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<br />Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-72234102720448797882013-06-17T09:27:00.000+10:002013-06-17T09:27:03.475+10:00<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody>
<tr><td class="pageHeading" valign="top"><span style="font-size: small;">The Five Tibetans Rite No 1 (The Spin ) - Which Direction Should</span></td>
<td align="right" class="pageHeading" valign="bottom"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="smallText"> by <a href="http://www.t5t.com/articles.php?authors_id=2">Carolinda Witt</a></span></span></td>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="The Five Tibetans Spin Direction (image www.T5T.com)" src="http://www.t5t.com/images/T5T_Articles/eye_of_revelatin_spin_direction.jpg" style="float: right;" title="The Five Tibetans Spin Direction (image www.T5T.com)" /></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Colonel Bradford's book 'The Eye of Revelation'<strong> </strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">(</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.t5t.com/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=122">download it free here</a></span>) only gives instructions to spin in a <span style="text-decoration: underline;">clockwise </span>direction. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #993300;">…“The
first Rite”, continued the Colonel, “is a simple one. It is for the
express purpose of speeding up the Vortexes. When we were children we
used it in our play. It is this: 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. In other words, if you were to place a clock or watch on the
floor face up, you would turn in the same direction the hands are
moving.”… </span></strong></em></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Please
note that Colonel Bradford defines "clockwise" as being the direction
in which the person is turning when facing forwards and turning from
left to right; regardless of his/her location on the planet. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Since Bradford's location was in the Northern Hemisphere when he wrote that '<em>you should turn from left to right' </em>(
in a clockwise direction) - some people have questioned whether we
should change his instructions and spin anti-clockwise in the southern
hemisphere.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I asked them, <em>"Why do you think we should change the direction of the spin?"</em></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">The answer is normally along the lines of, <em>"Well water spins anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in the northern hemisphere."</em> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">However
this concept itself is based on a popular myth, and is therefore not a
viable reason as to why we should change our spin direction in the
southern hemisphere.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><a class="bodyItem" href="http://www.ems.psu.edu/%7Efraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html" target="_blank">Alistair B. Fraser, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Meteorology, Penn State University, USA,</a> explains in great detail (Reprinted with permission of author) -</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="tableFont"><span class="tableFont"><em>...</em></span><em><span class="tableFont">"Compared
to the rotations </span></em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="tableFont"><em><span class="tableFont">that one usually sees (tires on a traveling
automobile, a compact disc playing music, or a draining sink), the
rotation of the Earth is very small: only one rotation per day. The
water in a sink might make a rotation in a few seconds and so have a
rotation rate ten thousand times higher than that of the Earth. It
should not be surprising, therefore, to learn that the Coriolis force
is orders of magnitude smaller than any of the forces involved in
these everyday spinning things. The Coriolis force is so small, that
it plays no role in determining the direction of rotation of a
draining sink anymore than it does the direction of a spinning CD. <br /> <br />
The direction of rotation of a draining sink is determined by the
way it was filled, or by vortices introduced while washing. The
magnitude of these rotations may be small, but they are
nevertheless gargantuan by comparison to the rotation of the
Earth."...</span></em></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Furthermore to describe the Coriolis Effect is actually very complicated
particularly without resorting to mathematical equations or complicated
concepts such as angular mechanics! First of all there is your frame of
reference "What you see depends on where you are." This assumes that
we are on firm ground when in fact we are not as the earth is a spinning
disc. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect"><strong>Coriolis effect</strong> </a></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">In physics, the Coriolis Effect is an apparent deflection of moving objects when they are viewed from a<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> rotating reference frame</span>.
For example, consider two children on opposite sides of a spinning
roundabout (carousel), who are throwing a ball to each other (see
Figure 1). From the children's point of view, this ball's path is
curved sideways by the Coriolis effect. From the thrower's perspective,
the deflection is to the right with anticlockwise carousel rotation
(viewed from above). Deflection is to the left with clockwise rotation.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Corioliskraftanimation.gif"><img align="middle" height="283" src="http://www.t5t.com/store/userfiles/Corioliskraftanimation.gif" width="200" /><br /> </a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Figure
1: In the inertial frame of reference (upper part of the picture), the
black object moves in a straight line, without significant friction with
the disc. However, the observer (red dot) who is standing in the
rotating (non-inertial) frame of reference (lower part of the picture)
sees the object as following a curved path.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect">Wikepidia</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">If you are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">really keen</span> to have a better explanation of the Coriolis Effect read <a href="http://www.dvandom.com/coriolis/">Dave Van Domelen's article. </a> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">For further information on actual sink experiments to measure the Coriolis Effect see Joe Kissel's article <a href="http://itotd.com/articles/498/the-coriolis-force">"Taking an Urban Legend For A Spin."</a></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Spin Direction of The Chakras</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Colonel Bradford did not describe the direction of the vortexes (chakras):</span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><em><span style="color: black;">The
body has seven centers, which, in English, could be called Vortexes.
These are kind of magnetic centers. They revolve at great speed in the
healthy body, but when slowed down - well that is just another name
for old age, ill-health, and senility.</span></em> <em><span style="color: black;">The
quickest way to regain youth, health, and vitality is to start these
energy centers spinning normally again. There are five simple
exercises that will accomplish this. Any one of them alone is helpful,
but all five are required to get the best results. These five
exercises are not really exercises at all. The Lamas call them rites,
and so that is how I shall refer to them, too"... </span></em><span style="color: black;">Colonel Bradford -</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.t5t.com/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=122">"The Eye of Revelation"</a></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/download_eyeRevelation.php?"> </a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">I wonder if Bradford deliberately avoided mentioning an anti-clockwise direction? According to <strong>Barbara Ann Brennan, ex NASA research scientist</strong> and noted authority on the human energy field, <em>healthy </em>chakras should spin in a clockwise direction - and closed, unbalanced chakras spin in a counter clockwise direction.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">In her successful book, <em>"Hands of Light" </em>she says, <br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><em>..."When
the chakras are functioning normally, each will be "open", spinning
clockwise to metabolize the particular energies needed from the
universal field. A clockwise spin draws energy from the UEF (Universal
Energy Field) into the chakra, very much like the right-hand rule in
electromagnetism, which states that a changing magnetic field around a
wire will induce a current in that wire.<br /> </em></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><em>When
the chakra spins counter clockwise, the current is flowing outward
from the body, thus interfering with metabolism. In other words, the
energies that are needed and that we experience as psychological reality
are not flowing into the chakra when it is spinning counter clockwise.
We thus label the chakra as "closed" to incoming energies.”...</em></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><em> </em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Possible Traditional Influences</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></span>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><strong>(a) Traditional Tibetan 'phrul 'khor Yantra Yoga (pronounced "trul-khor"</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">
Chˆgyal Namkhai Norbu one of the great living masters of Dzogchen and
Tantra, was born in Tibet in 1938. His book YANTRA YOGA: The Tibetan
Yoga of Movement released by <a class="bodyItem" href="http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_9678.html" target="_blank">Snow Lion Publications</a></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">
</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;">Trul-khor" means "magical wheel," says Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, a teacher associated with the <a class="bodyItem" href="https://www.ligmincha.org/component/option,com_retreat/Itemid,41/retreat_id,46" target="_blank">Ligmincha Institute</a> and assistant professor at the University of Texas (U.T) Medical School.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> He says, <em>..."The
distinctive movements of trul khor arose as the result of deep
meditation practice by Tibetan yogic adepts. Traditionally practiced in
remote Himalayan caves and monasteries, the trul khor movements are now
being made accessible to serious Western students. They are a powerful
tool for clearing, balancing and harmonizing the subtle aspects of one’s
energetic dimension."</em>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">Ryan
Parker, a practitioner of The Five Tibetan Rites is currently doing
research comparing The Five Tibetan Rites to Tibetan "trul-khor".
According to Peter Kelder in "The Eye of Revelation", the Rites like
'trul-knor' are around 2,500 years old.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> In his recent <a class="bodyItem" href="http://vajrayana.faithweb.com/chart%20of%20comparison.pdf" target="_blank">"Comparison Chart" </a>he states, <em>..."Buddhist
‘phrul ‘khor proposes the existence of clockwise spinning energetic
centers. ‘phrul ‘khor is sometimes said to cause the centers of the body
to spin. Moreover they are caused to spin in unison. Although all the
moments can cause this spinning, rotation of the body is specifically
linked to causing the centers to rotate. Clockwise rotation is said to
be beneficial and is always the assumed direction of rotation in
Buddist‘phrul ‘khor."...</em></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><em> </em><br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(</span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>b) Pradakshina:</strong></span><br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.t5t.com/pics/pradakshina.gif" /><img alt="http://www.hinduyuva.org/tattva-blog/2006/10/why-do-we-do-pradakshina-in-a-temple-by-ravi-kiran/" height="276" src="http://www.t5t.com/images/T5T_Articles/pradakshina.gif" title="http://www.hinduyuva.org/tattva-blog/2006/10/why-do-we-do-pradakshina-in-a-temple-by-ravi-kiran/" width="344" /><br /> <br />
Throughout history Tibet and India have shared ancient knowledge, and
it is possible - but unproven - that the first Rite could also have been
influenced by the practice of Pradakshina. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><br /> </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">In
Hinduism, Pradakshina means the act of worshipful circumambulation
(walking clockwise around a holy temple, shrine, or place). Dakshina
means right, so you walk to the left keeping the spiritual object on
your right.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><br /> </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">To perform Pradakshina you walk <em>clockwise</em>
around a temple, sacred object, person, mountain, place or even
oneself. Hindu temples are designed with special passages, so that
people can perform these clockwise movements around them. <br /> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">The purpose of this clockwise circling is to center or purify oneself, or to honor or bond with the object of devotion. <br /> </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">
Circumambulation is so common in fact that it can be found in the
Greek, Roman, Druid and Hindu cultures. Usually it had to do with
sacrifice or purification processes. Interestingly, in all these
cultures the direction was always the same - clockwise! For more
information see <a class="bodyItem" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/mas/sof/sof23.htm" target="_blank">www.sacred-texts.com</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Other Interesting Information On The Clockwise Spin Direction </strong></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">During
one of my classes, a dance teacher told me that children are initially
taught to spin clockwise. Apparently they find it easier (although
there are always exceptions). She said it is well known amongst dance
teachers - that if you want to calm children down, you get them to spin
anti-clockwise. To energize them, you get them to spin clockwise! <br /> </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">
This energizing effect is exactly what most people experience doing
Rite No 1 as described by Colonel Bradford. In my view, if the lamas
gave instructions to Spin clockwise - then clockwise it is!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>A Practitioner Who Does Spin Anti Clockwise</strong></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></span></span>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">However,
I am in communication with one practitioner “Mary” who spins in an
anti-clockwise condition due to a life threatening health condition,
which she has and is mastering. She is extraordinarily attuned to the
needs of her body as you shall read below: </span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;"><span style="color: #333399;"><em>…”According
to Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), clockwise movement
accelerates life by speeding up the chakras until they are all moving at
the same speed. Counter-clockwise movement de-accelerates the
chakras. Most who do the rites want to 'speed-up' chakras that have
slowed down with age, weight, etc. Therefore, it is logical that the
spin be clockwise. However, one morning as I was saying my morning
prayers, I understood that, in my case, speeding up all my chakras would
have a negative impact as the chakra that impacts my lungs was not
capable of speeding up! It made more sense to slow down my other
chakras to match the speed of the lung chakra that impacted my lungs!
