5 Tibetans is a set of 5 exersices, claimed to be of Tibetan origin rumoured to be the fountain of youth. Peter Kedler has written a Shangrila style story about them, about an old man telling him stories of discovery of the rites in hidden tibetan monestry and old man turning out ot be 200 year old etc...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites
you can learn to do them here.. http://lifeevents.org/5-tibetans-energy-rejuvenation-exercises.htm with nice graphic illustrations.
Doing these tibetan rites apparently stops aging and sometimes even reverse the effects of aging . Increase your life span etc etc.
Do I buy it? I think they are very very good exersices. people just add a touch of marketing to such things so that people take them up. Like Baba Ramdev, I really like it when he promises magic with every asana, motivates me to do it. But does it really work like that? may be not...
When I first saw it I thought it was a crude form of Surya namaskara. and I judged Suryanamskara to be better physically. But now that I have been doing them for a few months...Its not just crude form of yoga. Its something else. I dono about the anti aginging effects of Tibetan rites but I know that they can make the energy flow in your body every high. They are not just physical exercises, they definitely manipulate the energy or prana in the body. I read a couple of places that it balances out excess prana in lower chakras by making them flow higher. I think It not just balances, it also activates the chakras especially the higher ones, throat, ajna, crown for sure. Pumping the neck is part of another pranayama that I know, which also pushes energy up from base chakra to the head( very intense ) Twirling is part of sufi tradition...I dono much else how it may work. I suspect these were part of non mainstream forgotten Indian traditions( which people call Vama or left handed?) like tantra etc ? There are many such practices here and there.. dono where they come from actually..
Did I find physical benefits? yes! I think I feel more energetic after doing this regularly. I think it does contribute to increased stamina and strength. proportionately much more for the time u spend on them. Would I recommend them? yes! definitely! must do! it is very high return on investment! Anti aging? my white hair havent turned black :D yet ? :D ( well white hair have turned black but because of hair dye tho :P) weight loss? err... there is, but I have been doing lot of other things as well, so cant say.
If you plan to do this, start off small may be 5-6, Its not physically impossible to do 21 on day one if u are reasonably fit. but when I did try 21 even tho it was after a few weeks of practice I couldnt take the intensity of energy in the body. It was too intense, I felt like I was hearing a pulsating jet engine in my ear. You may not believe in prana or energy, u will still feel excess energy as one of these headache, feeling faint,heavyness in the head,noise in the head, burning sensations or just plan unease and restlessness ( If you dont then well done !!u are an advanced being ;-) )
There are absolutely no issues if u start off small -6, stay on 6 for a week or two then bring it up to ten , stay on ten for a month or so.. or its upto you but take it slow. It takes less than 5 mins to do ten. I am at 11-13 now... 17 also is too much for me.
Also forget about breathing etc to begin with , u can add it later once u start remembering the 5 exercises.
Its recommended to be done twice a day, morning night but I am still doing it only once a day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Tibetan_Rites
you can learn to do them here.. http://lifeevents.org/5-tibetans-energy-rejuvenation-exercises.htm with nice graphic illustrations.
Doing these tibetan rites apparently stops aging and sometimes even reverse the effects of aging . Increase your life span etc etc.
Do I buy it? I think they are very very good exersices. people just add a touch of marketing to such things so that people take them up. Like Baba Ramdev, I really like it when he promises magic with every asana, motivates me to do it. But does it really work like that? may be not...
When I first saw it I thought it was a crude form of Surya namaskara. and I judged Suryanamskara to be better physically. But now that I have been doing them for a few months...Its not just crude form of yoga. Its something else. I dono about the anti aginging effects of Tibetan rites but I know that they can make the energy flow in your body every high. They are not just physical exercises, they definitely manipulate the energy or prana in the body. I read a couple of places that it balances out excess prana in lower chakras by making them flow higher. I think It not just balances, it also activates the chakras especially the higher ones, throat, ajna, crown for sure. Pumping the neck is part of another pranayama that I know, which also pushes energy up from base chakra to the head( very intense ) Twirling is part of sufi tradition...I dono much else how it may work. I suspect these were part of non mainstream forgotten Indian traditions( which people call Vama or left handed?) like tantra etc ? There are many such practices here and there.. dono where they come from actually..
Did I find physical benefits? yes! I think I feel more energetic after doing this regularly. I think it does contribute to increased stamina and strength. proportionately much more for the time u spend on them. Would I recommend them? yes! definitely! must do! it is very high return on investment! Anti aging? my white hair havent turned black :D yet ? :D ( well white hair have turned black but because of hair dye tho :P) weight loss? err... there is, but I have been doing lot of other things as well, so cant say.
If you plan to do this, start off small may be 5-6, Its not physically impossible to do 21 on day one if u are reasonably fit. but when I did try 21 even tho it was after a few weeks of practice I couldnt take the intensity of energy in the body. It was too intense, I felt like I was hearing a pulsating jet engine in my ear. You may not believe in prana or energy, u will still feel excess energy as one of these headache, feeling faint,heavyness in the head,noise in the head, burning sensations or just plan unease and restlessness ( If you dont then well done !!u are an advanced being ;-) )
There are absolutely no issues if u start off small -6, stay on 6 for a week or two then bring it up to ten , stay on ten for a month or so.. or its upto you but take it slow. It takes less than 5 mins to do ten. I am at 11-13 now... 17 also is too much for me.
Also forget about breathing etc to begin with , u can add it later once u start remembering the 5 exercises.
Its recommended to be done twice a day, morning night but I am still doing it only once a day.
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