Boost Your Energy and Tone Your Muscles with Five Simple Exercises Developed by Tibetan Monks

Supercharge your energy centers and come alive again.

In the chapter about the The Seven Psychic Vortexes, you'll learn how to energize certain areas of your body that, according to the Tibetan monks, cause fatigue, disease, and age, when allowed to go stale. Just about everyone who seriously practices the five rites reports improved energy, so if you've been dragging around for years now, it's time to do something about it.

The Five Rites are as gentle as simple stretching exercises, but you don't have to work up a big sweat doing them.

Turn back the clock and rejuvenate your body.
Some people who've been doing these exercises for years look decades younger than they really are. Just from doing five simple and gentle exercises.

The Tibetan Rites of rejuvenation are believed to have been brought to this country by a British Naval officer in the 1930's. A best selling book about this man and his story brought information on the exercises and their rejuvenating effects to America. The exercises are thought to work on the chakras, or energy centers of the body. They help to restore the normal spin of the chakras, which in turn helps to restore vibrant health.

Learn about energy foods eaten by Tibetan monks.

In the chapter entitled Importance of a Clean, Simple Diet you'll learn some simple truths about foods and diet that will dramatically improve your health and your digestion. You'll l earn about the foods eaten by the Tibetan monks, foods that are available to us today, and foods you can eat to improve your energy and over all sense of well-being. The predominantly vegetarian monks also included certain animal foods in their diet. They combined  foods during meals, a simple action that can improve many digestive problems. Learn a simple technique that will reduce by half the amount of food you eat!

Caution:
Seek your doctor's advice before beginning if you have any of the following conditions - pregnancy, recent abdominal surgery, unmedicated high blood pressure, hiatal hernia, hernia, hyperthyroidism, vertigo, seizure disorder, severe arthritis of the spine, lower back pain, neck pain, weak abdominal muscles, shoulder or leg stiffness or weakness, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, fibromyositis, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome.

Begin with 1-5 repetitions of each exercise. Add 2 repetitions each week or as you feel ready to. Work up to a total of 21 repetitions of each exercise. For best results perform daily.

1st Exercise 

Extend arms out to the sides, palms down. Relax shoulders, and bring arms in line with shoulders. Turn in place in a clockwise direction. Focus your vision on a single point straight ahead to avoid dizziness. After the exercise take 3 deeps breaths. With hands together, raise arms over heard on the inhale. Exhaling, lower arms out to the sides and down.

2nd Exercise

Lie flat with arms extended alongside the body. Palms down. Breathe in through the nose and raise head off the floor. At the same time lift legs off the ground, keeping legs straight. Exhaling, lower head and legs back down, keeping legs straight as you go down. Relax muscles for a moment and then repeat. Once complete, take 3 deep breaths while lying flat with hands placed over lower abdomen.

3rd Exercise

Kneel with knees under hips and toes tucked under. Breathing out, lower chin toward chest. Breathing in arch back, dropping head back. Hands on buttocks or thighs for support. When complete, take 3 deep breaths while kneeling or lying flat. Hands over lower abdomen.

4th Exercise

Sit with legs extended in front of you, feet hip width apart. Palms are placed alongside body, fingers pointing forward. Breathe out and tuck chin in toward chest. While slowing breathing in, raise torso off the ground and drop head back. While holding position, hold breath and tighten every muscle in the body. Breathing out, slower lower back down to starting position. Rest a moment, then repeat. When complete, lie flat and take 3 deep breaths to relax.

5th Exercise

Start in table position with hands shoulder width apart and knees directly under hips. Inhaling, lift tailbone up and press heels down into an inverted V position. Chin tucks in toward chest. Exhaling, lower body forward and down. Arch the back and tilt head back to look up. Shoulders remain broad and toes are tucked under. When complete lie flat and take 3 deep breaths to relax.