LEARN TO RELAX

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1938, Page 8

LEARN TO RELAX

TAKE A BEAUTY BATH. Learn to. relax! How, often you have heard and read this phrase and perhaps even realised its importance to health and beauty. Yet you- are “too busy” to do anything about it. Those of you who are pressed for time generally welcome the idea of killing two birds with one stone—well, then, learn to relax in your bath. The first rule is to lie back in the tub after you first step into the water. Be leisurely about it all —and within a few minutes taut nerves and knots will untangle and worries fade into thin air. Kay Francis, after a strenuous day at the studio, steps into a hot tub and remains there for 20 minutes. She likes the invigorating effects of pine essence in the bath and sprinkles a generous amount in the water. These days the ritual of the bath calls for more than a mere soap-and-water tubbing. Besides, there are. many luxurious yet inexpensive bath accessories, including colognes, body lotions and dusting powders all in your favourite fragrance, and beauty in the bath becomes a charming interlude. After you have relaxed for a few how would- you. like to be a complete optimist and kill three birds with one stone? That is, combine some helpful limbering exercises with your bathing? You’ll, find that the body, when immersed in hot or tepid water, feels also much lighter as well as more relaxed. Therefore, certain exercises can be performed with greater ease. Let’s try! This is excellent to help strengthen the abdominal muscles: Lie on back with hands resting on bottom of: tub With, rigid knee raise left leg as high as possible; lower as slowly as possible. Repeat same with right. Try this a few times before settling down to. a good scrubbing.