It's an elevating thing to do (5)
I believe the answer is:
raise
'do' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'it's an elevating thing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ras' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raise that I've seen before include "Increase; elevate" , "Haul up" , "Lift - increase" , "Bring up - an increase in pay" , "Exalt" .)