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The Fountain of Youth

8/27/2020

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We are embarking on an experiment, and you are invited to join.  Inspired by our dear friend and student Joanne, we are doing a 40 Day practice of the 5 Tibetan Rites.

Also known as the Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation, this practice consists of just 5 exercises, each repeated 21 times (or as many as you can up to 21). It takes mere minutes to do and the benefits are remarkable. They include: 
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  • improved strength and coordination
  • better circulation
  • reduced anxiety
  • better sleep
  • improved energy
  • a youthful appearance
  • relief from joint pain and stiffness

For these reasons, the Tibetan 5 are known as "the Fountain of Youth." The benefits are said to come about by getting the chakras (energy centers or vortexes) spinning. According to Peter Kelder's book on this subject, "In a healthy body, each of these vortexes revolves at a great speed, permitting vital life energy... to flow upward through the endocrine system. But if one or more of these vortexes begins to slow down the vital energy is inhibited or blocked, well, that's just another name for aging and ill health." 

Savitri and I have known this practice for awhile and practiced it here and there. During the pandemic, we began offering a FREE online class on the Tibetan 5 twice a week, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:30am. So lately, we'd been practicing twice a week -- until Joanne spurred us to take it on for 40 days, every single day. (I'm on DAY 5 and already feeling benefits.)

Please read her story below and see if you want to join the experiment. To learn the exercises from us, you can join us for class on a Monday or a Wednesday at 10:30am EST. It's fun to practice together, and it's FREE. Or you can read up on them in Kelder's The Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth.

​From Joanne: 

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The Fountain of Youth entices many people, particularly as we start to get “a little” older.  Wouldn’t it be great to feel energized? To regain the vitality of youth? After a class practicing the Five Tibetans, and hearing about the purported results (Fountain of Youth!!) of doing it regularly, I decided to go for it. A daily practice for as along as I could, maybe for 40 days. 

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As with many people in the midst of this upheaval of our lives, my mental state had not been good.  To put it bluntly, I had little to no interest in anything, and little to no interest in doing anything about it.  Perhaps, I thought, if the Five Tibetans really is magical, I could regain my “normal” self.  So I  started whirling! After 2 days (no kidding) I felt better, more connected.  I realize there are many reasons for change.  Making a decision to DO something may have started it. Maybe it was just time. Maybe, maybe.  Persisting, I am now on DAY 10 (as of this writing). The exercises have become easier, although my form still lacks precision.  My overall mental/emotional state is much improved. Not perfect, but improved.  I’m interested and getting involved with new things.  I’ll keep going and see what happens.  You don’t know until you try!  Fountain of Youth, here I come!!


We thank Joanne so much for  sharing her story and inspiring us to dive in. Are these 5 exercises that can be done in under 15 minutes really the Fountain of Youth? Let's find out together. If you're joining the experiment, share a comment below and keep us posted about your experience. 

6 Comments
Kathy
8/28/2020 06:55:50 pm

Love this story! I'm on day two now...lol...but hope to continue. Thank you so much, Joanne, for inspiring us all, and thank you Cate and Savitri for bringing these teachings forth! <3

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Cate Baily link
8/29/2020 06:04:10 pm

Yay! Kathy's on board. Let us know how it goes. xoxo

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Joanne
8/29/2020 12:54:47 pm

In the interest of full disclosure, my shoulders started acting up couple days ago. My neuro- muscular guy (yes, Joe) advised to lay off the fourth exercise until the pain goes away. And then start slowly. So for the last couple days I’ve been doing only four exercises Not that I mind skipping that one… 🙄

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Cate Baily link
8/29/2020 06:05:36 pm

Well, if you have to miss out on one of them, that's the one to miss in my opinion. It's getting easier. But that's the hardest one for me. Hope the shoulder heals quick. xoxo

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Cate link
9/4/2020 01:45:29 pm

Today is Day 12 for me, and what a difference! Everything is easier. The hardest one for me #4 is getting much easier. In the beginning, I had to take a break about halfway through. Now, I can charge through it. Highly recommend!

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Savitri link
9/5/2020 10:32:43 am

Every ritual we enact sends a deep message to our body, mind and spirit. I have rituals that are sacred to me which I perform each morning when I arise. Rushing around without time for oneself in the morning is not supportive of our practice or our mind, body or spirit.

Once I awaken, I lay on my side in fetal position for five to ten minutes, just feeling into where my spirit just was in the dream time and let all parts of myself consolidate. There is often a sense of bliss that accompanies this as I revel in my own little pod of bliss. This is described in the Kabalistic texts as the soul coming from the heaven realms, back into the body, bringing the light of Divinity with it to nurture every part of you.

Then I stretch the body while still in bed, just like a child or a dog or cat does, to get all the energies moving. Sometimes we become disconnected from our natural inclination for stretching and yawning, but it is so vital to our well being.

I then do a few leg lifts to set the navel point so I can better stand in my truth.

Only then do I rise and the first thing I see is usually fresh flowers, which brings a delightful smile to my face to see Mother Nature's sublime artwork smiling back at me.

I do a quick dry brushing of my whole body, brushing always toward the heart. Then I shower using charcoal soap and an exfoliation glove, rubbing always in a way that drains the lymph channels all over my body and especially my face and neck. I finish with cold water and Wim Hof full deep bellows breath - 60 breaths under the cold water and hold the last breath in as long as I can then release that breath and hold out in the breathless state for as long while I while using a rough towel to vigorously sweep all the lymph channels toward the heart.

After dressing, I start the Five Tibetans out in the yard, I will hydrate with lemon water afterwards, but I get those Five Tibetans in as my first real,mindful movement. When I read about the strong, vigorous life of the Tibetan monks and lamas who practiced these rites in Peter Keldor's books, and spoke to others who swore by the Five Tibetans, I was excited and had high expectations, and I was not let down. They are a wonderful way to start the day and the results are subtle yet profound. I will have been practicing for two weeks straight next Wednesday and I am already feeling less pain, more flexibility, a new lightness of being that I attribute to the Five Tibetans.

I highly recommend this practice to all who tread the pathway to Enlightenment and to everyone and anyone who just wants to have a great day full of a sense of wellbeing.

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