If anyone is interested, these are excellent exercises for health and possibly even rejuvenation. >From "The Eye of Revelation" by Peter Kelder (about 1935) or "The Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth" or "The Five Tibetans"
(Well, I got several requests, so I will write out the instructions for the 5 rites as I understand them. ) The Five Rites 1. Stand with the arms outstretched. Twirl around to the right (in the direction that your head turns to look at your right shoulder). 2. Lie on the floor on your back, arms at your side and legs outstretched. While keeping the small of the back on the floor so as not to strain the lower back, raise the legs up to a vertical position (keep them straight). At the same time that the legs are being raised, lift the head up so that the chin comes to the chest. Also, breathe in. Breathe out as the head and legs return to the original position. 3. Kneel on the floor. The body above the knees should be straight and vertical. Place the hands on the lower buttocks, just above the thighs. Breathe in as the head tips backwards and the back arches backwards. Keep the shoulders back, the hands on the butt, and the mouth closed. The bend is mostly in the upper trunk area. Breathe out as the head moves forward until the chin rests on the chest and the rest of the body is again upright. 4. Sit on the ground with the feet together and stretched out in front. The arms are at the sides with the palms on the floor and fingers pointing forward, in the direction of the feet. Breathe in, tip the head backwards, at the same time lift the hips off the floor and roll onto the soles of the feet. The head is tipped back, the body from neck to knees will be straight and horizontal (parallel to the floor), the arms and lower legs will be vertical, the palms and soles are touching the floor, and the toes and fingers point in the same direction. This is like the "crab" walk that we used to do in gym class. (Tense all the muscles of the body and release.) Breathe out and return to the starting position, but bring the head forward so that the chin touches the chest. 5. Get into the position as if you were going to do a pushup (facing the floor, with body straight, upper body supported off the ground by straight arms with the palms on the floor, fingers pointing forward, and the lower body supported by the toes and the balls of the feet.) Breathe out and bend the head backwards and let the hips drop towards the floor. The legs will be mostly parallel and close to the floor and the trunk will bend backwards and up, mostly vertical to the floor. (Tense all the muscles of the body and release.) Breathe in as the head comes forward so that the chin touches the chest and as the hips are raised up off the floor, and back. The body will form a sort of inverted "V", the legs are straight, the body is bent at the hips with the hips being the highest point, the trunk and arms are straight and form a straight line. (Tense all the muscles of the body and release.) The exercises should each be done 21 times, start out with, say, 5 of each and then add one or two more repetitions a day as your body strengthens. If you have trouble with your back, be careful, and don't allow the bend to go excessively to any vertebrae that has problems. Do you understand what I mean? Spread out the bend to the whole back, don't let the weak part do all of the bending. Once you can do the basic exercise, (don't forget the breathing), at the part of exercise 4 when the body is raised up off the floor and in the two extreme positions of exercise 5, all the muscles of the body should be tensed and then released. Don't do the tensing until you can get the rest of the movements coordinated. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