Therefore, I began spinning counter-clockwise. As soon as I did so, I
noticed that doing the other rites became easier!"...</em></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">To<span style="color: black;"> sum up,</span>
unless documents or a teacher are found, all attempts at understanding
the motive for Rite No 1 therefore can only be speculative – and you
must do what feels right for you! </span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="pageHeading" valign="top">There Is An Error in “The Eye of Revelation” by Peter Kelder</td><td class="pageHeading" valign="top"> </td>
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<em><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></em><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt;">I received this email which said, '</span><em><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt;">I hope you can help me with some insights regarding my concern. This quote is from the book “The Eye of Revelation”<br /> </span></em><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /> <em><span style="color: #993300;">“When
I was in India it amazed me to see the Maulawiyah, or as they are more
commonly known, the Whirling Dervishes, almost unceasingly spin around
and around in a religious frenzy. Rite Number One recalled to my
attention two things in connection with this practice. The first was
that these Whirling Dervishes always spun in one direction-from left to
right, or clockwise."<br /> <br /> </span>To me this is false<br /> <br /> My wife is Turkish and the Whirling Dervishes spin counter-clockwise…”</em></span></div>
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<em></em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 11pt;">Dr </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Tim Jaeger, Toronto</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tim, and of course
his wife, are correct; the Dervishes do spin anti-clockwise and
according to the historical writings they always have.<span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Peter Kelder wrote
his book in 1939, and then republished it again in 1946, making a few
descriptive amendments to the movements as well adding a couple of extra
chapters.<span> </span>His quote about the clockwise spin direction of
the Dervishes was not corrected in the reprint, so I can only assume he
made a mistake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">I had read Bradford’s description of a clockwise spin direction and it confused me also.<span> </span>When
the Whirling Dervishes visited Sydney, I went to the Opera House to see
them perform the Sema (the religious ceremony in which they spin).<span> </span>All the material I had read on the Dervishes said they spun anti-clockwise so I decided to go and see for myself.<span> </span>The Dervishes spun in four separate sections and to tell you the truth I got completely confused which way they were spinning.<span> </span>I thought they went anti-clockwise in the first section, clockwise in the 2<sup>nd</sup>, anti-clockwise in the 3<sup>rd</sup> and finally clockwise in the 4<sup>th</sup>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">So I made an error
too, and did not feel certain enough to write this article until now –
thanks Tim! In truth, I found the music and the rhythmical twirling were
so relaxing that I almost fell asleep! I had a friend with me who knew
what I was looking for, but she was as confused as I was. I can
emphasise with Colonel Bradford making his observational error.<span> </span>You’d have to see them to believe me! <span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">For the record, in the book <em>“The Eye of Revelation”</em> the monks make no comment at all upon the spin direction of the Dervishes – that is Bradford’s observational error alone.<span> </span>The monks instructed us to spin CLOCKWISE.</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: #993300; font-size: 11pt;">…”There
is only one caution: you must turn from left to right. In other words,
if you were to place a clock or watch on the floor face up, you would
turn in the same way the hands are moving…”</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">For those readers, who believe <em>“The Eye of Revelation” </em>contains the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">exact words</span>
of the monks, Bradford/Kelder’s error is a salient reminder that it was
a WESTERNER who interpreted the monks’ teachings and brought them back
to the West.</span></div>
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This has a ripple effect on every area of your life.<br /></span></p> <ul style="font-family: georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000080;">Rite <strong>#</strong> 1 <strong><span style="color:#cc99ff;"><em>(Energy) </em></span></strong>- The Spin -- <strong><em>"I am full of energy"</em></strong></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000080;">Rite # 2 <strong><span style="color:#00ccff;"><em>(Air)</em></span></strong> - The Leg Raise -- <em><strong>"My mind is clear and calm"</strong></em></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000080;">Rite # 3 <strong><em>(Water)</em></strong> - The Kneeling Backbend -- <em><strong>"I am flexible and receptive"</strong></em></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000080;">Rite # 4 <strong><span style="color:#008000;"><em>(Earth)</em></span> </strong>- The Tabletop -- <strong><em>"I am strong and balanced"</em></strong></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000080;">Rite # 5 <strong><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">(Fire)</span></em></strong> - The Pendulum -- "<strong><em>I am positive and motivated"</em></strong></span></span></li></ul> <p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Try using them when you practice next time - they really work!</span></p><p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"><strong><span style="color:#800000;">In T5T emphasis is also placed on the mind/body connection. 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Some people experience no symptoms at all, while others experience one or more of the following:</span></p> <ul><li><span style="font-size:small;">slight headache, as if you have given up coffee or fasted for the day</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">a metallic taste in the mouth<a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/userfiles/image/T5T_Articles/candles.jpg" _fcksavedurl="/store/userfiles/image/T5T_Articles/candles.jpg"><img src="http://www.t5t.com/store/userfiles/image/T5T_Articles/candles.jpg" _fcksavedurl="/store/userfiles/image/T5T_Articles/candles.jpg" alt="" align="right" height="173" width="260" /></a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">achy joints for a day or so</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">darker, stronger-smelling urine</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">diarrhea or strong bowel movement</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">initial constipation</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">slight nausea</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">initial fatigue as the body balances itself</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">cold or flu-like symptoms that last a day</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">a runny nose as sinuses clear</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">a tic or involuntary muscle movement over one eye</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">a mild rash or pimples</span></li><li><span style="font-size:small;">moodiness, either a bit snappy or teary</span></li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:small;">Consult your physician if these symptoms are severe or if they continue for longer than a few days to a week</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:small;">To Download "The Eye of Revelation" Free - <a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/download_eyeRevelation.php?" _fcksavedurl="../../../download_eyeRevelation.php?" title="Download ">Click Here</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:small;">To Learn T5T - and get your chakras spinning more rapidly - <a href="http://www.t5t.com/" _fcksavedurl="../../../../" title="To Learn T5T - Click Here">Click Here</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:small;">If you wish to publish this article on your website you may do so, provided that you assign copyright to the author exactly as written below:<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Copyright (c) 2005 Carolinda Witt - author </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=155&" _fcksavedurl="http://www.t5t.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=155&">T5T - The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites</a> (Penguin/Lantern 2005) and <a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=155&" _fcksavedurl="http://www.t5t.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=155&">The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan </a>(Random House/Three Rivers Press 2007)</span></strong></span></p>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-40584669172672836752010-08-03T10:42:00.005+10:002010-09-03T08:41:52.059+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPibxpZ4G3aLnyosm-7pvYvRjg76bJbdh2rD95z-jscWXV-YrbNBDRK9tLwBbPMipfqce4ItMBtEH3OJ8YxJ74cUwvPPhespPKZIqEnX0U3nzxuaSeDQ3bAFeDHCdYjaxpvR9/s1600/dramatic+clouds.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPibxpZ4G3aLnyosm-7pvYvRjg76bJbdh2rD95z-jscWXV-YrbNBDRK9tLwBbPMipfqce4ItMBtEH3OJ8YxJ74cUwvPPhespPKZIqEnX0U3nzxuaSeDQ3bAFeDHCdYjaxpvR9/s200/dramatic+clouds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500979639911581810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Tibetan Five Rites: Should We Breathe Through the Nose or the Mouth When We Practice Them?</span><br /><br /></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning> <w:validateagainstschemas> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables> <w:snaptogridincell> <w:wraptextwithpunct> <w:useasianbreakrules> <w:dontgrowautofit> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> <span class="mceItemObject" classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"> </span> <mce:style><! st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } --> <!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">You should breathe only through the nose. The nose is designed for breathing. The nose is the first line of defense, warning you of harmful smells, and trapping and filtering out particles and bacteria. </span><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">When you breathe through your nose, it is easier to regulate your breathing rate and depth. When you breathe slowly and deeply it stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system associated with digestion, assimilation, calm and relaxation. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">When you breathe rapidly into the upper chest you stimulate the sympathetic nervous system associated with ‘flight or fight’ response of the body. By controlling your breathing you can initiate the ‘relaxation response’ of the body which reduces stress.</span><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">An expert on breathing whilst exercising is <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lifespa.com/article.aspx?art_id=29">Dr John Douillard</a></span> whose breathing techniques have been used by dozens of world-class athletes, including tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">He is a great advocate backed by research who says we should bring the intensity of our exercise down to a point where we can breathe through our nose. He has shown that this improves performance, stamina, focus, and coordination. </span><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">He believes that we should breathe through our nose when exercising because it stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system associated with regeneration and rejuvenation. When we exercise to intensity whereby we<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblText"><span class="textmain"> </span></span>breathe through the nose in a rapid upper chest type emergency breath, this degenerates us and causes stress to the body. </span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">He says ...”<span class="textmain"><em>In Ayurveda, the first requirement for health, fitness and longevity is that the body’s life force or “prana” must flow effortlessly into every cell of the body. This is accomplished primarily via the breath. It is the proper use of the breath during exercise that will bring harmony between the mind and body and create a measurable experience of calm and rejuvenation in each workout. </em></span></span><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"><em><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblText">Exercise can act as a double edge sword where it can either incur stress or remove it depending on the quality of the breath. The best way to consistently breathe into the lower lobes of the lungs is by nasal breathing. The nose is really an intricately designed breathing apparatus that will prepare the air perfectly for access into the lower lobes. In short the nose filters, moistens and rarifies the air before it penetrates the lower lobes.</span></em></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"><em>Probably the most unusual feature lies in the turbinates of the nose, which act as turbines to swirl the air into vortices that drives the incoming air into the small and distal alveoli of the lungs. It is when these distal lobes are fully perfused that the body produces a neurological state of composure even while under extreme stress - thus the eye of the hurricane."...</em></span><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblText"><span class="textmain">He quotes tennis great Billie Jean King saying, </span><em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">...“I would transport myself beyond the turmoil of the court to a place of total peace and calm."...</span></em></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"><strong>The Importance of Correct Breathing</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"><br /><br />Breathing well is incredibly important, because a number of clinical studies have proven that how well you breathe is literally an indicator of how long you will live<br /><br /></span>Poor breathing patterns can seriously affect your physical health as well as your mental and emotional well being.<br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">With a high percentage of raw foods the respiratory system is responsible for eliminating approximately 70% of your metabolic waste. The remainder should be eliminated through defecation 3%, urination 8% and perspiration 19%. So, if you think that going to the bathroom every day is important, or that of working up a sweat now and then is healthy - think again about the value of full free optimal breathing!<br /><br />If you want to find how well you<em> </em>breathe – try breathing expert & contributor to T5T®’s breathing techniques; Mike White whose free online <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?Clk=2532785">breathing tests</a></span> – have been done by around 50,000 people so far.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">To get the most out of any type of healing work and more importantly life - developing optimal breathing habits is one of the most valuable things you can do.</span><br /></span><p class="default"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">T5T® has incorporated breathing with the Five Tibetan Rites because it supercharges their effects by boosting your vitality & improving health & wellbeing.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">If you are taking the time to do a daily energy raising exercise routine like The 5 Tibetans– it makes perfect sense to include natural full breathing with the movements. Breathing in fills your body with life-giving oxygen; and breathing out eliminates toxins and wastes.</span><br /></span><p class="default"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;">T5T® teaches you how to breathe slower, deeper, fuller and with less tension. Our <strong>‘</strong><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/pages.php?pID=82&CDpath=8&">Energy Breathing Technique</a><strong>’ </strong>is completed 3 times between each Rite. Plus we instruct you on how to breathe correctly while performing the Rites.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times;"><em>..."Breathing slower, deeper and easier is vital for longevity, health and vitality. I believe that T5T can help most people become more conscious of their breathing. It can also release tension in their breathing, and often gradually expand their breathing capacity as well as slow their breathing rate. T5T will help many people to achieve the above, however there are those who may have an undetected dysfunctional breathing or what I call UDB whose next step would be my Optimal Breathing Techniques."</em>... Michael Grant White, “The Breathing Coach” - Executive Director of www.breathing.com and the Optimal Breathing School</span><br /></span><p><span style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >To Download "The Eye of Revelation" Free - <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Download " href="http://www.t5t.com/store/download_eyeRevelation.php?">Click Here</a></span></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >To Learn T5T - and get your chakras spinning more rapidly -<strong> </strong><a title="To Learn T5T - Click Here" href="http://www.t5t.com/">Click Here</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>If you wish to publish this article on your website you may do so, provided that you assign copyright to the author exactly as written below: A pdf version is available </strong></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><strong><a href="mailto:info@t5t.com?subject=Article%20Request%20%22Should%20We%20Breathe%20Through%20The%20Nose%20Or%20The%20Mouth%20When%20Practicing%20The%20Five%20Tibetan%20Rites%3F%22&body=Hello%20T5T%2C%0A%0AI%20would%20like%20to%20receive%20a%20pdf%20of%20the%20article%20mentioned%20in%20the%20subject%20line%20above.%0A%0A%28Please%20underline%20one%20of%20the%20following%20options%29%0A%0A1%29%20%20%20I%20would%20like%20to%20publish%20this%20article%20on%20my%20website%2C%20or%20blog.%0A2%29%20%20%20I%20am%20an%20affiliate%20and%20would%20like%20to%20use%20this%20article%20on%20my%20website%20or%20blog%20to%20generate%20sales.%0A3%29%20%20%20Other%20reason%20described%20below.%0A%0APlace%20list%20all%20names%2Flinks%20to%20the%20%20URLs%20of%20your%20websites%20or%20Blogs%20here%3A%20%0A%0AYours%20truly%0A%0A%0AFull%20Name%3A%20%0AEmail%3A%20%0A">on request. </a></strong></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Copyright (c) 2005 Carolinda Witt - author </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=155&">T5T - The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites</a></span></strong></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"> (Penguin/Lantern 2005) and </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=155&">The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan </a></span></strong></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">(Random House/Three Rivers Press 2007)</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-70530881008478477722010-07-27T13:50:00.004+10:002010-09-03T08:42:02.164+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPC629qiZs2aBGRiPUXXxgJENWCw1dFa4_uu0YRGDdvY0GFOqIsZwdaLrhmh8bUL659HzGJ_Tyn6Y901jtTOKwN3hl2vOJOIuayQbT7o7LOPgskUGkTyCfawITEaH-bjhnM32/s1600/IMG_4659+blue+waves.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPC629qiZs2aBGRiPUXXxgJENWCw1dFa4_uu0YRGDdvY0GFOqIsZwdaLrhmh8bUL659HzGJ_Tyn6Y901jtTOKwN3hl2vOJOIuayQbT7o7LOPgskUGkTyCfawITEaH-bjhnM32/s320/IMG_4659+blue+waves.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498429806213921490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Should You Practice "The Five Tibetan Rites" When Menstruating?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The monks who practiced the original Rites were celibate and male. There were no instructions given regarding menstruation!<br /><br />However, my experience and the feedback of many of the women I have taught, is that T5T seems to improve the symptoms of menstruation. Some women report less bloating, moodiness, anxiety, cramps and sore breasts. Others say they feel less congested and the flow is improved. </span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I believe that because you are doing a little bit of yoga & core training (T5T) everyday - your body becomes conditioned to it - and you benefit from the cumulative effects of regular practice.