The five Tibetan rites are an ancient yoga exercise routine that claims to restore the body’s seven vortices to their original state and speed, countering the slowing tendency that accompanies old age. Doubts have been expressed about their authenticity, as no Tibetans have confirmed them.
The five Tibetan rites are an ancient yoga exercise routine. His first known publication was in The Eye of Revelation, published in 1939 by Peter Kelder. Unlike India-based yoga practices, the five Tibetan rites require the participant to be in a perpetual motion state. Some doubts have been expressed about the validity of the rites, as no Tibetans have confirmed their authenticity.
Kelder’s pamphlet is an account of a conversation with an anonymous traveler, supposedly a retired colonel in the British Army. At an unspecified time in the early 1900s, Colonel Bradford, the pseudonym given to this anonymous traveler by Mr. Kelder, traveled to Tibet after his retirement in search of a legendary lamasery, which he believed contained a source of youth. Kelder claimed that Bradford had found this lamasery, where he was instructed in five rites that were supposed to give the participant strength and virility along with a sixth rite that included a breathing exercise.
The interaction of the five Tibetan rites with the body was explained to Bradford, and later to Kelder, as a way of maintaining the proper rotating motion of the seven vortices within the human body. Kelder’s pamphlet refers to them as psychic vortices, and they are found at seven vital points on the human body, according to Tibetan beliefs. The rites have the power to restore the vortexes to their original state and speed, countering the slowing tendency that the pamphlet claims accompanies old age.
The first rite requires the participant to turn in a circle, clockwise, while standing with arms parallel to the ground. The second is done while he is lying down. The practitioner, while keeping the hands close to the sides, raises the legs until they are perpendicular to the floor. The knees should remain bent during this exercise. After keeping the legs straight and suspended for a brief interval, they are gently lowered again, and the process is repeated after a short window of relaxation.
During the third rite, the hands are pressed against the practitioner’s sides, and he remains on his knees with his feet tucked under his body. The first half of the rite requires the practitioner to bend at the waist and lean forward as far as he can, trying to keep his chin pressed to his chest. During the second half, the practitioner lies down, again bending at the waist as much as possible. Once both halves of the exercise are completed, the torso returns to its upright position. The exercise starts again after the break.
The fourth rite begins seated with both hands flat on the floor at each side and legs extended straight. The back of your knees should also make contact with the floor. The torso is raised until the legs, from the feet to the knees, as well as the arms, are almost perpendicular to the ground, making the body parallel to the ground. The head is hung back as far as it will go, and the position is held for a few minutes until the body is released and allowed to relax.
For the last of the five Tibetan rites, the body is placed in a pushup position with the hands and feet spaced every 2 feet (60 cm). The torso and buttocks are raised and held well above the shoulders with the head hanging down towards the chest. Following this movement, the body is dropped while remaining elevated off the ground and with the head raised.
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