Whats your opinion on the "5 Tibetan Rites"

[de_paradise]

It looks to me as a lame, beginners-style work-out when compared to other yogas. I know a few Tibetan and Indian yogas from lineage sources, and it seems the 5 Tibetans are sort of like the beginner version when you haven't developed the core muscles and flexibility yet. Sort of like what a physiotherapist would give as an excercise routine to a couch potato, not an athlete. The exception is the spinning posture, which is a bit different. Of course, I know of many simple practices that are yet very powerful, so I don't judge based on complexity or difficulty. Whats your view?

[phore]

I used to use them before i discovered a Hatha Yoga Class. I believe if you take it for a core intensity workout, its probably pretty good.

 

Have you heard of the "secret 6th rite?" Its a pc and abdominal clenching bandha exercise for pushing the energy upwards.

 

http://thetaobums.com/topic/2615-6th-tibetan-the-big-draw/

 

I do like the spinning, just for fun.

 

I prefer slow hatha yoga for muscles, and tantra/ kundalini for guiding the energy upwards.

 

"IF you bend a bow too far it will break"

-Lao Tzu

 

I prefer to cultivate more peace in my exercise routines, although I do some intense Taichi at times.

 

Love and Light

Tony

Edited February 6, 2015 by phore

[de_paradise]

I don't know about the 6th rite or how its related. But that one at least sounds like its something Tibetans would do, a piece of Tummo.