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The monks said that the purpose of the Rites is to get the chakras (energy centers) of the body spinning rapidly and evenly again. The chakras are located above major nerve plexi (bunches of nerves) and the major endocrine glands of the body. In this way, they are said to improve hormonal function.<br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">An example of this hormonal stimulation is that I taught one women who reported an increase in the production of her breast milk!</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">During menstruation some women's physical energy is not as strong as usual. In this case - maintain the pattern of your practice so as not to lose the motivation of the daily ritual - but perhaps to do less repetitions. Or revert back to one of the easier versions of the postures. However, some women experience increased energy during their period - so there is no one size answer to fit all! </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Exercise is good for you, and in fact is normal! Our sedentary lifestyle has turned exercise into an option! </span> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Certainly if you have a condition that requires you to receive treatment from a doctor - you should definitely discuss this with him/her. There are some people who have underlying conditions such as cysts that have become aggravated through practicing the Rites (or doing other forms of exercise). If you experience any irregular spotting then you should see your doctor.<br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">If you are exercising so much that your period stops, then that is not healthy. You would have to be working out at very high intensity for this to occur from exercise alone.<br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It is worth considering that in many rural cultures women work whilst having their period. They also work right up to the day before giving birth and return immediately after delivery! Of course their bodies are conditioned to ongoing physical labour, whilst those of us in urban communities need to be more cautious. The point I am making here though is the human body is pretty tough!<br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Personally I share the opinion of Barbara Benagh - a yoga teacher, seminar teacher and columnist on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/546" class="bodyItem">Yoga Journal</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>..."Since I know of no studies or research that makes a compelling argument to avoid inversions (eg. Rite No 5) during menstruation, and since menstruation affects each woman differently and can vary from cycle to cycle, I am of the opinion that each woman is responsible for making her own decision.<br /></em><em></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>The bottom line is that hatha yoga is full of contradictions and varied opinions, leaving each of us ultimately responsible for our own choices. Pay attention to your body and discover what works and what doesn't — not just during your period but every day."...</em><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Geeta Iyengar (yoga expert) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.yogaholidays.net/magazine/Menstruation.htm" class="bodyItem">says that</a> the practice of Uddiyana Bhanda (the 6th Rite) should not be done during menstruation.<br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I do not incorporate the 6th Rite in any of my teachings as the monks said you must be celibate to practice it. Rather than express (waste) their sexual energy in a sexual manner; they used this powerful energy for creating higher spiritual awareness, by channeling it up the major energy lines of the body. Read my article "<a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/article_info.php?articles_id=12&">Why We Don't Teach The 6th Rite From The Five Tibetans" </a>for more in-depth information.<br /></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The bottom line is that the Rites appear to help stabilize the periods. I have not had one report of ongoing increased blood flow or stopping of menstruation through practicing the Rites. What I do hear about is people saying that they are less moody, have less cramps and reduced bloating - but maintain a craving for chocolate!!!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning> <w:validateagainstschemas> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables> <w:snaptogridincell> <w:wraptextwithpunct> <w:useasianbreakrules> <w:dontgrowautofit> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} --> <!--[endif]--></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >To Download "The Eye of Revelation" Free - <a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/download_eyeRevelation.php?%20" title="Download ">Click Here</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To Learn T5T - and get your chakras spinning more rapidly -<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.t5t.com/" title="To Learn T5T - Click Here">Click Here</a></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><strong>If you wish to publish this article on your website you may do so, provided that you assign copyright to the author exactly as written below: A pdf version is available </strong></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong></strong></span>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-17143672474484208542010-07-22T12:27:00.007+10:002010-09-03T08:42:11.588+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuujKEQjcf2hj1PMX8q9lzKt3otlXO-FuFwCeXLqMBkGOyVNOR2Klo3eOdynw_UK7aOHAvqR3On6jXPcXlcZNjstaZzwBXFvniho1LNwRgeRHXoxaD3TR0ckvz5jC8AJr3MUr/s1600/Banner+of+Eye+of+Revelation+download+book.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuujKEQjcf2hj1PMX8q9lzKt3otlXO-FuFwCeXLqMBkGOyVNOR2Klo3eOdynw_UK7aOHAvqR3On6jXPcXlcZNjstaZzwBXFvniho1LNwRgeRHXoxaD3TR0ckvz5jC8AJr3MUr/s320/Banner+of+Eye+of+Revelation+download+book.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496552507298659074" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">FREE - Five Tibetan Rites e-book </span><br /><br /><a href="mailto:%3Cinfo@t5t.com%3E">Receive</a> the original story of the discovery of the monks for free and learn their ancient secrets to anti-aging, health and wellbeing.<br /><br />The book was written by Peter Kelder in 1939 and is called <span style="font-style: italic;">"The Eye of Revelation."</span> It comes in a pdf format so you can print or read it in seconds.<br /><br />Just put<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >E of R</span> in the subject line and I'll email it to you straight away. No strings attached, no obligations - AND NO no keeping of your email address or using it for any purpose whatsoever.<br /><br />Enjoy!Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-54898362908124173852010-07-20T17:02:00.009+10:002010-09-03T08:42:23.567+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7CXcE3BE-AbeYRvMo14-fr7ZtUOrukyv4W6F-N88foqRKlxu8uFhae_oSDwWr4k7A0XGNdMxArFn4XKlkHURLXudeDL6KIzYbuviZRfhP0RtX8Q8gbiZEto-4ZKea9fuAwWy/s1600/Eye+of+Revelation+upward+downward+dog.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7CXcE3BE-AbeYRvMo14-fr7ZtUOrukyv4W6F-N88foqRKlxu8uFhae_oSDwWr4k7A0XGNdMxArFn4XKlkHURLXudeDL6KIzYbuviZRfhP0RtX8Q8gbiZEto-4ZKea9fuAwWy/s400/Eye+of+Revelation+upward+downward+dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495882088444557746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">Five Tibetan Rites - Should The Heels Touch The Floor In the 5th Rite?</span></span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It's up to you really! You can perform it exactly as instructed (heels raised above the floor) in the original book<em> "The Eye of Revelation" </em>- written in 1939 about the discovery of the monks </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> - or you can lower the heels to the flo</span><span style="font-size:100%;">or for the reasons mentioned below. It won't make any difference to the intended purpose of the Rites, which is to get the chakras spinning more rapidly so Qi can circulate freely throughout the body.<br /><br />Image at right from <em>"The Eye of Revelation" </em>1939 which you can </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/download_eyeRevelation.php?">(Download Free Here)</a></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >This pose is made up of two parts. Downward Dog (upside down V shape) and a variation of Upward Dog as illustrated in the 2nd picture below.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtQEGnznvzF4IsSU7DZXY11OtLP0fBmmBjRkM9-n-njpbBW9WdTCwqMCj6SNPSGLMj0lpCmw20pNNpJc1cLJeL3JpDdSf04pU4ABqUNOrPvjY4hJqH2NM8qEyLCuPB7tSjMdW/s1600/Yoga+Journal+Downward+Facing+Dog.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtQEGnznvzF4IsSU7DZXY11OtLP0fBmmBjRkM9-n-njpbBW9WdTCwqMCj6SNPSGLMj0lpCmw20pNNpJc1cLJeL3JpDdSf04pU4ABqUNOrPvjY4hJqH2NM8qEyLCuPB7tSjMdW/s320/Yoga+Journal+Downward+Facing+Dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495882730731554242" border="0" /></a></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Image at left with further instructions available from <a href="http://www.yogajournal.com./poses/491">Yoga Journal</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiVmzyQjKPoEb-E8_LDDB1HRWH707v7VKJvDfEJ0P8mW_MIoO7TLPfk8AbZrHJ_IEECSquj6-CEO0kuB2IofpFZleigrcpt-ARg-qDsntIFAOvJkJHepTyrUcJT5O36oozBkO/s1600/Elise+upward+dog+in+house.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiVmzyQjKPoEb-E8_LDDB1HRWH707v7VKJvDfEJ0P8mW_MIoO7TLPfk8AbZrHJ_IEECSquj6-CEO0kuB2IofpFZleigrcpt-ARg-qDsntIFAOvJkJHepTyrUcJT5O36oozBkO/s320/Elise+upward+dog+in+house.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495883600043052658" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Image at left from <a href="http://www.t5t.com/">www.T5T.com<br /></a></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Many yoga postures are derived from observing the movement of animal</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">s. Rite No 5 is a very common yoga posture known as Downward Dog or Adho Mukha Svanasana in Sanskrit. It resembles a dog stretching after a nap. In today's terms; having the heels elevated off the floor is a classic beginner's version of Downward Dog. Beginners leg muscles are often very tight and many would not be able to lower their heels to the floor without overstraining. Over time as muscles stretch, most people are able to comfortably lower their heels to the floor - and this increases the beneficial effects of the stretch.</span><br /></span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">However, everyone is built individually including the size & proportion of their bones. In some people the bones of the ankle and the foot compress, preventing any further movement. They will never be able to place their heels flat on the floor (I am one of them) - because that is the way they were born. Once bone and bone compress, there is nowhere else to go. You can release tension in the muscles but you can't stretch bone! For fascinating information on compression and tension - and why some people can't do certain yoga postures the same way as others - see Paul Grilley's "Anatomy for Yoga" DVD.<br /><br />Downward Dog is recommended for: </span></p> <ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">for energising the body </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:100%;"> Stretching the shoulders, hamstrings, calves, arches, and hands </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:100%;"> Strengthening the arms and legs</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Yoga Journal describes this 'Deepening of The Pose' as follows:</strong><br /><br />...<em>"To increase the stretch in the backs of your legs, lift slightly up onto the balls of your feet, pulling your heels a half-inch or so away from the floor. Then draw your inner groins deep into the pelvis, lifting actively from the inner heels. Finally, from the height of the groins, lengthen the heels back onto the floor, moving the outer heels faster than the inner."</em>...<br /><br />A precedent for having the heels touch the floor can be found in the ancient 8th Century Tibetan Yantra Yoga as taught by the Master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu. On page 174 of his book <a href="http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_9678.html">"Yantra Yoga - The Tibetan Yoga of Movement"</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> published by Snow Lion Publications - the text and the corresponding illustration instructs students <span style="font-style: italic;">"to place the heels on the floor."</span><br /><br />Therefore I suggest you make a personal decision as to whether you want to stick to the pure original or 'deepen the stretch' as we do in the T5T® version of The Five Tibetan Rites.<br /><br />During the 2nd part of the movement in the T5T® method, we avoid doing the posture on our tip toes (as illustrated in The Eye of Revelation) to avoid compression of the vertebrae and discs.<br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To Download "The Eye of Revelation" Free - </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/download_eyeRevelation.php?" 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</a>The Five Tibetans & Energy Breathing Program </span><span style="font-size:100%;">don't teach the 6th Rit</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e</span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="font-family:arial;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1. Celibacy</span></strong> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In the "<em>The Eye of Revelation"</em> published in 1939 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">(</span><a href="http://www.t5t.com/store/download_eyeRevelation.php?%20"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">download free here)</span></a><strong> </strong>Colonel Bradford informs a group of men that he is teaching that there is one more Rite they can do if they really want to become 'supermen'. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">..."These five Rites also make one appear more youthful; but if you really want to look and be young in every respect there is a Sixth Rite that you must practice. I have said nothing about it until now because it would have been useless to you without first having obtained good results from the other five.” </span></em></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><p style="font-family:arial;"><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The Colonel then informed them that in order to go further with the aid of this Sixth Rite it would be necessary for them to lead a more or less <strong style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">continent</strong> <strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">(</strong></span></em><strong style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><em><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Abstaining from sexual intercours</span></span></em></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><em><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">e; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">[1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary] ) </span></span></em></strong><em><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><strong style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><strong style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">life.</strong> </span></em></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">He suggested that they take a week to think the matter over and decide whether or not they desired to do so for the rest of their lives. Then those who wished to go on would be given Rite Number Six. There were but five who came back the next week, although according to the Colonel this was a better showing than he had experienced with any of his classes in India."...</span></em></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is important to remember that the monks who developed The Five Tibetan Rites were all male and in common with those pursuing a spiritual path; they practiced celibacy. Being celibate is not a choice many men would choose to make as Colonel Brad</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ford himself acknowledged when he began to teach The Rites.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We have found in teaching the many thousands of people we have, that the </span><em style="font-family: arial;">Five Rites themselves are sufficient to obtain the great benefits</em><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> mentioned by Colonel Bradford.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Refer to our</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.t5t.com/store/customer_testimonials.php?"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Testimonials </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">to read some of them</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br /><br />It is not that we don't think the 6th Rite is worthy - simply that there is insufficient demand for it.</span></span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2. 6th Rite and Tantra</strong><br /></span></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >From my experience, people attracted to the 6th Rite will either try it and see what happens - or carry out further research. They may seek out teachers or study traditional texts on Tantric practices to which the 6th Rite belongs.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" ><em>..."The Tantric practitioner seeks to use the prana (divine power) that flows through the universe (including one's own body) to attain purposeful goals. These goals may be spiritual, material or both. Most practitioners of tantra consider mystical experience imperative. Some </em></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" ><em>versions of Tantra require the guidance of a guru."...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra">Wikipedia</a></em></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The information about the 6th Rite in the "Eye of Revelation" - is very basic yet enticing. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >I believe those interested in the 6th Rite should undertake further research. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Those choosing to study and follow a Tantric path require far greater information than that which is provided in this limited text. </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />In the process of working with energy, the tantric practitioner has various tools at hand: Yoga, visualizations, yantras, mantras, mudras, meditation, mind training, identification & internalization of deities, mandalas, feasts, purification achievements, initiations and more. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">There is a persistent viewpoint that many of these practices should only be made available to advanced students - for concern that inexperienced practitioners may misuse or misunderstand them, adversely affecting their health or sanity.</span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">..."Secrecy is a cornerstone of tantric Buddhism, simply to avoid harming oneself and others by practicing without proper guidance. It is not even allowed to explain the full symbolism and psychology of the practice to the uninitiated, which can easily lead to misunderstanding and dismissal by the uninitiated."... </span></em><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span class="citation book"><span class="mw-redirect">...<em>"H. H. XI</em></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span class="citation book"><span class="mw-redirect"><em>V Dalai Lama</em></span><em> (1999). The Heart of the Buddha's Path. Thorsons. pp. 100–101. <span class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-7225-3932-0</span>. ..."What is required for a Tantric practitioner is to develop the capacity to utilize one's faculties of bliss and the blissful experiences which are specifically generated due to the flow of regenerative fluids within one's own energy channels. It is crucial to have the ability to protect oneself from the fault of emission."...</em></span><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra_techniques_%28Vajrayana%29#cite_note-12">Wikipedia</a></em></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Colonel Bradford himself cautions "In The Eye of Revelation"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><em>..."