Editorial Review:Product Description: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.
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Ancient secret of the fountain of youth book 2
First the book is half filled with trying to sell you on the book itself, as though trying to fill up enough space to make it into a book versus a brochure, which is all the space it really needs.
I was first introduced to yoga in a book and imitated poses. Lately, I've been a new yoga student with bi-weekly sessions with a teacher. Consequently, different techniques are covered on how to implement the different exercises of yoga which are the same in the book. The book does not cover the different techniques but in general tells you how to get there.
Consequently if you are not in very good shape or not use to paying attention to your body you can overstrain a certain part of your body needlessly. An adequate teacher will teach you the correct way to distribute your weight and use muscles to perform the poses correctly and not simply imitate the form, which the book lacks.
Doing yoga through this book can give you a good stretch probably but what would have been complete is a well-instructed yoga video that accompanied it.
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Outstanding resource for improving health & well-being
An easy read, this book is packed with practical and very useful information. The exercises are easy and can stand-alone or be used in addition to existing workout. Information on digestion and diet is eye-opening. If you've been looking for something to improve health and vitality, this is it. Those of us in our family who are doing the exercises, ages 54, 20, and 17 - have benefited.
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Tibetan rites in detail
After doing the rites in the first book for about 4 weeks, I became curious enough to see what book 2 had to offer. It's a wonderful book too. Tibetan Buddhism, it's proponents from the west and Tibetan medicine have interested me for a long time. Enough to go to Nepal and experience some interesting phenomena with regard to Tibetan lamas. So I was thrilled to read some new information about the mystery and lore of Tibet. Also the various contributors to the book provide many points of view about why these rites work so well. Particularly useful was the additional information about the breathing technique while performing the rites. This has aided my practice tremendously. I am having no difficulty going into my 4th week doing 11 repetitions of each exercise in one sitting.
I have dropped some weight, at least my jeans are looser, and gained tone and endurance. For sure my metabolism has picked up. This is a good thing, as hypothyroidism is a metabolic issue that I've been dealing with for a few years.
So all in all, I would recommend this book if you are interested in the myth and mystery of Tibet, if you have read the first book, and wonder if you have mastered the breathing technique, or if you are just curious about a way to improve your health without investing in any equipment and that takes just a few minutes a day.
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not worth buying
You may think you will get this book to get more information about the Five Rites. Instead you get a collection of articles by various people essentially unrelated except that they are mostly health related. This book is just some publishers idea of a way to make more money on the Five Rites name. The volume one book is all you need. It has it all!
RLC
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WONDERFUL MUST HAVE!!!
I got the book and I've been doing it for a week feel great sleep deep and have lots of energy buying 10 for my whole family for christmas A MUST HAVE!!!!