Could 5 simple Yoga exercises really provide a thorough and challenging workout to maintain or health and wellbeing? Well the famous Five Tibetan Rites of Yoga claim to.

The 5 Tibetan Rites are a form of Tibetan yoga said to be more than 2,500 years old, which were first published as “The Eye of Revelation” in 1939. The author Peter Kelder claimed this 5 Yoga exercises were more than 2500 years old and had been developed by Tibetan monks in the Himalayas to develop mental and physical strength.

Kelder claims he was told of these exercises by a British Army colonel who had lived with Tibetan lamas and had been initiated into their practices – one of which are the 5 Rites.

Many benefits are postulated including – including weight loss, better memory, improved physical strength, enhanced sense of wellbeing, even a reduction in the speed of the aging process – for this reason, these exercises are seen as a Foundation of Youth.

Want to give them a go? Providing you are reasonably fit they should present no major problems and can be completed in about 10 to 20 minutes.

To download the programme click here – happy practicing! Remember to listen to your body and you will make progress.