<span lang="EN-US">Please understand that in order to perform Rite Number Six it is absolutely necessary that a man have full masculine virility. He couldn’t possibly raise up and transmute procreative energy if there were little or none to transmute. It is absolutely impossible for an impotent man or the one with little virility to perform this Rite. He shouldn’t even attempt it, because it would only lead to dis</span></em></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><em><span lang="EN-US">couragement, which might do him great harm. Instead he should first practice the other five Rites until he has full masculine power, and this regardless of how young or how old he may be. Then when the first “full bloom of youth” is experienced within him, he may then go on to the business of being a SUPERMAN."... </span></em></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><em><span lang="EN-US">...“Again I say, let no man concern himself with the upturning of the sex currents until he is thoroughly satisfied in his own mind and heart that he truly desires to lead the life of the MYSTIC; then let him make the step forward, and success will crown his every effort."... </span></em></span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">3. The 6th Rite Is One Of The Three Bandhas Known As "Uddiyana Bandha"</span></span></span></strong> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning> <w:validateagainstschemas> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables> <w:snaptogridincell> <w:wraptextwithpunct> <w:useasianbreakrules> <w:dontgrowautofit> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} --> <!--[endif]--></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The bottom line is: I don't teach the 6th Rite because I feel it is important to let my students know more about 'spiritual energy' before they make the decision to practice this Rite or not. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">There are actually three bandhas; mula, uddiayana (the 6th Rite) & jalandhara bandha. When practiced together they form the maha bandha. Bandhas are energy (prana) valves. They are practiced</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:arial;"> together or individually at specific times during yoga postures; breathing; visualisation; meditation and other yogic practices.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><ul style="font-family:arial;"> <li style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US">They direct the flow of prana throughout the body so that blockages are released and the corres</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US">ponding areas nourished</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></li><li style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US">Bind or 'lock' the prana to prevent dissipation from the body</span></span></li><li style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US">Redirect prana in a healing and energising direction</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US">Activate the 'energy body' of a person, bringing awareness to the mental, neurophysiological & energetic patterns behind the physical body</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></li></ul><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Uddiyana means flying upward energy lock. It moves energy upward, releasing stuck energy which flows into the heart centre opening the Vishnu Granthi (the knot of the heart). One of three knots (locks or obstacles) which when released allow the flow of kundalini up the central energy canal in the subtle body called the sushumna nadi. The sushumna nadi runs up the spinal column & connects the base chakra to the crown chakra.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68gPZYfY4t7paTg-2ofYHe3nnzO6DwFs5h2GggiTm9Ycu0CT9mFnci7aahyRKrRcCeNc4p_LK9R6tybG7uH9GBONEWKJTPcJTm-FDK89Og1k_0ApAreKWR_YlsSco1BsJKg98/s1600/72,000+Nadis.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68gPZYfY4t7paTg-2ofYHe3nnzO6DwFs5h2GggiTm9Ycu0CT9mFnci7aahyRKrRcCeNc4p_LK9R6tybG7uH9GBONEWKJTPcJTm-FDK89Og1k_0ApAreKWR_YlsSco1BsJKg98/s320/72,000+Nadis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495466044834863842" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">There are 72,000 nadis or more in the body through which prana (the flow of consciousness) travels. </span></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Kundalini relates to a reservoir of psychic energy coiled up like a snake at the base of the spine. When the</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Kundulini awakes we experience an expansion of consciousness & become aware of the Divine Truth. It brings with itself pure joy, knowledge and love.</span></p><p face="arial"><span style="font-size:100%;">A spiritual teacher is recommended to guide the aspirant in his/her understanding of spiritual energy as well as instructing them in careful strengthening & purification of the body & nervous systems beforehand. Negative experiences such as psychic disturbances, mental stability or even permanent mental damage can occur if proper guidance and advice is followed. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.4pt;font-family:arial;" class="CM23"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US">Colonel Bradford explains that the 6<sup>th</sup> Rite </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; line-height: 12.4pt;font-family:arial;" class="CM23"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span lang="EN-US">…<em>”should only be practiced when one has an ‘excess of procreative energy; when there is a definite desire for expression.<span style="color:black;"> It can be done so easily that it can be performed anywhere at any time. When one feels the powerful reproductive urge, here is all that is necessary.</span>’…</em></span></span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span lang="EN-US"> He says that repeating the complete sequence (breathing exercise) around three times is …<em>“required to subdue a most powerful urge and to turn the powerful procreative or reproductive forces upward.’…</em></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em><span lang="EN-US">…“In the average virile man,” said the Colonel, “the life forces course downward, but in order to become a Superman they must be turned upward. This we call ‘The Newer Use of the Reproductive Energy’. Turning these powerful forces upward is a very simple matter, yet man has attempted it in many ways for centuries and in almost every instance has failed. Whole religious orders in the Occidental World have tried this very thing, but they, too, have failed because they have tried to master the procreative energy by suppressing it. There is only one way to master this powerful urge, and that is not by dissipating or suppressing it, but by TRANSMUTING it -- transmuting it and at the same time lifting it upward. In this way you really and truly have discovered not only the ‘Elixir of Life’, as the ancients called</span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <u3:worddocument> <u3:view>Normal</u3:View> <u3:zoom>0</u3:Zoom> <u3:punctuationkerning> <u3:validateagainstschemas> <u3:saveifxmlinvalid>false</u3:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <u3:ignoremixedcontent>false</u3:IgnoreMixedContent> <u3:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</u3:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <u3:compatibility> <u3:breakwrappedtables> <u3:snaptogridincell> <u3:wraptextwithpunct> <u3:useasianbreakrules> <u3:dontgrowautofit> </u3:Compatibility> <u3:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</u3:BrowserLevel> </u3:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <u4:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </u4:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"UVADO K+ Verdana"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:Verdana; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --><!-- /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} -->, it, but you have put it to use as well, which is something the ancients were seldom able to do.”…</em></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">As you can see this topic is quite vast and not one that we feel we can adequately address in a short amount of time! 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style="font-style: italic;">The Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation</span>. Similar to the dietary practice known as 'Food Combining'. </span><br /><br />The following article basically negates food combining and is given to you not because I believe it - but simply to give the two opposing view points so you can assess for yourself (or do more research).<br /><br />22 t h e s k e p t i c Vol 16, No 2<br />Food Combining<br />NUTRITION<br />Glenn Cardwell<br /><br />The TV puppet characters Wallace and Grommet constructed a rocket to take themselves to the moon. The only provisions they took was a packet of crackers, for the moon is made of cheese. Stilton? Wensleydale? They couldn’t decide, but cheese it certainly was. I have never met anybody that believes the moon is made of cheese. The Australian Dairy Corporation discounted all ideas of moon-sourced cheddar once the NASA moon landings of the 1960s proved beyond doubt that the moon had no cheese-like properties, at least on the surface.<br /><br />Why is it then that people believe in food combining, a concept based on a similar ancient fantasy that has been proven time and again to be false? We know so much about the digestive system that the idea of food combining has the same credibility as lunar Edam. I can only guess that espousing the value of food combining suggests you have superior nutrition knowledge based upon a platform belief that the current food supply and eating patterns are inherently evil. Frankly, I don’t know.<br /><br />Food combining is based on the premise that protein and carbohydrate cannot be digested together and such a combination will putrefy or ferment inside the stomach causing severe fatigue. Dr Martin Rehfuss is one of many in the medical fraternity who has used facts to try and discredit the food combining myth. “There is no evidence either in the literature or in my investigation to lead me to believe that proteins and carbohydrates are incompatible in the stomach” he said in an address to the American Medical Association on 15 June 1934, over 60 years ago!<br /><br />He was referring to his own research studies and others published in the previous 20 years demonstrating the complete digestion of foods in all combinations. “One of their dictums is the presumed incompatibility of proteins and carbohydrates, the presumption being that proteins require an acid medium for their digestion while carbohydrates require an alkaline medium”.<br /><br />“A fact that has apparently escaped the proponents of the carbohydrate-alkaline theory is that no carbohydrates are ingested which are not followed by a direct acid response on the part of the stomach” said Rehfuss. We had a fair inkling that protein and carbohydrates were digested simultaneously way back in 1833 when US Army doctor William Beaumont published studies on his patient Alexis St Martin. In a hunting accident St Martin suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach.<br /><br />Once he had healed he still had an opening, or fistula, right into his stomach. Beaumont took the opportunity to conduct 238 experiments, including some where he put a range of foods on a piece of string through the hole into St Martin’s stomach. He found that all foods, regardless of the protein and carbohydrate content, disappeared through digestion. Beaumont had learned more about digestion than some people were ever to learn 160 years later.<br /><br />Typical of the early food combining zealots was William Howard Hay who graduated from the medical school of the University of the City of New York in 1891. In his book How to always be well he believed that the combination of foods eaten was very important for health.<br /><br />He wrote “Any carbohydrate foods require alkaline conditions for their complete digestion, so must not be combined with acids of any kind, as sour fruits, because the acid will neutralise. Neither should these be combined with a protein of concentrated sort as these protein foods will excite too much hydrochloric acid during their stomach digestion”.<br /><br />The Hay System promotes the practice of eating three meals per day with meal one being alkaline foods only, meal two protein foods with salads, vegetables and fruit, and meal three comprising starchy foods with salads, vegetables and sweet fruit. There should be an interval of 4.0 to 4.5 hours between each meal.<br /><br />In the 1930s Hay opened a sanatorium called Hay-ven in Pennsylvania where patients could try his philosophy of not mixing proteins with carbohydrates. Hay can be excused for his theory as textbooks of the time were not always clear on digestion.<br /><br />In 1935 Dr Stewart Baxter proved that the pancreatic enzymes for digestion of carbohydrates and protein are secreted simultaneously regardless of the type of food eaten. The theory of protein carbohydrate incompatibility was in shreds. Every textbook of physiology since has covered this basic knowledge of digestion. Many self-proclaimed nutrition gurus have ignored the facts and continued to use Hay’s ideas. As they say, don’t let facts ruin your income generating potential.<br /><br />A knowledge of basic physiology and digestion is not a claim that can be made by food combiners Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, authors of Fit for Life. In recycling myths of the last century, they say that meat needs an acid juice while potato needs an alkaline juice and if you eat the two together they neutralise each other (p40). The protein then putrefies and the starch ferments. ‘Because there’s all this putrefaction, fermentation, and resulting acid, what actually is in the stomach at that time is a mass of spoiled, rotting, foul-smelling food’ say the Diamonds. That’s the mathematical equivalent of claiming 2+2=5.<br /><br />Let’s stick to the facts (or 2+2=4). Every morsel of food you swallow has two choices. It can be either regurgitated (not pleasant) or it can go through the digestive system (a lot more fun). Most takes the latter route. The stomach is acidic because the acids help kill the nasty bacteria in food and begin the process of protein digestion. All food must experience the acidity of the stomach before reaching the intestines, just like you have to go through primary school before attending secondary school. Like, there’s no choice.<br /><br />By far the majority of digestion happens in the small intestine. It is alkaline to neutralise the stomach acids and provide the best environment for all digestive enzymes, mainly from the pancreas, to fully digest all the food components: protein, fat and carbohydrate.<br /><br />The acidity of the stomach and the alkalinity of the intestines is very closely controlled by the natural processes of the body and isn’t affected by the type of diet or the combination of foods eaten. Indeed, the acidity of the body (pH 7.4) is kept within tightly defined limits independent of the acidity of foods eaten. If it wasn’t you would become very sick, very quickly. (A woman in the US died of severe acidosis with a pH of 6.9, thought to be caused by Kombucha, a home-made yeast drink).<br /><br />Even if we rely on just a little commonsense, the concept of food combining doesn’t stand up. If you couldn’t digest protein and carbohydrate together most of the world’s population would be in serious trouble. The world’s favourite food is rice, a delicious combination of protein and carbohydrate. The same goes for bread, pasta, baked beans, breakfast cereals, milk, yogurt and many vegetables. What would you eat if all these foods ‘fermented’ in your body?<br /><br />The Diamonds suggest avoiding milk and yogurt altogether, yet make the ludicrous statement that “if a food is a natural protein starch combination (such as beans) is eaten alone, the body is capable of modifying its digestive juices and timing their secretions in such ways that digestion can go on with a fair degree of efficiency” (p43). Wow! Any explanation or proof offered? Nope.<br /><br />A major reason humans have survived as a species is because they were able to eat, digest and absorb the nutrients from any edible food that came their way. There isn’t a single culture that based their eating habits on food combining. It is only in recent years where food has been in abundance that people have had the luxury to fantasise about what they eat. Those who are starving eat whatever’s available, with not a thought for food combining.<br /><br />Lost in the quackery is that there are some food combinations that can be useful to the body. For example, eating a vitamin C containing food as part of your meals improves the absorption of iron. A good reason to include fruit or vegetables (raw or quickly cooked) with your meals. On the other hand drinking tea or coffee with meals can reduce iron absorption. The tannins in tea and coffee combine with the iron to make it very difficult to absorb. (I also find that a good shiraz combines wonderfully with almost any food).<br /><br />Probably the best example of humans being able to digest protein and carbohydrate together happens at the start of life. Breast milk is a perfect blend of protein, carbohydrate and fat. No woman has been born with one breast labelled ‘protein’ and the other ‘carbohydrate'.<br /><br />So, the next time someone tells you that meat and vegetables cannot be eaten together, give them a quick lesson in history and basic digestion. Of course, if they ride a horse and cart, use a kerosene lamp and are still awaiting the outcome of World War 1 then their thinking could be up-to-date.<br /><br />References<br />Deutsch RM. The New Nuts Among the Berries. Bull Publishing 1977<br />Rehfuss ME. Proteins versus the carbohydrates. JAMA 1934; 103 (21): 1600-1605<br />Sherwood L. Human Physiology.2nd edition. West Pub1ishing Company 1993.<br />Diamond H, Diamond M. Fit for Life. Eden Paperbacks 1985<br />Baxter SG. The parallel concentration of enzymes in the pancreatic juice. American J Digestive Diseases & Nutrition 1935; 2: 108-111Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-4600717747075049962009-05-14T11:35:00.005+10:002010-09-03T08:42:58.313+10:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Diet for The Five Tibetans</span>?<br /><br />In 1939 Peter Kelder published his book ‘The Eye of Revelation” about the discovery of the monks who developed The Five Tibetan Rites. In this book he also revealed the health-giving diet secrets of the monks which is fairly similar to what we call “Food Combining” today.<br /><br />Listed below are the main details of the monks’ diet:<br /><br />The monks ate wholesome, good food in the following manner:<br /><ul><li>They were vegetarians but ate eggs, butter and cheese in sufficient quantities to 'serve certain functions of the brain, body and nervous system'. They had no need of meat, fish or fowl since they are strong and virile from practicing the Rites.</li><li>One of the secrets of health they describe is to only eat one type of food at a meal, to avoid clashing in the stomach. Sometimes Colonel Bradford ate a meal consisting only of bread. At others he had fresh fruits and vegetables, or just a feast of one vegetable. At first he missed the variety of foods to which he was accustomed but after a short while came to enjoy the benefits he gained from sharing their diet. </li><li>The monks said you should keep starches, fruits and vegetables separate from meats, fish and fowl.</li><li>Starches clash with proteins. If you eat bread (starch) with meats, egg or cheese (protein) a reaction is set up in the stomach which not only causes discomfort, but more importantly contributes to a shorter lifespan. </li><li>You could however have several kinds of meats to a meal. You can have butter, eggs and cheese with the meat meal, but nothing sweet or starchy - no cakes, puddings etc.</li><li>Alternatively you could have all starches together, bread, butter, pies, cakes, puddings, fruit and fresh and cooked vegetables.</li><li>Butter is neutral, it can be used with a starchy meal or with a meat meal. However milk mixes better with meat.</li><li>Coffee and tea should always be taken black</li><li>The Lamas never ate whole eggs unless they were involved in hard physical labor, in which case they might eat one, medium boiled. However they did eat lots of egg yolks, discarding the white part. They say that one should never eat the while part unless involved in hard manual labor as the egg whites are used only by the muscles. The egg yolks on the other hand are used by the brain, nerves, blood and tissues. They recommend eating them raw not during a meal, but before or after it!