The 5 Tibetans

The Fountain of Youth

 

The 5 Tibetans also known as the Fountain of Youth is ideally practiced daily. 

Building up over time, the aim is to be comfortablyable to do 21 repetitions of each exercise.  I find that doing 21 repetitions of each exercise takes me approximately 15 mins in total. 

 

In my daily online classes we have 3 main ways that we practice the 5 Tibetans.

 

In the 'Seperates' & 'Timed' practices we do some Pranayam exercises in between the Tibetans, as these help to centre and us even more as well as giving the body a little resting time.   

 

If you are new or the practice feels too strong, then you should start with anywhere from 2-3 repetitions of an exercise and build it up gradually over time with consistent practice.

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Seperates

In the 'Seperates' practice we also use the Pranayam to allow us to come back together and start the next Tibetan exercise as a group. Here we count the number of Tibetans we do over time until we