Yoga For Your Health

The Five Tibetan Rites has many names including “The Five Tibetans”, “The Five Rites”, “The Five Rites of Rejuvenation” and more recently known as “T5T”. They are a system of yoga exercises which are older than 2500 years.

‘The Eye of Rejuvenation’ was written in 1939 by Peter Kelder. It’s about yoga exercises he gained information about from an Army Colonel from Britain while he was in California.

In the book he writes about the chats he had with this Colonel and about what the Colonel had learned while he was abroad in the Army. The yoga exercises had secrets to keeping young, getting great health benefits like greater eyesight, memory, potency, hair growth, less grey hairs, youthful looks, better sleep and inner peace.

Between each exercise make sure you stand up and place your hands on your hips. Then take two or three deep breaths. Each rite should be repeated twenty one times.

Below is a quick overview of the exercises. Please be sure to check with your doctor before performing the rites and consult with a yoga teacher skilled in the rites before performing. This will help you get the correct postures and breathing for the exercises. At first you may not be able to do the exercises 21 times. Your yoga teacher will guide and give you the correct advice suited to you.

1st Yoga Rite: Stand straight up with your hands outstretched horizontally and palms facing to the floor. Start rotating clockwise focusing on a fixed point like the wall or your hand. Do this twenty one times. 2nd Yoga Rite: While lying down on a mat or a soft floor and keeping your hands flat with palms down and fingers close, raise your legs until vertical and also raise your head. Hold the position for a few seconds and then lower both your head and feet. Do this twenty one times. 3rd Yoga Rite: Kneel down on the ground with your thighs and body upright and place your hands just below your bum and your thighs for support. Then bring your chin down near your chest. Next arch your head and shoulders back as much as you can while breathing out. 4th Yoga Rite: Sit down on the floor with a yoga mat and keep your legs straight. Make sure your torso is straight up. Make sure your hands are on the floor beside your thighs and with the fingers close together. Raise the body up and also bend at your knees so between the feet and to your knees are vertical and so are from your hands to your shoulders. The torso should be horizontal between the shoulders and the knees forming a table sort of shape. Go back to your starting position. 5th Yoga Rite: Lie down on the floor – face down. Your legs should be shoulder width apart and your heels lifted so you are on your toes. Lift the torso up with your hands so your head is up fully and back is bent smoothly. This is the starting position and from here lift up the torso and buttocks so the arms and the body form a part of a triangle. The legs form the other side of the triangle. The floor is the third side of the triangle. Use the shoulders and hips as points of pivot to move between the positions. Repeat 21 times.

Peter Sutherland is a freelance writer and writes for numerous UK businesses. For experienced teachings and training of The Five Tibetans Yoga, the Kundalini Kriyas and other yoga techniques we recommend Yogini Bristol – Yoga Bristol.