</li><li>You must eat slowly, chewing your food to almost a liquid before swallowing it. They said food must first be 'digested' in the mouth to obtain the full nourishment of the food.</li><li>By obtaining the full nourishment from the food, less food needs to be eaten overall.</li><li>Around the same time (1933) Dr William Howard Hay published a ground-breaking book, A New Health Era in which he maintains that all disease is caused by autotoxication (or "self-poisoning") due to acid accumulation in the body:</li></ul><i>Now we depart from health in just the proportion to which we have allowed our alkalies to be dissipated by introduction of acid-forming food in too great amount... It may seem strange to say that all disease is the same thing, no matter what its myriad modes of expression, but it is verily so. </i>William Howard Hay, M.D.<br /><br />Dr William Howard Hay, creator of the Hay diet, was born in Hartstown, Pennsylvania, USA in 1866. He graduated from the University of New York in 1891, and practiced medicine for the next sixteen years.<br /><br />He then became very ill, and was diagnosed as having Bright’s Disease, high blood pressure and a dilated heart, and thought his career was over. He decided to treat his symptoms himself by eating a healthy, natural diet, and after three months, he felt much improved, to the surprise of his doctors. His experience strengthened his belief that the medical establishment was approaching the treatment of disease in the wrong way; that it should be attempting to remove the cause of illness rather than treating the end-results of a condition.<br /><br />By 1911, Dr Hay was convinced that he had discovered a successful treatment for diabetes. For the next four years, he treated his patients through diet, and successfully demonstrated that people could achieve optimum health with the correct diet, providing there was no irreversible organic change. He thus developed over the years the dietary system now known as the ‘Hay Diet’.<br /><br />His assertion was that disease had one underlying cause: an incorrect chemical balance in the body, caused by the production and accumulation of acid end-products of digestion and metabolism, which the body is unable to eliminate. The result of this is a reduction in the body’s alkaline reserve, which causes a breakdown in good health. He maintained that there were four main causes of this accumulation of acid end-products: over consumption of meat; over-consumption of refined carbohydrates, e.g., white flour and refined sugar; ignorance of the laws of chemistry in respect of the digestion of foods; and constipation. He taught his patients that, although people could build up a tolerance of incompatible foods, they did so at the expense of the body’s vitality. He also taught the importance of daily baths, exercise, fresh air, rest, and sunshine.<br /><br />Despite Dr Hay’s enormously successful treatment of many seriously ill patients with his system, it was criticized vehemently by the medical establishment, which, at that time, was focused on the germ theory of disease, and the increasing use of drug treatment. However, he defended his system courageously, continuing to treat patients, and lecture, until his death in 1940.<br /><br />The Hay Diet, also known as ‘food combining’, consists of five basic rules:<br /><ol><li>Do not eat carbohydrates with proteins and acid fruits at the same meal.</li><li>Eat vegetables, salads and fruits as the main part of your diet.</li><li>Eat proteins, starches and fats in small quantities.</li><li>Eat only whole grain and unprocessed starches, excluding refined, processed foods such as white flour, white sugar, and margarine.</li><li>Allow an interval of at least four to four and a half hours between meals of different types.</li><li>The above information about Dr Hay and his diet is from <a href="http://www.vitaminuk.com/pages/articles/whatisthehaydiet.htm#WhatistheHayDiet">http://www.vitaminuk.com</a><br /></li></ol>In my next post you can read an interesting article on Food Combining written in “The Skeptic” Magazine Vol 16, No 2 in which the work of Dr Hay and others are basically trashed! I thought you’d find the two opposing views as interesting as I did.Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-9575657726859005472008-10-14T09:50:00.004+11:002008-10-14T10:10:53.204+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjWheQ_44hoUDtIi9Y35614lXIBiJq94eS1nEiTH2TjZZShavlAk0sXUE4bK9E-ML_1Hhu48k4q5lHUXhl9nQOR_WBAncgnOt0yGUeC62zPaBszf7m2cfbrPTOyPia_zb66Wb/s1600-h/Teachers+Certificate+copy.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigjWheQ_44hoUDtIi9Y35614lXIBiJq94eS1nEiTH2TjZZShavlAk0sXUE4bK9E-ML_1Hhu48k4q5lHUXhl9nQOR_WBAncgnOt0yGUeC62zPaBszf7m2cfbrPTOyPia_zb66Wb/s200/Teachers+Certificate+copy.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256777647908485794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Five Tibetans - Student, Teacher & Master Trainer Workshops In Feb/March 09 </span><br /><br />Expert Teacher - Carolinda Witt (Founder & Developer of T5T - the abbreviation for her safer & supercharged version of The Five Tibetan Rites) is running the following training programs:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">T5T Student Workshop<br /> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">T5T Instructor Training Workshop</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">T5T Master Trainer Program </span><br /><br />Due to the growth of T5T into other countries, and over the internet, I find I am unable to offer as many teacher and student trainings as I would like to.<br /><br />I have therefore decided to train a select bunch of Master Trainers who will be training our future T5T Instructors in Australia, NZ, Canada, USA and even in China and Europe! This way I can focus on growing the business through the internet and media as well as developing new products and trainings.<br /><br />We always run a student workshop in the middle of our teacher training programs, and the last one I am possibly running in Australia is in central Sydney on Sunday 1st March 09. I realize it is a long way off, but perhaps that might suit you?<br /><br />Since the workshop is part of our Teacher Training and Master Trainers program, I am able to offer it to you at a very favorable price - <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >$155</span> instead of <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><strike>$245</span>!</strike><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday 1st March </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Start: 9am </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finish: 4.30pm</span><br /><br />This price includes your 176 page <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">T5T book (T5T: The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites - Penguin) & Companion CD</span>. If you want to bring a friend, I will give you a free DVD.<br /><br />You will need to let me know by Monday 27th October if you wish to attend as there are very limited places. You will also need to secure your place with a non-refundable deposit of $50. The venue is likely to be in Crows Nest, North Sydney which is easily accessible by bus, train, etc - and car parking is available on-site.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><u style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Instructor Training Program<br /><br /></u></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">4 Day Program + Practical Test (1.5 hours)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dates:<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sat Feb 28th<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Sun 1st March<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Mon 2nd March<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Tues 3rd March<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">For more information please contact Carolinda directly </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="mailto:info@T5T.com" class="bodyItem">info@T5T.com</a><br /></span>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-66427853809517436692008-09-19T09:15:00.001+10:002008-09-19T10:09:27.882+10:00The Five Tibetan Rites - Free Poster<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaXGOMG67GcRl3xvGQ9NtFTOSTsSI-AHv2aobFUnP0EAX1hc4tDywEBrJs9-HITaE5VZnuYEAKSJoPyqz4-mirJqd1gUvczhzrQaOY-uL-YtJ64J9sly5IHzentruOuz42L5vCA/s1600-h/redhen_poster_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaXGOMG67GcRl3xvGQ9NtFTOSTsSI-AHv2aobFUnP0EAX1hc4tDywEBrJs9-HITaE5VZnuYEAKSJoPyqz4-mirJqd1gUvczhzrQaOY-uL-YtJ64J9sly5IHzentruOuz42L5vCA/s200/redhen_poster_large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239417067046232754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You are welcome to circulate or give-away <a href="http://www.t5t.com/download_T5Tposter.cfm">this poster</a> that I designed.<br /><br />I call my version of The Five Tibetan Rites <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"T5T"</span>. This is because I have modified them whilst retaining the integrity of the original version. I have taught thousands of students to do the Rites and many teachers. Here are the differences between the original version and T5T (in brief).<br /><br /><ol><li>The addition of core stability to each of the Rites. This ensures that the complete spinal colomn is protected and stabilised like the guidewires of a tent. Core stability protects the spine from injury, prevents incontinence, tones the reproductive muscles.<br /></li><li>A much bigger focus on breathing. The original Rites just say "Take a Few Deep Breaths". How well you breathe is literally an indication of your lifespan. T5T teaches people how and where to breathe to get the best results. It expands your breathing capacity, removes tension from your breathing, and slows your breathing rate. </li><li>A step-by-step strength and flexibility build-up process. Strength is developed from the inside out - so you are not like a 'soft centered chocolate' (metaphor by Susie Lapin, Physiotherapist). Prevents injury or strain and super charges your benefits.</li><li>Modifications to prevent collapsing the discs and vertebrae of the spine and neck. Some of the movements are contraindicated for people with a previous injury or natural degeneration. Prevents injury and strain.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">All</span> the common problems and solutions so just about anyone can do them.</li><li>The use of Affirmations to empower the natural movements</li><li>Ascribing each movement to one of the five elements</li><li>Modern names that describe the movements rather than No 1, No 2 etc.<br /></li></ol>I wish you happy spinning and full, natural, deep breath.<br /><br />CarolindaCarolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-3836939853663475132008-08-28T12:46:00.012+10:002008-08-28T13:45:22.309+10:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >BREATHING WITH THE FIVE TIBETANS - HOW GOOD IS YOUR BREATHING?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span>In developing <span style="font-style: italic;">T5T</span> (The Five Tibetans & Energy Breathing Program) I was very mindful of the importance that breathing plays in maintaining health and extending life. I was also aware that the original version of the Rites is very basic in its explanation on breathing, saying just <span style="font-style: italic;">'Take a Few Deep Breaths'.</span> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">I therefore consulted a colleague; world renowned breathing expert Michael Grant White to help me develop the breathing philosophy and exercises in T5T. The result was "Energy Breathing" - a variation of the ‘three-part breath.' Energy Breathing expands your breathing capacity, slows down your breathing rate, raises energy in the body and calms your mind. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Mike has a series of breathing tests on his website that you can take for FREE. Over 40,000 people have taken these tests. Now is your chance to find out how well <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> breathe. Click on this link <a href="http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?Clk=2553232">FREE BREATHING TESTS</a><br /><br />He also has a free downloadable <a href="http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?Clk=2532783">E Book on breathing</a> which is incredibly informative and thought provoking.<br /><br />Poor breathing patterns can seriously affect your physical health as well as your mental and emotional well being.<br /><br />With a high percentage of raw foods the respiratory system is responsible for eliminating approximately 70% of your metabolic waste. The remainder should be eliminated through defecation 3%, urination 8% and perspiration 19%. So, if you think that going to the bathroom every day is important, or that of working up a sweat now and then is healthy - think again about the value of full free optimal breathing!<br /><br />To get the most out of any type of healing work and more importantly life - developing optimal breathing habits is one of the most valuable things you can do.<br /><br />There is more to breathing than just sucking in air once in a while. Click on the banner below and do the breathing tests for FREE.<br /><!--Begin---><br /><a href="http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?Clk=2533060"><img src="http://www.breathing.com/images/banner-how-good-is-your-breathing.jpg" alt="How good is your breathing?" width="500" border="0" height="30" /></a><br /><br /><img src="http://www.1automationwiz.com/app/?Imp=2533060" width="0" border="0" height="0" />I wish you all a full, deep, slow, easy breath!<br /><br />Carolinda<br /><!--End---><br /><br /></span>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-57510812034867572002008-02-01T10:09:00.000+11:002008-02-01T10:22:56.088+11:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">The Five Tibetan Rites Teacher Trainers Needed</span><br /><br />We are looking for people who want to train others how to become teachers in the T5T method of doing the original Rites. <br /><br />The T5T method is safer than the original version as it has been modified to suit anyone. The original method has some contra-indications for those with previous injury, degeneration, muscle weakness, poor body awareness, largely sedentary or unfit, overweight etc. <br /><br />T5T has been developed in consultation with physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, occupational health, Pilates & Feldenkrais Practitioners. It also focuses on improving breathing since a number of clinical studies have shown that how well you breathe, literally dictates your lifespan.<br /><br />You will need to have marketing/business development skills as well as a background in yoga, Pilates or fitness training.<br /><br />If you want to know more, please see <a href="http://www.T5T.com">www.T5T.com</a> or contact <a href="mailto:teachertraining@T5T.com">teachertraining@T5T.com</a>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-79527305974488594362007-09-05T16:32:00.001+10:002007-09-06T12:44:40.785+10:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Five Tibetans on SKY TV Health News<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fJS4HOOHHeI"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fJS4HOOHHeI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />The interview is too large for one You Tube video and has been divided into 4 sections. The interview runs in order from top video to bottom video. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4x7PeTV-nh8"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4x7PeTV-nh8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDuhf_frHDc"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDuhf_frHDc" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G-EWDhNNZ14"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G-EWDhNNZ14" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-26874702487151011102007-09-04T10:44:00.003+10:002008-02-27T06:47:55.641+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeFEsgTBWlLp8q9wIgVUxz8lpjCW17ltIfRFew1dNzeXDG2ZmjN8iK8EiHpTtmN6pDxumHZCs_S7adtduIEX4WehTu5X98Y2SEtRdgAraHsYNuuEsFhrQk-dV3flNHqhf3Mp5/s1600-h/Elise+smiling+with+towel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeFEsgTBWlLp8q9wIgVUxz8lpjCW17ltIfRFew1dNzeXDG2ZmjN8iK8EiHpTtmN6pDxumHZCs_S7adtduIEX4WehTu5X98Y2SEtRdgAraHsYNuuEsFhrQk-dV3flNHqhf3Mp5/s200/Elise+smiling+with+towel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171244059966915426" border="0" /></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Are The Five Tibetan Rites Suitable For You?</span></b><o:p><br /></o:p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation have become a well-known anti-aging, health & fitness routine.<span style=""> </span>Discovered in a remote Himalayan Monastery during the 1930’s by retired British Army Officer Colonel Bradford; they were introduced to the West in a book by Peter Kelder called <a href="http://www.borderlands.com/eyeofrevelation.htm"><i style="">The Eye of Revelation</i>.<o:p><br /></o:p></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This unique sequence of 5 yoga movements was developed by the monks to slow down aging, increase energy, calm the mind and remain physically active and healthy well into old age. They take around 10 minutes per day to practice.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Click here to Download your Free T5T: <a href="http://www.t5t.com/downloads/US-Poster-Color-Print-Self.pdf">The Five Tibetan Rites Poster</a><br /><a href="http://www.t5t.com/downloads/US-Warm-Ups-BW-Self.pdf"><o:p></o:p></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Many benefits are attributed to the Rites, such as improved energy, increased mental clarity, reduced stress, anti-aging etc.<span style=""> </span>However due to exaggeration or oversimplification of the benefits of the Rites on the internet - designed to entice buyers to purchase downloadable e-booklets - the credibility of the Rites has come under question.<span style=""> </span>This is unnecessary, because once armed with a dose of reality; The Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation <i style="">are</i> genuinely beneficial, and fit easily into daily life. I and thousands of other practitioners would certainly never stop doing them. To find out the truth about what benefits you can realistically expect read <a href="http://thefivetibetans.blogspot.com/2007/08/five-tibetan-rites-beware-false-claims.html">The Five Tibetans - What's Real & What Isn't?<o:p><br /></o:p></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Once you have read what you are likely to achieve from practicing the Rites, the next question to ask yourself, is "which method of learning the Rites should I adopt?"<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The following questions, points and tips will help you assess what approach to learning The Five Tibetan Rites is best suited to you individually. If you have any doubts, or are beginning a new exercise program - you should consult your doctor.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">About You?</b><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Have you ever done yoga before? What is your current state of fitness? How stiff are you? Are you overweight? Have you ever had a back injury or experienced back or neck pain? Do you have weak wrists or other muscular weaknesses?<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Have You Done Yoga Before, or Are You Reasonably Fit?</b><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is core stability part of your workout? Do you know how to establish and maintain neutral spine and neutral pelvis, whilst keeping your head and neck in line with your spine?<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How good is your breathing?</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Apart from being good at pranayama, do you know what natural, full breathing should feel like? Are all your breathing spaces able to open fully? Do you have tension in your breathing? How are your stress levels? Do you find yourself breathing rapidly in the upper chest, holding your breath, yawning or sighing? Carry out the <a href="http://www.breathing.com/tests.htm">Breathing Tests </a>on T5T's breathing consultant and expert Michael Grant White's website, to assess yourself correctly.