The Five Tibetan Rites: Kept Secret For Centuries

I’ve mentioned the Five Tibetan Rites in this column before, but let me review what they are: these Rites are a series of physical movements developed by lamas in Tibet about 2500 years ago and handed down from generation to generation. They were kept secret in Himalayan monasteries because they are a path to higher consciousness for the initiated, with the side benefit of youthfulness.

These are not physical fitness exercises. Author Peter Kelder, who brought the Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation to the west in the 1930s, specifically tells us in The Eye of Revelation (later released as The Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth), “I would like to make it clearly understood that these are not physical exercises at all. They are only performed a few times a day; so few times that they could not possibly be of any value as physical culture movements. 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.”

There you have it! Kelder goes on to say the Five Tibetans affect the body, mind and emotions, activating key energy centers in the body. It also stimulates the glands of the endocrine system. Most importantly, these physical movements help you discover your true nature as a multi-dimensional being. They help you open your heart, expand your consciousness and generate sexual energy to clear away physical and energetic blocks.

With these Rites you generate more life-sustaining energy through the spinning of the seven vortexes. Once your body’s energies flow freely through their channels and all seven vortexes are spinning at the same speed, your body can transform itself and maintain health and vitality for a long, healthy, youthful life.

These seven energy vortexes are not the seven chakras many of us are familiar with. As Kelder explains, “There are two of these vortexes in the brain, one at the base of the throat, another in the right side of the body [at the waist] opposite the liver, one in the sexual center and one in each knee.

“These spinning centers of activity extend beyond the flesh in the healthy individual, but in the old, weak, senile person they hardly reach the surface except in the knees. The quickest way to regain health, youth, and vitality is to start these magnetic centers spinning again.”

I practice the Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation (almost) every day and I’ve had enormous benefits, so I highly recommend them. But first get your doctor’s permission.

Want to see how to do them? Go to my website, www.howtogrowyounger.com. The Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation video is the third one down on my home page. A spiral-bound book on how to do them is available on my website as well.

Ellen Wood of Questa is an award-winning author as well as an artist using the name, Maruška. Her website is
www.howwtogrowyounger.com. Contact Ellen at ellen@howtogrowyounger.com.