PHYSICAL CULTURE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1938, Page 12

PHYSICAL CULTURE

VALUE OF HEALTHY LIVING. “I can speak from experience as to what healthy living and exercise have done for me,” said a “Harley Street Physician” in a recent broadcast talk. “Physical culture is neither a fad nor a game only for the physically-mind-ed. On the contrary, simple home exercises will prove ao wonderful boon to the weak links, and to all who perhaps have not the time, energy or inclination to do more complicated exercises. In any case, I think you will find that this hackneyed term ‘physical culture’ can mean something delightful and health-giving, taking little time or trouble. I feel that it should be modelled on the instinctive movements of infants and small children, but developed to suit older people. We love to see babies wriggling, stretching and kicking, and, when they get older, jumping and dancing about, and often twisting themselves into all kinds of contortions. Dogs and cats rarely wake from sleep without shaking and wriggling, and often humping and hollowing their backs, and I believe wild animals do the same, Why shouldn’t we copy them in lots of these ways and individually develop a simple form of physical culture which will become a real joy to practise?