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">What You Need to Know Before Beginning The Rites</b><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Because of the Rites historic reputation for anti-aging, many marketers naturally target people who have noticed the first signs of aging and want to do something about it. This group is highly motivated to ‘stop-the-clock’ and are very susceptible to claims that this product, or that service, that will halt their physical and/or mental decline. This is however, the <i style="">very</i> group of people who need to pursue<b style=""> any</b> form of new exercise with safety and caution.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In the opinion of myself and the many health practitioners I have consulted - the limited information/descriptions on how to do the Rites contained in one or two page articles or slim little downloadable booklets is NOT the way for this group of people (or indeed most other groups) to learn the Rites. Peter Kelder's original book "<i style="">The Eye of Revelation" </i>is a great read (which I recommend) about the story of the discovery of the Rites; but it is not a good teaching aid. The instructions and illustrations are very limited, and some of the movements are performed in ways that are contradicted today for anyone but the long-term and regular yoga practitioner (and even they would probably modify the parts that compress the spine). Here's why:<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">As we get older, it is a natural part of life, that we will experience varying degrees of degeneration of the spine, discs and joints of the body. This includes, calcification, bone spurs, arthritis, wearing down of the discs plus general wear and tear. In the original instructions contained in the booklet <i style="">The Eye of Revelation</i>, you are told to "throw your head back as far as it will go" - "allow your body to come slowly down into a 'sagging' position" and to "lean backwards as far as possible"<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">However if you follow these instructions to the letter, you are going to compress the discs and vertebrae of the spine which is generally contraindicated for the reasons mentioned above. I used to teach workshops using the original version of the Rites from Peter Kelder's instructions, and soon noticed a similar percentage of people developing back or neck ache.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I consulted physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, occupational health and other health practitioners to develop '<a href="http://www.t5t.com/whatIsT5T.cfm?Content_ID=30">T5T' </a>(my abbreviation for The Five Tibetans) which is a much safer and easier way to learn and practice the Rites both short and long-term.<span style=""> </span>The integrity of the original movements remains intact, and the problems of the past have been almost totally eradicated.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It is worth remembering that the monks who developed the Rites would most likely have done these movements from a very young age.<span style=""> </span>In addition, their lifestyle was much more menial than that of our modern western largely sedentary one. I took this into account when developing T5T.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In T5T you are taught how to prevent compression and strain etc. You are taught how to move correctly; how to align your body; how to build a strong foundation, have control of the movement, and to protect your spine. You are also taught the common problems and solutions to each move, which makes it much easier for you to practice correctly. Only the T5T method of learning the Rites teaches you this.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Most people have experienced back or neck pain at some stage in their lives. Unless they have completely rehabilitated the site of the injury through exercise and the application of various therapies - there is going to be some degree of weakness in the muscles, tendons, ligaments of the spinal column. To protect the spine, T5T has introduced the use of core stability training whilst you perform the Rites.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Core stability means to activate the deepest core muscles closest to the spine, which stabilize and protect it during movement. Core stability muscles when activated CORRECTLY, act like a natural corset or weight belt. Core stability is not a feature of any of the earlier version of the Rites: However through ultrasound experiments:</span><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">"Results suggest that the central nervous system deals with stabilization of the spine by contracting the multifidus and abdominal muscles before any limb movement. In other words, when you even just think of moving - the abdominal and multifidus muscles contract. They are the first muscles to contract even before the arms and the legs.” </i><b style="">Hodges PW; </b><st1:city><st1:place><b style="">Richardson</b></st1:place></st1:city><b style=""> CA SOURCE: Phys Therapy 1997 Feb; 77(2):132-42; discussion 142-4</b><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">What’s Involved in Learning The Rites?</b><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Five Tibetan Rites are a sequence of 5 movements, each repeated 21 times each.<span style=""> </span>In my version (T5T) a breathing exercise called <a href="http://www.t5t.com/whatIsT5T.cfm?Content_ID=33">Energy Breathing</a> is carried out between each Rite to further increase vitality and maintain health.<span style=""> </span>A number of clinical studies have shown, that how well you breathe literally dictates your lifespan. The whole T5T routine takes around 10 mins per day on average.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Colonel Bradford and I both recommend that when you begin learning, you carry out just 3 repetitions of each Rite per day for the first week. Then you simply add just two more repetitions per week, until by 10 weeks, you are carrying out the required 21 repetitions of each Rite.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To get this into perspective, let’s do some maths! If you do your 21 repetitions per posture every day for one whole year, you will have carried out 7665 repetitions of each posture – or 38,325 for all five Rites. Can you see how very important correct alignment, posture, control, balance and the development of core strength is? Once again, only the T5T version contains this sort of information in depth.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Now I don’t want you to get frightened about the Rites, because they <i style="">are</i> absolutely wonderful, and people from 12 to 80 + practice them all over the world. However I do want you to benefit from the knowledge and experience I have (and share with you below), so that you can make the best choices for yourself.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Note</b>: <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The information in dark red below is what we teach in T5T. <a href="http://www.t5t.com/index.cfm">'T5T'</a> is used to identify the modified system of the Rites that I developed in consultation with other health practitioners - and is not covered in any of the original texts on The Five Rites.</span><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Do any of the following apply to you?</b><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Muscle imbalances, muscle weaknesses?</b> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Yes? T5T teaches you what to look out for, and how to measure your alignment. Otherwise all you will do is compound your imbalances eventually leading to injury or strain</span> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Poor postural habits, sitting, lying, standing, moving and slouching: Rounded shoulders, or one higher than the other etc?</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>Yes? T5T teaches you how to determine what is good posture, what bad posture is and how to maintain good posture throughout all stages of the movements. Another very important point - T5T teaches you how NOT to perform the movements<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wrist weakness or inflexibility? Do you find it a bit of a struggle to unscrew jars/bottles etc?</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>Yes? T5T teaches you how to build up your wrist strength & flexibility - and what adaptation or modification you can use in the meantime. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style="">Are you overweight?</b> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Yes? T5T teaches you specific adaptations and steps to make the postures achievable, and to avoid any potential for strain & injury. </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Largely sedentary? Are you at a point, where you think you had better 'do' something now, before it is too late? </span></b>Yes? T5T teaches you the Rites in a step-by-step progression, with alternatives to those who need additional support and strength development. You will gain strength from the inside out rather than being what Susie Lapin, Physiotherapist calls "a soft centered chocolate".<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There is no 'One size fits all' body.</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>Some people have long arms, some short arms, some longer legs. All these variations have an impact on the way the Rites need to be performed. T5T teaches you what to do, and how to know when you have found your center of gravity, where your movement is most stable and pleasurable to perform.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What are the common problems and the solutions to any problems?</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""> </span></span>For example what do you do if you can't kneel on the floor? Or what solutions are there if you experience dizziness or nausea in the very early stages of learning the Rites? This information is comprehensively covered by T5T from observing the experiences of literally hundreds of students.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How good is your breathin</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">g? </span>As we age our breathing capacity reduces. Like any muscle, unless you use it you lose it. In one study, researchers measured the forced exhalation rate of people in nursing homes and found they could accurately predict which people would live the longest. In the original texts on The Five Tibetan Rites it merely says, "Take deep breaths". Most people take breathing for granted and have actually no idea how to breathe correctly – "I'm alive aren’t I"? Telling people with limited knowledge how to breathe deeply is not sufficient. They need to learn how to breathe from the belly, ribs, back, sides, collarbones. Most people think breathing is an up and down motion only, which is incorrect. T5T's breathing method "Energy Breathing" once learnt helps expand your breathing capacity, slow down your breathing rate and improve vitality in your entire body/mind.<o:p><br /></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">So, now you’ve read all this – what do you do next?</b><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I recommend you read the original story of the discovery of the Rites which describes their unique history in the language of the time. Online e-booklets cost USD $19.95, but you can also purchase the legitimate printed version from the publishers, <a href="http://www.borderlands.com/eyeofrevelation.htm">Borderlands Science</a> directly, which costs USD $5.95. The booklet contains 30 pages and 9 illustrations.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">What about T5T?<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">T5T contains all the modifications, adaptations, common problems & solutions that have been tried and tested over thousands of students, through workshops, <a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop.cfm">books, DVD</a> etc. It is a modified version of the Rites that includes a step-by-step strength development system that incorporates core stability, and breathing. The T5T Books <span style=""> </span>contain 176 pages and 202 photographs.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Becoming an Instructor.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Consider becoming a <a href="http://www.t5t.com/learnT5T.cfm?Content_ID=11">Registered T5T Instructor</a>, so you can also help others improve their health and vitality.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <b style="">What other learning choices are there<o:p></o:p></b> <ul><li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span>Find a yoga teacher who has trained in core stability, neutral spine etc</li><li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span>Find a Pilates teacher and run through the routine with her/him</li><li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:Wingdings;"><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span>Learn about all the books that are available on the Rites by reading my Blog post, <a href="http://thefivetibetans.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html">Learning the Five Tibetans From Books</a></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style="">If you wish to publish this article on your website, you may</b><b style=""> do so provided that you assign copyright to the author, exactly as written below.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style="">Copyright (c) 2005 Carolinda Witt - author <a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop.cfm"><i style="">T5T - The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites</i></a> and <a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop_USD.cfm"><i style="">The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan</i></a><o:p></o:p></b></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4G41z9-17IYiJ_zVF2iNJWAluGd-ZDZU3VHqyVcnAijudowpT5m5egSPrWkrzwwPZqFKcvsGOaOQuAxUx3cBN-IZMqWtc2IBZc1ZZmbaJEKQOKPuEgGzpyHZMgEgwFbrr1IX/s1600-h/IMG_4905.JPG"></a><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-1903895851525471112007-08-27T14:47:00.006+10:002008-02-27T06:11:37.810+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkJKwrcFqUQ3rbwaHZph345Xa0G-vK1sXe7wAPNSny7dajEsVWtTH6LOu3XBJ9BSbQsRaDC4wdKPXV9f4Bh_p1HnPAjbsqMXmLuhh1JHOhfftgV8g9H1u8qcP6RZsHYqpKI82/s1600-h/Gyuto+Monk+picture+bw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkJKwrcFqUQ3rbwaHZph345Xa0G-vK1sXe7wAPNSny7dajEsVWtTH6LOu3XBJ9BSbQsRaDC4wdKPXV9f4Bh_p1HnPAjbsqMXmLuhh1JHOhfftgV8g9H1u8qcP6RZsHYqpKI82/s200/Gyuto+Monk+picture+bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171139498988094290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >The Five Tibetans - What's Real & What Isn't?</span><br /><br />Claims for the benefits of performing the Rites have proliferated over the web, becoming increasingly exaggerated to a point where they have been made to sound like a 'miracle cure' – an ancient, secret snake oil medicine!<br /><br />People are led to believe that the Rites will completely halt their aging, help them lose enormous amounts of weight; fix their cancer, heart disease, fibroid cysts, and numerous other serious health conditions. Their expectations are often set way too high, and they are bound to be disappointed. This is regrettable, as it steers people away from this truly beneficial routine which takes such a short amount of time per day.<br /><br />This article is an attempt to restore credibility to the Rites by helping people gain realistic expectations, of what they might achieve from performing this powerful rejuvenation method.<br /><br />A simple search on the web will show numerous sites offering downloadable e-booklets on The Five Tibetan Rites for around US$19.95 up to $39.95. These booklets are copies of the original book that introduced the Rites to the West during the late 1930's. Titled, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Eye of Revelation</span> by Peter Kelder it outlines the story of the discovery of the monks in Tibet by his friend; retired British Army Officer, Colonel Bradford. According to one of his publishers Peter Kelder is still alive; albeit very old - and therefore the copyright on his book does not expire for another 50 years.<br /><br />Since the selling of these booklets is purely a commercial enterprise; invariably there will be some internet marketers who exaggerate the benefits of the Rites, in order to entice buyers to purchase this product. Whilst this proliferation of marketers' offering the same booklet increases the visibility of the Rites, which is beneficial; I feel it is important to add a dose of reality to the whole subject.<br /><br />If you are thinking of learning the Rites; good for you. However you might want to bear in mind that nearly everyone selling these booklets has never actually physically taught anyone. "So what", you might say: I'm coming to that...<br /><br />So what gives me the right to comment? After all I also benefit commercially from selling T5T (my abbreviation for The Five Tibetan Rites) merchandise, workshops and teacher training. I'll be brief: My background is in teaching the Rites to thousands of people over the last 6 years. I’ve had two books on the Rites published, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop.cfm">T5T: The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites</a> (Penguin) and <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop_USD.cfm">The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan</a> (Random House). I’ve taught numerous workshops to hundreds of students; trained 32 instructors, filmed a DVD and made an audio CD.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;">So What are the Exaggerations, Non Truths or Over-Simplifications Claimed for the Benefits of the Rites?<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Here are some examples I have found on the internet:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">You can remove your wrinkles, a secret cosmetic surgeons don’t want you to learn.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Absolute rubbish I’m sad to say!</span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Restores your natural hair color.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">In all the many hundreds of people I have taught only ONE said he ‘thought” his sideburns were going darker.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Guaranteed – you will look a shocking 30 years younger! Will turn you back to being 25 years old all over again! Imagine getting back the face, hair, strength and vitality you had at 25 years old! </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">If this was true, it would be on the main news! The extra life-energy (Qi, prana) flowing through your body from doing the Rites definitely gives you a healthier and more vital look – but NO way do you become young again sadly.</span> </li></ul><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-weight: bold;">Will correct your eyesight. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">In my experience, no-one yet has flung off their glasses saying, <span style="font-style: italic;">“I can see, I can see". </span>There is a slight difference in your vision immediately after you have done the Rites, with a mild improvement overall. They certainly do not ‘fix’ eyesight problems.</span> </li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Virtually anyone can perform them at any age, right up to 100 years old or more!</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The person who wrote this comment is a copywriter, NOT a teacher of the Rites! When I began teaching the Rites I used the original version as described in Peter Kelder’s books. In every workshop I noticed a pattern of lower back and neck pain occurring in a similar percentage of people. So I took the routine to physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, occupation health, Feldenkrais and Pilates Instructors to find ways of making them safer, and simpler for just about anyone to do. The result is T5T which incorporates core stability to protect the spinal column, as well as ways of moving that do not compress the discs and vertebrae of the spine. The problems of the past have been totally eradicated by this step-by-step process. I also consulted a well-known breathing expert as I felt breathing was very scantily addressed in Kelder’s books. A number of clinical studies have proven that how well you breathe literally dictates your lifespan. With the T5T method of doing the Rites, your breathing capacity is increased and your breathing rate is slowed. To find out if the Rites are for you or what to watch out for when you begin learning, see my article <a href="http://www.t5t.com/articles.cfm?Content_ID=94">“Are The Five Tibetan Rites Suitable For You?’