Natural Rhythms and Dances (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Natural Rhythms and Dances The satisfaction of human wants is the most important business of the world when judged by the activity Of men and women everywhere. Contrariwise the education and training Of people to want that which is good is infinitely more worth while. Without pausing to define the good it may be suggested that men would gain greatly by preservation and restoration of the essentials of a simple environment - pure air, open spaces, Opportunity for physical activity, less of commercialized recreation and more of simple social life corrected by artistic and educational criteria. Modern man has builded great cities, he has erected economic standards of success, he has transformed the world industrially and has forced himself into a life of sedentary toil. When he looks at the result Of his work he finds it is not good and then foolishly sets about devising special exercises to be practiced daily with phonograph accompaniment, or doing breathing exercises for health's sake, or eating yeast rather than wholesome foods because his factory organizations have made wholesome foods nearly impossible. In combating the handicaps and hazards of modern life, it has not always been clear that the way lay in a restoration of the desirable elements in nature. Physical edu cation will make its contribution in modern times, not by proposing artificialities, such as aesthetic dancing and Swedish gymnastics, but rather by emphasizing the essen tial needs of man and by offering natural forms that represent the best motor expressions Of the human race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.