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Finally, the exciting and long-awaited sequel to one of the biggest health and healing bestsellers of all time has arrived.
When Peter Kelder's Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth was released by Harbor Press in 1985, it immediately touched off an incredible sales phenomenon rivaled only by The Celestine Prophecy and Conversations with God. In this book, readers were introduced to the Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation, a series of exercises developed over centuries in the monasteries of Tibet and credited by thousands for everything from increased energy to better memory, weight loss, and just looking and feeling younger.
Almost as quickly as the books filtered across the globe, letters began to pour in to Harbor Press requesting more information on these mysterious rites. Now, more than ten years and two million books later, comes a comprehensive companion volume that addresses the unanswered questions of so many readers.
Picking up where Kelder's book left off, Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth, Book 2 provides the complete Fountain of Youth health program, with detailed information on a variety of topics discussed only fleetingly in the original bestseller: the history and origins of the Five Rites, valuable insights about how the Rites work, diet suggestions, and easy-to-follow exercises. Illustrated with fifty black-and-white photographs, this guide will help turn back the hands of time, invigorating and energizing readers' lives as never before.
When Peter Kelder's Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth was released by Harbor Press in 1985, it immediately touched off an incredible sales phenomenon rivaled only by The Celestine Prophecy and Conversations with God. In this book, readers were introduced to the Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation, a series of exercises developed over centuries in the monasteries of Tibet and credited by thousands for everything from increased energy to better memory, weight loss, and just looking and feeling younger.
Almost as quickly as the books filtered across the globe, letters began to pour in to Harbor Press requesting more information on these mysterious rites. Now, more than ten years and two million books later, comes a comprehensive companion volume that addresses the unanswered questions of so many readers.
Picking up where Kelder's book left off, Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth, Book 2 provides the complete Fountain of Youth health program, with detailed information on a variety of topics discussed only fleetingly in the original bestseller: the history and origins of the Five Rites, valuable insights about how the Rites work, diet suggestions, and easy-to-follow exercises. Illustrated with fifty black-and-white photographs, this guide will help turn back the hands of time, invigorating and energizing readers' lives as never before.
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57 of 59 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
One of my hatha yoga students kindly gave me a copy of book 1 as a gift. A bit skeptical, I started to read it and was charmed by the story, intrigued as to whether the exercises would work. I gave it a try and even in the first week was amazed at the results. I am now up to doing the recommended 21 reps of each of the 5 positions. I have almost boundless energy, look 10 years younger according to my colleagues, feel healthier than I have in years, sleep more deeply at night. Without even trying to, I have lost nearly 10 pounds: the exercises seem to balance or curb your appetite. I am not as hungry, yet the smaller portions I eat seem tastier to me. My yoga students are very enthusiastic about the 5 Rites. I get daily requests for this class. I have since bought book 2 and like it even more because of all the detailed explanations contained therein. I have recommended the books to at least a dozen friends and colleagues. Even my significant other is starting to do the 5 Rites and has never felt healthier. In short, highly recommended. Inti
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read the first book and then got this one because it claimed to be more well rounded and offer more explanations. That is certainly true. I have just started to do the rites so I can't really say any improvement has happened. My theory is that given the very nature of the exercises though some improvement will occur. I have been studying yoga for almost a year and all these poses are either directly from yoga or so similar as to be the same. So with that in mind approach this thinking man's idea of a work out. I can not totally embrace 'natural hygiene' as a way of life. This refers to the eating and the combining of foods suggested in the book. It's a little too stringent for my taste. I will however say that many of the ideas presented are totally in line with many other works I have read and so I understood the concept of eating certain foods together, not eating late and thoroughly chewing one's food. I do however think that the one fundamental question was never answered and that's why I only gave it 3 stars. The authors talk about the possibility of the rites having originated in Tibet as originally claimed. The final answer is maybe.... what I wondered is why is there no evidence of anyone doing the rites today. Maybe it has to do with the Chinese massacre of monks and culture but there still should have been some attempt to talk to people who may have been around 50 years ago to ask did the monks or hermits do these rites. No such attempt was made. Bad boys, the authors... they should have given it a shot for more credibility.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The 'five rites' talked about in this book do everything they claim. I have been doing them for two years. They are easy and the results are superb. So if you want the energy, metabolism and physique you had at twenty five (even if you are decades older) buy this book now!!
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Tibetan 5 rites
Had heard about these from a friend & was interested to learn them. Have been doing them now for about a year & think that they have made a difference to my physique ( a bit hard... Read more
Published 11 months ago by jadeshakti
Brilliant reading
I bought this book as i had heard so much about it , i found it a very interesting read and since reading it well getting half way through i have been doing the exercises every... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. P. Tyndall
A marketing trick
I have been practising the five and the additional sixth rite for a year now, performing them at least once a day 21 times and, I have not noticed any change whatsoever. Read more
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