professional or some other activities, the need for rest is sometimes overlooked. To spend every hour of the day busily engaged in work, or even in play, brings the

Nemesis of overstrain and fatigue. To know liow. to rest and relax is a great thing. Many women spend hour after hour with nerves and muscles tense, and the strain is bound to tell sooner or later.

LtJJI BUUJICI *JL IcLI.V.I. The robust may go on for some time with apparently no ill-effects, but those less strong: quickly succumb to the strain. The result is perhaps a nervous breakdown, or perhaps nerve exhaustion, neuralgia, or some kindred ailment. To sit down in a comfortable armchair or lie on a couch or bed, to “do nothing” for ten minutes, is most beneficial. All worrying and disturbing thoughts should as far as possible be banished, and the mind left free from any fatiguing thoughts. The eyes should be closed for at any rate part of the time, and the whole body allowed to relax. This period of rest is most beneficial, and after it both mind and body will be more vigorous and alert, and able to take part in the ordinary activities of life with renewed zest.