Body Mind & Soul
Therapeutic Massage Therapy
Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth
Thousands of years ago, the Lamas discovered that all of the answers to life's imponderable mysteries are found within. They discovered that all of the things which go together to create our lives originate within the individual.
Most Westerners think it is a law of nature that our bodies must grow old and deteriorate. By looking within, the Lamas know this to be a self-fulfilling illusion.
The five rites are for the express purpose of restoring health and youthful vitality to the body. Your mental attitude and desire determine whether you will dramatically transform your physical appearance into a younger and healthier you.
The body's seven energy vortexes are centered on the seven endocrine glands:
7. Pituitary gland
6. Pineal gland
5. Thyroid gland
4. Thymus gland
3. Adrenal Gland
2. Pancreas
1. Reproductive glands
These energy vortexes revolve at great speed. When all are revolving at high speed , and at the same rate of speed, the body is in perfect health. When one or more of them slow down, aging and physical deterioration set in.
In a healthy body, each of these vortexes revolves at great speed, permitting vital life energy, also called 'prana' or 'etheric energy,' to flow upward through the endocrine system. But if one or more of these vortexes begins to slow down, the flow of vital life energy is inhibited or blocked, and that's just another name for aging and ill health.
These spinning vortexes extend outward from the flesh in a healthy individual, but in the old, weak, and sickly they hardly reach the surface. 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 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."
RITE NUMBER ONE
The first rite is a simple one. It is done for the express purpose of speeding up the vortexes. Children do it all the time when they're playing.
Stand erect with arms outstretched, horizontal to the floor. Now, spin around until you become slightly dizzy. One thing is important: you must spin from left to right. In other words, if you were to put a clock on the floor face-up, you would turn in the same direction as the clock hands.
At first, you may only be able to spin around only about half a dozen times before becoming quite dizzy. As a beginner, you shouldn't attempt to do more. And if you feel like sitting or lying down to recover from the dizziness, then by all means you should do just that.To begin with, practice the rite only to the point of slight dizziness. But with time as you practice all five rites you will be able to spin more and more times with less dizziness.
To lessen dizziness, before you begin to spin, focus your vision on a single point straight ahead. As you begin to turn, continue holding your vision on that point as long as possible. Eventually you will have to let it leave your field of vision, so that your head can spin on around with the rest of your body. As this happens, turn your head around very quickly, and refocus on your point as soon as you can. This reference point enables you to become less disoriented and dizzy.
RITE NUMBER TWO
Lye flat on the floor, face up. It's best to lie on a thick carpet or some sort of padded surface.
Once you have stretched out flat on your back, fully extend your arms along your sides, and place the palms of your hands against the floor, keeping the fingers close together. Then, raise your head off the floor, tucking the chin against the chest. As you do this, lift your legs, knees straight, into a vertical position. If possible, let the legs extend back over the body, toward the head: but do not let the knees bend.
"Then, slowly lower both the head and the legs, knees straight, to the floor. Allow all of the muscles to relax, and then repeat the rite.
With each repetition, establish a breathing rhythm: breath in deep as you lift the legs and head: breathe out fully as you lower them. Between repetitions, while you're allowing the muscles to relax, continue breathing in the same rhythm. The more deeply you breathe, the better.
If you are unable to keep the knees perfectly straight, then let them bend as much as necessary. But as you continue to perform the rite, attempt to straighten them as much as you possibly can.
RITE NUMBER THREE
kneel on the floor with the body erect. The hands should be placed against the thigh muscles.
Drop the head and neck forward, tucking the chin against the chest. Then, throw the head and neck back as far as they will go, and at the same time lean backward, arching the spine. As you arch, you will brace your arms and hands against the thighs for support. After arching, return to the original position, and start the rite all over again.
As with rite number two, you should establish a rhythmic breathing pattern. Breathe in deeply as you arch the spine. Breath out as you return to an erect position. Deep breathing is most beneficial, so take as much air into your lungs as you possibly can.
RITE NUMBER FOUR
First sit down on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you and your feet about 12 inches apart. With the trunk of the body erect, place the palms of your hands on the floor alongside your buttocks. Then, tuck the chin forward against the chest.
Now, drop the head backward as far as it will go. At the same time, raise your body so that the knees bend
while the arms remain straight. The trunk of the body will be in a straight line with the upper legs, horizontal to
the floor.
And both the arms and lower legs will be straight up and down, perpendicular to the floor. Then, tense every muscle in the body. Finally, relax your muscles as you return to the original sitting position, and rest before repeating the procedure.
Again, breathing is important to this rite. Breathe in deeply as you raise up the body. Hold in your breath as
you tense the muscles. And breathe out completely as you come down. Continue breathing in the same rhythm as long as you rest between repetitions.
RITE NUMBER FIVE
When you perform the fifth rite, your body will be face-down on the floor. It will be supported by the hands, palms down against the floor, and the toes in a flexed position. Throughout this rite, the hands and feet should each be spaced about two feet apart, and the arms and legs should be kept straight.
Start with your arms perpendicular to the floor, and the spine arched, so that the body is in a sagging position. Now, throw the head back as far as possible. Then, bending at the hips, bring the body up into an inverted 'V'. At the same time, bring the chin forward, tucking it against the chest. That's all there is to it. Return to the original position, and start the rite all over again.
By the end of the first week, the average person will find this rite one of the easiest to perform. Once you
become proficient at it, let the body drop from the raised position to a point almost, but not quite, touching the floor. Tense the muscles for a moment both at the raised point, and at the low point.
Follow the same deep breathing pattern used in the previous rites. Breathe in deeply as you raise the body.
Breathe out fully, as you lower it.
How many times should the Rites be repeated?
To start with one should practice each rite three times a day for the first week. Then every week that follows, increase the daily repetitions by two, until you are performing each rite 21 times a day. In other words, the second week, perform each rite five times; the third week, perform each rite seven times; the fourth week perform each rite nine times daily, and so on. In ten weeks' time, you'll be doing the full number of 21 rites per day.
If you have difficulty practicing the first rite, the whirling one, as many times as you do the others, then simply do it as many times as you can without getting too dizzy. Eventually you'll be able to whirl around the full 21 times.
How many times a week should they be performed?
You must practice the rites every day in order to achieve real benefits. You may skip one day a week, but never more than that. And if you allow a business trip or some other commitment to interrupt this daily routine, your overall progress will suffer.