</a></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Your energy levels become turbo-charged! </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">There is no doubt that this is one of the principal benefits of the Rites. However most people will read this and think they can go out and run a marathon. Not everyone gets the super-charged variety. Most people get an obvious endurance type of energy as opposed to the six cups of coffee effect inferred by the use of the word turbo-charged! Unlike caffeine energy, the energy derived from the Rites is enduring (unless you stop doing them).</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Martin Sheen the actor and John Gray from Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus credit the Rites for their youthful looks.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">This is not what they say at all! The quotes attributed to both of them on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth</span> book covers, mention nothing about them "personally looking younger" because of the Rites. Incidentally, John Gray kindly reviewed my book project (and provided a personal <a href="http://www.t5t.com/index.cfm">quote</a>) and noted the amendments I had made to the Rites. He told me that he too had modified the Rites to make them safer and easier for people to perform.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Every copy of the book was lost, until one was found recently.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Completely untrue! The publishers say (on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Fountain of Youth No 2</span> book cover) they have sold over 2 million copies of the later version of the book. <a href="http://www.borderlands.com/eyeofrevelation.htm">Borderland Sciences</a> have been publishing the original book “The Eye of Revelation” for years and at a fraction of the cost $5.95 versus the $19.95 up to $39.95 that people are charging on the internet. It’s a great story by the way and well worth reading. It is not a great teaching aid though as the instructions and illustrations are extremely limited, and for the reasons mentioned above.</span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">So, What Are The Real Benefits?</span><br /><br />There has been no clinical research done on the Five Rites. Although there have been numerous studies done on yoga, from which the Rites are developed. Some of the Rite’s movements are well-known yoga postures; however these 5 movements are performed in a specific sequence with some unique adaptations. The Spin (1st Rite) for example is not part of any other yoga and is unique to the Five Rites. The only 'research' that has been done if you like, is by the millions of people (the publisher of the Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth claims 2 million copies of this book have been sold) who have practiced the Rites.<br /><br />Other notable research is from Five Tibetan teachers, or yoga teachers who teach them to their students. I cannot speak for the others but here is a list of the benefits you can expect. This knowledge comes from the direct teaching experience of myself and my instructors in teaching the many hundreds of students who attended our workshops or received private tuition. We compiled this information from our workshop/private tuition feedback forms, correspondence, discussions, testimonials and completed questionnaires:<br /><br />Since I have modified the Rites (without affecting their integrity) to make them safer and easier to perform; the list below relates to T5T (my abbreviation for The Five Tibetans).<br /><br />Most people experience varying degrees of one or more of the following benefits:<br /><ul><li>A significant increase in energy - more the endurance type of energy as opposed to the revved up caffeine type of energy. You feel like you can keep going and going.</li><li>Feel calmer and less stressed – your buttons simply don’t get pushed as easily anymore.</li><li>Develop significant mental clarity with a razor sharp focus.</li><li>Feel stronger, more flexible and less stiff</li><li>Enjoy seeing muscles appear on your arms, stomachs, hips, legs and backs. Good for toning flabby arms and tightening the abdomen</li><li>Sleep better. Some people have more vivid dreams</li><li>Overall improvement in your health, don’t seem to catch colds etc as often</li><li>Helps with depression and anxiety - lifts mood and improves well-being</li><li>More centered and at peace</li><li>Improved self discipline and sense of purpose</li><li>Feel younger and more powerful</li><li>Improved breathing - deeper, slower & more conscious</li><li>Increased levels of Qi (chi, ki, prana, life-energy)</li><li>Better posture</li><li>Develops good core strength, which provides a strong foundation for any other form of exercise or modern living</li><li>Some people lose weight, most find it easier to control weight and desire healthier foods</li><li>Improved digestion and elimination</li><li>Helps with the transition and symptoms of menopause</li><li>Helps with the symptoms of menstruation</li><li>Improved libido</li></ul>There are many individual cases of people receiving improvement to their health conditions. This does not indicate that everyone who has this condition will experience the same benefit. It also does not allow for the influence of other factors that may also have contributed to the improvement in their condition. Please see the <a href="http://www.t5t.com/testimonials.cfm">Testimonials</a> on my website that detail these personal experiences (full name's given).<br /><br />I hope this information has helped you. If you are already doing the Rites and would like some tips on maintaining a long-term practice and interest - please read my article <a href="http://www.t5t.com/articles.cfm?Content_ID=27">“Getting the Most Out of The Five Tibetans”<br /></a><br />If you would like to really boost their effects I highly recommend you include core stability training with the Rites, and learn how to breathe correctly (both during and between each movement). If you do not have someone who can teach you this, I recommend you purchase my<a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop.cfm"> Book or my DVD</a> which covers both subjects in great depth. In the T5T method, both these subjects have been tailor-made by myself and other health professionals, to fit and maximize your practice of the Rites.<br /><br />If you are or have already practiced the Rites and are disappointed that your expectations have not been met, please read my blog post <a href="http://thefivetibetans.blogspot.com/2007/06/not-getting-benefits-you-expected-from.html">“The Five Tibetans - Not Getting the Benefits You Expected?"</a> It includes comments from myself and others, offering suggestions to enhance your practice so you can obtain further benefits.<br /><br />Finally, if you are considering learning the Rites for the first time, including those of you who are experienced yoga, or fitness practitioners; please read my article <a href="http://www.t5t.com/articles.cfm?Content_ID=94">“Are The Five Tibetan Rites Suitable For You?<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you wish to publish this article on your website you may do so, provided you assign copyright to the author exactly as written below. Copyright (c) 2007 Carolinda Witt - author <a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop.cfm"><span style="font-style: italic;">“T5T: The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites"</span></a> and <a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop_USD.cfm"><span style="font-style: italic;">"The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan"</span></a></span>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-88021413334525884682007-08-27T09:08:00.002+10:002008-02-27T07:28:54.420+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTePATej8pOWEOTVHMrmgABvwt7_VfZJnpHnNZjkUSwKKhWsHJ8wnCEwNNAhMMH7V4ELtE9nDLq5E9rTbrBUMZ_3UTqf22UfKpNy2bR2qclS_wzTyVwSQkrIspNrWTKMORW75_/s1600-h/Whirling+Dervishes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTePATej8pOWEOTVHMrmgABvwt7_VfZJnpHnNZjkUSwKKhWsHJ8wnCEwNNAhMMH7V4ELtE9nDLq5E9rTbrBUMZ_3UTqf22UfKpNy2bR2qclS_wzTyVwSQkrIspNrWTKMORW75_/s200/Whirling+Dervishes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103150437152341362" border="0" /></a><b>The Five Tibetan Rites - Is There a Link to the Whirling Dervishes?</b><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b> <p class="MsoNormal">It would be natural to assume a link between the whirling described in Rite # 1 of The Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation, and the Whirling Dervishes - founded by the great philosopher and writer Rumi in the 13th Century. However, from the evidence I have found below, there is no connection.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Some practitioners and teachers of the Five Tibetan Rites have adopted some of the movements from the Sema (the Dervishes religious ceremony - such as spinning anti-clockwise and holding one palm facing upwards and one pointing downwards.<span style=""> </span>However as you shall read below, this is purely a modern adaptation, and has no historical connection.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Although they both spin, the First Rite and the Sema (a religious ceremony) have different outcomes and vary significantly in technique. The Dervishes spin to induce a trance-like ecstatic state, whereas the Tibetan 1st Rite is performed to stimulate the vortexes into action.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The sema is the inspiration of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi (1207- 1273) as well as of Turkish custom, history, beliefs and culture. It is part of a sacred ceremony in which the dervish rotates in a precise rhythm. Whilst whirling, the dervish aims to empty himself of all distracting thoughts. As he enters into a trance, he is released from his bodily awareness and conquers his dizziness. Dervishes believe that their souls are released from earthly ties, able to freely and jubilantly communicate with the divine.<o:p><br /></o:p></p><object height="355" width="425"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7w1fJer-nMY&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Dervish literally means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world. In the past the Turkish Sultans would often consult the Dervishes for guidance. They believed that the dervish was in prayer and that the spinning created a hypnotic and relaxing affect which opened his body to receive the energy of God.In the Tibetan First Rite, both palms are facing downwards towards the floor. The Dervishes however, place their right palm upwards to receive the power of the heavens, and their left palm turned downwards to direct this energy into the earth. They see themselves as the conduit of God’s power and do not try to hold onto or direct that power.<br /><br /><o:p> </o:p> <p class="MsoNormal">Extract from the <a href="http://www.mevlana.net/sema.htm">official website of Rumi's </a>family:<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">While whirling his arms are open, his right hand directed to the skies ready to receive God's beneficence, looking to his left hand turned toward the earth, he turn from right to left around the heart. This is his way of conveying God's spiritual gift to the people upon whom he looks with the eyes of God. Revolving around the heart, from right to left, he embraces all the mankind, all the creation with affection and love</i>.</p><o:p></o:p> <p class="MsoNormal">In Peter Kelder's books whereupon he outlines Colonel Bradford's direct teachings from the Lamas in the Tibetan Monastery, he mentions <st1:place>Bradford</st1:place>'s discussion regarding the Dervishes as follows: </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">When I spoke to one of the Lamas about this, he informed me that while this whirling movement of the Dervishes did have a very beneficial effect, it also had a devastating one.<span style=""> </span>It seems that a long siege of whirling stimulates into great activity Vortexes (Chakras) A, B and E. These three have a stimulating effect on the other two<span style=""> </span>- c & D. But due to excessive leg action the Vortexes in the knees - F & G - are over-stimulated and finally so exhausted that the building up of the Vital Forces along with this tearing down causes the participants to experience a kind of 'psychic jag' which they mistake for something spiritual or at least religious.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.t5t.com/pics/Five%20Rites%20Vortexes%20for%20Website.jpg" /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style="">However</i>, continued the Colonel, <i style="">we do not carry the whirling exercise to excess.<span style=""> </span>While the Whirling Dervishes may spin around hundreds of times, we find that greater benefit is obtained by restricting it to about a dozen or so times, enough so that Rite Number One (The Spin) can stimulate all the Vortexes to action.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Another variation is that <st1:place>Bradford</st1:place> tells us to spin clockwise whereas the Sema is performed anti-clockwise.<span style=""> </span>For more information on whether we should spin clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere - <a href="http://www.t5t.com/articles.cfm?Content_ID=28">see my article</a> which gives you the correct information.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The true origins of the spin we can only speculate about. Spinning is so natural it almost certainly evolved from the careful observation of natural laws.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can see evidence of spinning everywhere. The Earth spins around the sun and when viewed from space is covered in spiraling cloud formations, similar in shape to that of our galaxy. Your own body contains numerous spirals, from your DNA to the unique swirls on the tips of your fingers. Time-lapse photography enables you to see that sprouting seeds don’t shoot upwards as was previously thought. They germinate in a spiral.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Ancients, have long taught that the universe is full of spinning vortexes, through which the energy of the universe enters and vitalizes your body and all other things. Some ancient cultures believed that the Earth’s energy gathers into vortexes, and in those places they built churches, temples and other places of worship and learning. Some people believe that the extraordinary structures of <st1:place>Stonehenge</st1:place>, the Pyramids and the giant stone monoliths of <st1:place>Easter Island</st1:place> represent places where the Ancients believed ‘special energies’ gathered.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Whatever the explanation for the Spin (1st Tibetan Rite) it does seem reasonable to think that there may be some universal significance in terms of connecting spinning with energy generation and dispersal.<o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The vortex form is integral to the universe. It’s a constant that recurs throughout all life. Through the revolving of the neutrons, protons and electrons of the atoms that form our basic structure, everything takes part in this revolving.<span style=""> </span><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">"The sky is round, and I have heard the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind in its greatest power whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.<o:p><br /></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves…" </span></i><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Black Elk, Sioux Holy Man</span></b><i style=""><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"></span></i><span style=""><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">If you wish to publish this article on your website, you may do so provided that you assign copyright to the author, exactly as written below:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p>Copyright (c) 2005 Carolinda Witt - author <a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop.cfm"><i style="">T5T - The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites</i></a> and <a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop_USD.cfm"><i style="">The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan</i></a><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><a href="http://www.t5t.com/articles.cfm?Content_ID=" 28=""><b style=""><i style=""></i><o:p></o:p></b></a></p><a href="http://www.t5t.com/articles.cfm?Content_ID=" 28=""> </a><a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop_USD.cfm"><i></i></a>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-36174879849239185562007-07-03T11:59:00.002+10:002007-07-03T13:26:47.718+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTIPi9pYJoZ6t_8ga6vOOUV968ySwiDoBAXODQrkkrXFb-7oRixPujQofUu-5VgUQWvP7Jx-hkmorw1GF9HdqJjhdGTwdUZgaQ4HHZl2f2sdF5h5MDtU92rL5Z_j8ONfwtY_e/s1600-h/Teachers+Certificate+copy.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTIPi9pYJoZ6t_8ga6vOOUV968ySwiDoBAXODQrkkrXFb-7oRixPujQofUu-5VgUQWvP7Jx-hkmorw1GF9HdqJjhdGTwdUZgaQ4HHZl2f2sdF5h5MDtU92rL5Z_j8ONfwtY_e/s200/Teachers+Certificate+copy.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082802278934216738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">The Five Tibetans Teacher Training Program</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />JUST LAUNCHED<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> DISTANCE/ONLINE INSTRUCTOR TRAINING PROGRAM<br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >Finally a way to learn how to teach </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >T5T</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">®</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >(The Five Tibetan Rites and Energy Breathing Program) that:</span><br /><br /><ul style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: georgia;"><li><o:p></o:p>You can do at your own time and pace.</li><li>You don’t have to take time off work – just do it when it suits you.</li><li>Is less expensive than an on-site training - no travel, accommodation, venue or transportation costs involved</li></ul><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >You learn how to teach T5T</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">®</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" > to:</span><br /><!--[endif]--><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--> <ol style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: georgia;"><li>Private individuals</li><li>Small groups</li><li>Public workshops</li><li>Corporate training</li></ol><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Would you like to?</span><br /></span><ul style="font-family: georgia;" face="georgia"><li style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Have an additional source of income? </li><li style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Earn money from something that keeps you fit, healthy & happy? </li><li style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Help yourself and help others change their lives to the positive? </li><li style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Add a complimentary skill to your existing qualifications? </li><li style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Appear on the <a href="http://www.t5t.com/">www.T5T.com</a> website as a Registered T5T<span style="font-size:85%;">®</span> Instructor?</li><li><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Be part of a recognised brand? Share in the marketing & promotional efforts of T5T</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >®</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">?</span><br /></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">What Does it Include?</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">It's easy for you to get your bu</span>siness up and running straight away. You don’t need to create your own brochures, advertisements, business cards etc, as they have already been attractively designed for you to simply personalise and print.</span> <o:p></o:p></p> <o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;" >The T5T Business Manual</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;">Every form you need to run the business immediately is provided:<span style=""> </span><span style="">How to promote & market yourself; press releases for media; advertising and ready made adverts; prize winner letter; practitioner specials; testimonials etc. <span style=""> </span>Handling objections; phone call inquiry script; enrolment form; indemnity form; workshop roll sheet; promissory note (for those who have to pay by payment plan); feedback form; health providers information pack (for those who need to check with their doctors); tuition rate card; poster for the door of venue; workshop check lists; stationary; letterhead; logo; price list of T5T merchandise; student certificate and much more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; font-family: arial;"> </p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">The T5T Teaching Manual</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" ><br />M</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >akes it so achievable for you to begin teaching T5T; almost immediately.