Exercise And Activity Are Essential To Well Being

6. Excersise And Activity Are Essential To Well-Being

Humans live to function and functioning is the very essence of life. That which is not used is abused. Human faculties were developed for use. Disuse results in atrophy and loss of function. Without exercise, well-being ceases.

Abilities, intelligence and every aspect of well-being are greatly enhanced by exercise. Almost every account of exercise speaks of its marvelous benefits to the body. Activities should be daily indulged that bring all the body’s some 700 muscles into play.

The subject of exercise is exhaustively treated in a later lesson.

• 1. A Survey Of The Lesson
• 2. Cleanliness Is An Essential Of Life
• 3. Temperature Maintenance
• 4. Sleep Is An Essential Of Life-The Role Of Sleep In Life
• 5. Food Is An Essential Of Life-The Role Of Food In Health
• 6. Exercise And Activity Are Essential To Well-Being
• 7. Rest And Relaxation Are Essential To Health
• 8. Sunshine Is An Essential To Health
• 9. Recreation And Play Are Health Essentials
• 10. Emotional And Mental Well-Being Are Necessary To Health
• 11. Assurance Of Life And Its Means Is Necessary To Health
• 12. Pleasant Environment Is Necessary To Well-Being
• 13. Creative Useful Work And Its Role In Life
• 14. Self-Mastery Is Necessary To Best Well-Being
• 15. Gregariousness Is An Element Of Health
• 16. Motivation: Having Purposes Or Causes To Serve
• 17. Expression Of Natural Instincts Relative To Health
• 18. Aesthetic Well-Being
• 19. About This Survey Of Life’s Essentials
• 20. Questions & Answers
• Article #1: The Importance Of Body Temperature by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
• Article #2: Are You Suited For Health? by Mike Benton
• Article #3: Mental And Emotional Poise by Lee Bauer