The Five Tibetan Rites is a system of exercises first publicized by Peter Kelder in a 1939 publication entitled "The Eye of Revelation". Raised as an adopted child in the Midwestern United States, Kelder is said to have met a retired British army colonel in southern California in the 1930's.Originally written as a 32 page booklet, the publication relays Kelder's claims of having met the colonel who shared with him stories of travel and the subsequent discovery of the Five Rites. Some believe the Rites to be a form of Tibetan yoga similar to the more well-known yoga series that originated in India.[2] However, the Five Rites and traditional Tibetan yoga both emphasize "a continuous sequence of movement", whereas Indian forms focus on "static positions". Although the Rites are said to have been practiced by yogis for decades, skeptics say that Tibetans have never recognized them as being authentic Tibetan practices.[2] Even though Tibetan Buddhist and Bon practitioners in Tibet and India adhere to the already well-established traditional forms of Tibetan yoga, the Five Rites have gained widespread popularity and are practiced and promoted extensively in Western countries.
The Five Tibetan Rites are also referred to as The Five Rites, The Five Tibetans and The Five Rites of Rejuvenation.
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