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This simple fact of nature forced itself upon the consciousness of man everywhere. Through time, however, the importance of this fact was lessened by changes in the conditions of man. With the cultivation of crops and domestication of beasts, less was the need for direct physical contest against death. Countless changes too in technology and social conditions have brought man to where he is today-in cities, in environments quite distant from nature, in conditions which even require him to sublimate expression and aggressive energies. The too often realities—tension, anxiety, highblood pressure, obesity and loss of vigor—extensive deconditioning.

Direct physical exertion of the individual parts through exercise has been the primary means of combating deconditioning in the West. But exercise that requires exertion is tiring and requires much determination and effort. It requires quite the opposite of what most people are inclined to put forth especially when tired. Also, exercise in the West are, as a rule, dissectory and specific. It is usually limited to just physical development of a very specific muscle or set of muscles without regard to benifitting the body as a whole and without attention to the person as a whole being.