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >The </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial;">entire </i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >T5T workshop is written out for you to follow - in a bullet point format and an in-depth format.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" > You use the bullet point version to follow along with during class so you don’t lose your place, and the in-depth version to study, practice and fine-tune your instructing skills. Naturally you will want to bring your own experience, stories and expression to the workshop, but the hard work has all been done for you (& tried and tested by over 800 people and 27 Instructors).</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" > Every student gets a copy of the T5T book, CD & Poster as part of their fee, so you can be sure that everything gets covered.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">T5T Book (176 pages & 204 photos)<br /></span></span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><i style=""><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop.cfm">T5T: The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span></i></b><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >(Penguin, Australia & New Zealand) </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >or the </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><st1:place>US</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> version<a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop_USD.cfm"> </a></span><b style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><i style=""><a href="http://www.t5t.com/T5Tshop_USD.cfm">The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan</a> </i></b><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >(Random House) </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><br /><br />C</span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: georgia;">ompanion T5T DVD<br /></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >Filmed in both studio and outside locations. This makes if very easy for you to accurately learn the postures and breathing.</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;" >C</span><b style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: georgia;">ompanion audio T5T CD</b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >Simply turn it on and follow the instructions. It helps you memorize all the fine points. It also contains the three T5T relaxation/visualisation exercises centered on breathing, which include the natural sounds of nature as well as enriching music</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:georgia;" >.<br /><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span><b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: georgia;">T5T Poster<br /></b><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">With the 5 Rites on the one side and the warm-ups on the other</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: georgia;"><o:p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two </span></o:p></span><b style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: georgia;">Books</b><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-family: georgia;"> for the Book Reports.</span> <ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;color:black;" ><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The Eye of Revelation </i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: georgia;">by Peter Kelder which tells the original story of The Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation.</span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;"><span style="color:black;"><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: georgia;">Free Your Breath, Free Your Life </i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: georgia;">by Dennis Lewis which illustrates the natural full breathing philosophy of T5T</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Paul Grilley’s DVD – Anatomy</span><i style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> for Yoga</i></span><b style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"> </b><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Which makes it so clear why some people can do certain postures and others can’t. Paul uses yoga teachers to show the difference between muscular tension or bone or soft tissue compression. This will explain why some people can do a perfect downward dog and others can’t!<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span style="color:black;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">On the completion of your training:</span><o:p><br /></o:p></span></b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm;font-family:georgia;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">You become a </span><b style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Registered T5T® Instructor</b> </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">You are licenced to teach T5T® to anyone with the exception of teaching other T5T Teachers.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">You receive a professional <b style="">Certificate</b> (see picture above) recognising you as a Registered T5T® Instructor.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">All workshop materials and merchandise are made available to you at wholesale prices.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">You receive a personal User Login and Password to enter your personal information, workshops and private testimonials on the <a href="http://www.t5t.com/">www.T5T.com</a><a href="http://www.t5t.com/"> </a>website. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">You share in the recognition, marketing, media and purchasing benefits of the T5T brand</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Your Next Step if Interested</span><b><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">If interested please complete an <a href="http://www.t5t.com/forms/expressionofinterestform.cfm">Expression of Interest Form.</a></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Upon receipt of this form you will be sent a </span><b style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Payment Form</b><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> which gives details of the payment plan options.</span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bratislav Petrovic - Yoga Teacher - Melbourne, Australia </span>- </span><i style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-family:arial;">I<span style="font-family:georgia;"> did the T5T instructor training in Melbourne at the beginning of February 06. The training was so detailed, practical and very informative. Even though I have been doing and teaching yoga for more than 10 years I learnt a lot from Carolinda about the 5 Rites. The training was so detailed that I feel confident that I could start teaching T5T immediately. Carolinda was so dedicated to teaching us every detail about T5T. We were given excellent notes to take with us.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The business part of the manual is so good and we don't need to spend any time for preparation the necessary documentation for teaching. It is specifically useful for me because English is my second language. I can go now with all that I need to promote the T5T workshops with a peace of mind because everything is done professionally.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Why would a yoga teacher go for this training? Carolinda has done so much research with various practitioners to create the safest program for teaching the 5 Rites. Students do each Rite step by step in order to do them safely and gradually develop muscles which will lift their self esteem. I am confident that many students of T5T would start doing yoga when they reach 21 repetitions of each Rite. Many of them probably would have never considered doing yoga before.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Each T5T instructor can have access to the T5T web page to advertise the workshops and get more students. Carolinda is there to help us if we need her.</span></i><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"> </span>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-9528362745220491102007-07-02T09:54:00.000+10:002007-07-02T10:07:10.378+10:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleD1a6CrHuiZWX4YQ-St2SGGCx4F7s-8EQlCFKROp3_IchSlt70iYGxIEcN0PlHcVgrUrbCShwnruXYDw-Q-dkuLDTRY6SY5KlMVpOYJy1F_cHOHqlp8nN2_P7AF6b2bfpznC/s1600-h/IMG_5025.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjleD1a6CrHuiZWX4YQ-St2SGGCx4F7s-8EQlCFKROp3_IchSlt70iYGxIEcN0PlHcVgrUrbCShwnruXYDw-Q-dkuLDTRY6SY5KlMVpOYJy1F_cHOHqlp8nN2_P7AF6b2bfpznC/s200/IMG_5025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082384258357231634" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2376208247">The Five Tibetan Rites on Facebook - Meet Others</a>:<br /><br />Meet others who are interested in performing- or who already doing the Five Rites. Share experiences, problems, tips, network.<br /><br />Join Facebook to access - its free and you can create your own social network in addition to joining this group. Great way to network.<br /><br />Just click on the link above to begin.Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19316072.post-86952343369670364642007-06-28T12:09:00.000+10:002007-07-02T09:38:01.865+10:00<strong>The Five Tibetans - Not Getting the Benefits You Expected?</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />I received this email yesterday from Coatia:<br /><br /><em>I started practising 5 Tibetans a couple of months ago, but I don't feel that I have more energy (although I do 21 repetitions of every rite) and my improvement seems to be very, very slow. Is there anything I can do in order to have more benefit?</em><br /><em></em><br />There is a lot of literature on the Rites on the internet, in books and in articles that claim incredible anti-aging benefits for the Rites. I think people's expectations can be very high, and they would naturally question or be disappointed in why they received only minor benefits from practicing the Rites.<br /><br />In the original book by Peter Kelder <em>(The Eye of Revelation) </em>published in 1939 for example it says,<br /><br />"<em>It concerned a group of Lamas or Tibetan priests who, apparently, had discovered "The Fountain of Youth." The natives told of old men who had mysteriously regained health and strength, vigor and virility shortly after entering a certain Lamasery."</em><br /><em></em><br />and<br /><br /><em>"No, I am not my son,'' </em>he returned. <em>"I am none other than your old friend, Colonel Bradford, the old man who went away to the Himalayas,"</em><br /><br /><em>I stood in incredulous amazement at his statement, then it slowly dawned upon me that this really was the Colonel Bradford that I had known; but what a change had taken place in his appearance. Instead of the stooped, limping, sallow old gentleman with a cane, he was tall, straight, ruddy-complexioned man in the prime of life. Even his hair, which had grown back, held no trace of gray.</em><br /><em></em><br />Given the glowing language of the time and the mystical overtones, I don't think it is surprising that people believe the Rites to be a cure for all ailments and aging.<br /><br />I for example, found the whole idea of the hair growing back dark rather far fetched, until Stuart French who attended one of my workshops reported that this had happened to his sideburns. Stuart eventually become a Registered T5T Instructor.<br /><br />So what's the truth? There are numerous studies that prove the benefits of a regular yoga practice and its impact on health and wellbeing. This article from Yoga Journal says in part:<br /><br /><em>During the past 80 years, health professionals in India and the West have begun to investigate the therapeutic potential of yoga. To date, thousands of research studies have been undertaken and have shown that with the practice of yoga a person can, indeed, learn to control such physiologic parameters as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory function, metabolic rate, skin resistance, brain waves, body temperature, and many other bodily functions." Though it's difficult to find most of these studies, some current, accessible research reports significant results for challenging medical conditions: </em><br /><br />In the same article, Patrick Randolph, Ph.D., in Texas says, "<em>The asanas help increase circulation to the limbs while the resultant relaxation addresses anxiety. <strong>"What many people report from doing yoga is that rather than being an exercise that takes energy away, it actually energizes." </strong></em><br /><em></em><br />Aside from all the measurable physical benefits, I believe that there is an energy component that we can't measure or quantify yet.<br /><br />The Lamas told Colonel Bradford that the quickest way to regain health, youth and vitality is to start the magnetic centres of the body spinning again, through the practice of the Five Rites.<br /><br /><em>"The body has seven centers, which, in English, could be called Vortexes. These are kind of magnetic centres. They revolve at great speed in the healthy body, but when slowed down - well that is just another name for old age, ill-health, and senility.</em><br /><em></em><br />Yoga Journal continues:<br /><br /><em>And Yoga's most ephemeral benefits, such as the opening of energy channels, are even more difficult to define and evaluate in a research setting. Dr. Brandeis believes it will take more scientists with a much greater experiential knowledge of yoga to begin measuring what might be classified as energetic changes. "Probably in the future [research will] try to translate energetic effects into concrete medicine, but right now there aren't enough practitioners with enough knowledge to generate that kind of interest," he says.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em><div><span style="font-size:85%;">This article can be found online at </span><a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/health/115_1.cfm"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.yogajournal.com/health/115_1.cfm</span></a></div><div></div></em><br />My own experience & that of teaching so many people the Rites is that people do indeed achieve a wide range of benefits from small to pretty outstanding. People don't always trust Testimonials but they are a great overview of what people personally believe they have gained. Testimonials from qualified health professionals, fitness professionals to the general public all point to similar benefits. These can be read on <a href="http://www.t5t.com/testimonials.cfm">http://www.t5t.com/testimonials.cfm</a> and in the Peter Kelder books (Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth).<br /><br />Having said all this, one cannot have a one-sided result with any form of exercise. One-sided means that it is all positive with no negatives. You have to have both - same as in life. You can't have a gain without a loss, or a loss without a gain. You can't have ugly without beautiful to tell you what ugly is and so on. Focusing only the positive benefits of the Rites will inevitably disappoint. Perhaps the negatives of having to make the time to do them, or getting up early to do them, or even making the physical effort, do not outweight the benefits. A great question to ask oneself would be, "What am I losing by doing the Rites?" Then, "What am I gaining by doing the Rites?" <br /><br />Play with the positives and the negatives of all the answers until you reach a state of balance, where you are <strong>neither in <em>fantasy</em> about the benefits or <em>resentful</em> of practicing them. </strong> Neither state is a place where you will relax and enjoy them.<br /><br />For me, I made a decision that aging doesn't get better! I knew I would need to do many things to get more out of my life for as long as I could. T5T is one of those. I don't need to think about it anymore, I just do it. I know it works, I know it will work in the long term and no more thought needs to be applied to it. I've heard of two 80+ year old men who have been doing the Rites 20 years. One of their sons recently told me his father is getting younger every time he sees him. Clearly that isn't true, but his father <em>believes</em> the Rites are the reason for his physical strength and wellbeing. Who is to dispute him?<br /><br />Colonel Bradford himself says that the monks told him that you need to invest a strong amount of faith and belief in the Rites to maximise their benefit. If you think old, you become old. He suggests people stride instead of hobble for example. <br /><br />So what did I say to the gentleman from Croatia?<br /><br /><em>For some people, the benefits are less dramatic. If you were going to get any major changes, this would be most noticeable in the first 2 weeks. Therefore the only long-term benefits I think you may get are in the area of strength and flexibility development, increased calmness emotionally and greater positivity. You may also notice that you get ill less often or that the symptoms are less. </em><br /><br /><em>Are you by any chance sleeping more with vivid dreams, or do you need less sleep? </em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Just like electricity our body is infused with life-energy, even though you can't see it. As you would know, the Rites stimulate the flow of life-energy through the body, unblocking stagnant areas and revitalising the body. This 'feeling' is more subtle than the typical physical sensations we are used to and you may need to fine tune your awareness. The best way of doing this is by becoming more present during and after your practice.</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Try and be much more present (not thinking of the past or future events or things done or things to do) when doing the Rites. Yoga and the Rites are meditation in motion. Practice the ability to train the monkey mind to be still, by focusing on balance, precision, control, alignment, sensation, lack of sensation and of course the breath!<br />Often the best way to find out if you are getting any benefits is to stop doing them for a month at least! If you find you <strong>don't </strong>want to stop - then take notice! Your body knows it wants to keep doing them, even though you are not feeling any major changes.<br /><br />Perhaps you should miss a couple of days and let your body have a rest. Then do your 21 repetitions and notice if there is a difference. Do you notice a change immediately after doing the Rites?<br /><br />Wth regard to your question about what can you do to improve the effects: Are you doing T5T or the original version from one of the Peter Kelder books? He does not include much on breathing which is a major health and vitality improver. A number of clinical studies have shown that how well you breathe literally dictates your lifespan. T5T contains extensive knowledge in breathing and specialised breathing is carried out between each Rite.<br /><br />I updated the Rites calling them T5T (The Five Tibetans) to make them more potent in light of modern exercise knowledge as well as to prevent a pattern of lower back pain and neck pain I observed from people practicing the original Rites - particulary from Rites 2 and 3. T5T focuses on developing strong deep abdominal muscles (core stability). These muscles wrap around and protect the spine like a natural weight belt preventing back injury (there are also neck stabiliser muscles which are also activated correctly during T5T). These actions are repetitive and correct alignment and control is very important. Strong core muscles also counteract the effects of gravity on the elimination organs as well as stimulate the reproductive glands.<br /><br /></em>If you wish to publish this article on your website you may do so, provided that you assign copyright to the author exactly as written below:<br /><br />Copyright (c) 2007 Carolinda Witt - author <a href="http://www.t5t.com/">T5T - The Five Tibetan Exercise Rites </a>and The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan<em></em>Carolinda Witthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518483962098502770noreply@blogger.com24