The Five Tibetan Rites

(also known as The Five Tibetans, The

Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation or

T5T) is a simple system of exercises

developed about 2,500 years ago in

Tibet.

It was first published in the west

by Peter Kelder in a small book

called The Eye of Revelation

(1939).

More then 2 million copies of

various versions of Kelder’s

book have been published.

Five Tibetan Rites origins:

In his book called The Five Tibetans (1994),

Chris Kilham wrote: “a genuine form of yoga

and were originally taken from an authentic

Indo-Tibetan tantric lineage”

WARNING!!!

Some practitioners also recommend taking

caution before performing the Rites due to the

possibility of aggravating certain health

conditions such as any type of heart problem,

multiple sclerosis, severe arthritis of the spine

or uncontrolled high blood pressure.

About performing the Five

Tibetan Rites.

● It is a must to do all five exercises one after the

other in the order given below.

● Start by performing three repetitions of each of the

movements one time each day.

● After a week, increase to five repetitions of each

Rite and so on, adding two repetitions every week,

until 21 repetitions of each Rite. Once you’ve

reached 21 repetitions of each exercise, you don’t

need to go on to more repetitions.

● The number 21 is considered a sacred

number in Tibet.

● These exercises are for restoring energy,

not for building muscles.

● Perform the Five Tibetans Rites on an

empty stomach.

● If the rites are done less than six days each

week, the results will be reduced.

● The ideal time to perform The Five Tibetan

Rites is at sunrise or sunset, but you can do

them depending on your schedule. If you

perform the Five Tibetans Rites before

going to bed, make sure you have 30 or 45

minutes to relax.

How long does a complete cycle of

21 repetitions?

T5T 21 repetitions should take an average time of

10 minutes (some can do it faster, some can go up

to 20 minutes). here is a hint from colonel original

book from 1939:

“In either event he should not neglect the other

Rites, and above all he should never strain himself.

If he goes about performing the Rites in an easy,

interesting manner it will not be too long before he

finds everything working out satisfactorily, and that

he is doing the Rites the required 21 times a day.

The Five Tibetan Rites explained by

Colonel Bradford:

Rite 1

“Stand erect with arms outstretched, horizontal

with the shoulders. Now spin around until you

become slightly dizzy. There is only one caution:

you must turn from left to right.”

Rite 2

"Lie full length on rug or bed. Place the hands flat down

alongside of the hips. Fingers should be kept close

together with the finger-tips of each hand turned slightly

toward one another. Raise the feet until the legs are

straight up.

If possible, let the feet extend back a bit over the body

toward the head, but do not let the knees bend. Hold this

position for a moment or two and then slowly lower the

feet to the floor, and for the next several moments allow

all of the muscles in the entire body to relax completely.

Then perform the Rite all over again."

It is very important to connect the breath

with the flow of the exercises. During the

second rite the breathing should be:

Breath In raising your legs and head and

breath out lowering your legs and head.

Rite 3

"Kneel on a rug or mat with hands at sides, palms flat against the

side of legs. Then lean forward as far as possible, bending at the

waist, with head well forward—chin on chest. The second

position of this Rite is to lean backward as far as possible. Cause

the head to move still further backward. The toes will prevent you

from falling over backward. The hands are always kept against

the side of the legs. Next come to an erect (kneeling) position,

relax as much as possible for a moment, and perform Rite all

over again."

During the third rite the breathing should be:

Breath in going backward, breath out coming forward

Rite 4

“Sit erect on rug or carpet with feet stretched out in front. The legs

must be perfectly straight — back of knees must be well down or

close to the rug. Place the hands flat on the rug, fingers together,

and the hands pointing outward slightly. Chin should be on chest —

head forward.”

“Now gently raise the body, at the same time bend the knees so

that the legs from the knees down are practically straight up and

down. The arms, too, will also be vertical while the body from

shoulders to knees will be horizontal. As the body is raised upward

allow the head gently to fall backward so that the head hangs

backward as far as possible when the body is fully horizontal. Hold

this position for a few moments, return to first position, and RELAX

for a few moments before performing the Rite again.”

During the fourth Rite breathing should be:

Breath in raising your body, breath out returning

back to sitting position.

Advice:

“When the body is pressed up to complete

horizontal position, tense every muscle in the

body.”

Advice:

“The muscles should be tensed

for a moment when the body is

at the highest point, and again

at the lowest point.”

Rite 5

“Place the hands on the floor about two feet apart.

Then, with the legs stretched out to the rear with the

feet also about two feet apart, push the body, and

especially the hips, up as far as possible, rising on

the toes and hands.

At the same time the head should be brought so far

down that the chin comes up against the chest. Next,

allow the body to come slowly down to a ‘sagging’

position. Bring the head up, causing it to be drawn as

far back as possible.”

During the fifth Rite the breathing should be:

Breath in deeply raising your body, breath out as you

lower your body.

The Five Tibetan Rites benefits include:● The most important feature of Five Tibetan Rites is that they help you maintain

your hormones in balance, resulting in a normal metabolism, thus practicing The

Five Tibetan Rites can help us maintain a normal body weight (in the first month of

practicing T5T, many people will experience lose weight, maybe, because the

practitioner is doing more physical exercise – 10 minutes per day, result in an

average 300 minutes per month – five hours of physical exercise during a month is

a lot, if you are sedentary type).

● In addition, medical research has uncovered convincing evidence that the aging

process is hormone-regulated.

● Other benefits are: increased energy, vitality and stamina, stress reduction, clear

mind, increased strength and flexibility, increase the quality of our sleep, stimulation

of the chakras, improved breathing, resulting in an overall improvement in health

and well-being.

„What the Rites actually do is

this: They start the seven

Vortexes spinning at a normal

rate of speed; at the speed

which is normal for, say, a

young, robust, strong, virile

person of twenty-five years of

age.” – Peter Kelder quote.

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