Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth, Book 2: A companion to the book by Peter Kelder

Best book in my collection. If you do the 5 rites you will definitely feel better, A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE!

It's great to have this on my Kindle as well. I bought the hardcover and the Kindle version both. I buy copies of the original Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth to give to friends and relatives. The 5 rites are a great way to stay in shape. 30 days after open heart surgery (I didn't ask the doctor if it was okay), I went back to doing the 5 rites, and I am stronger and healthier than I've ever been. At nearly 73 I feel healthier and stronger than I was at 35 years of age. Its a matter of exercise of course, but also nutrition and spiritual understanding as well. I've been using the original Fountain of Youth rites for the past 25 years. I don't know that I could pass for 50, but my doctor says I could. I'm aiming for passing for 35. The rites themselves take about half an hour a day to do. They are sort of like yoga, which I also practice.

I have a friend in Texas who called and said he was doing these exercises and starting to feel better and had more energy. I ordered the book and read about the Monks exercise routine and started trying to do them. I am 66 years old and have a bulging disc in my neck and constant moderate to severe back pain that limited my mobility. I took prescription pain medications twice each day that only took the edge off the pain. I could not do all the exercises the first day but I did not need pain meds that day. I continued the exercises in the am and pm and they became easier. I am now pain free...can walk erect and not stooped over. I was walking stooped over because the muscles in the back of my legs were weak and tight. Now I can bend over, put my palms on the floor and almost put my head on my knees...not bad for 66 years old. I will do these exercises the rest of my life.

This book was written fairly recently and it is exactly what is says: a companion to book 1. It has today's perspetive of specialists on the rites and teaching of Colonel Bradford, but it is not necessary. But if you have serious difficulty executing certain of the rites in Book 1, this one will give you some easier alternatives -which of course were not in the original teachings- but might be beneficial as well. Since I am performing the original rites I have no reason to replace them with any other exercises. But overall, this is also a good book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and learning some more info on nutrition.

I have all of his books and this is my favorite and most helpful of them all. It's one that I can just pick up and open about anywhere in the book, read a few pages and come away with new or renewed knowledge. Tip: Make sure you order the one with the "2" on the book jacket!

Book two of the Ancient Fountain of Youth is an outstanding continuation of the first book which was authored by Peter Kelder. This second book has several excellent contributors who clarify and extend the wisdom found in the first book. Seventeen years ago I was regularly being offered senior citizen discounts. Those generous offers stopped occurring not long after I read and started applying the secrets in these books. Now I buy copies as gifts for select acquaintances who seem open to believing "strange stuff." (By the way, my nom de guerre is Fast Eddie Wong and my intellectual property EGOBLOW is available right here on Amazon.com. EGOBLOW is an entertaining, embarrassing, educational, self-defence card game. Check it out!)

I love Fountain of Youth Book 2 because it is a fountain of knowledge about western medicine doctor's opinions about why these exercises are so effective. It's very informative. It has a lot of facts about the far east that most Westerners simply do not know. I have bought this book multiple times. I keep giving it away. I think I will keep this copy for me.

I'm not sure why this book was written. My impression of the first book was to introduce the 5 Tibetan Rites as a way of preserving youth. However, this book introduces additional practices no affiliated with the 5 Rites. If the Rites are sufficient in themselves why introduce other practices. It doesn't make any sense to me other than this book being written for the sake of profit. Stay with the first book. This book is entirely unnecessary.

My friend told me about this book, and i bought it.on AMAZON...what i learn..is disipline, love yourself...I start doing the rites every morning and I increase the numbers every week...i feel more energy.also I learn how to combine the food.. and to be more healthy. The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World .

I bought this book as i had heard so much about it , i found it a very interesting read and since reading it well getting half way through i have been doing the exercises every morning and enjoy them ,i make it a routine get up loo then the 5 rites that's it done . I would recomend this book to anyone.

チベット体操を始めて７ヶ月が経過し、新たな気持ちでこの本を読んでいます。本の中の表現を借りれば、“若さの泉は未だ到達していないけれど、流れを見つけた”ところでしょうか？Book1がワクワクさせるストーリー展開で引っ張って呉れたのに対して、 Book2は正にチベット体操の解説書です。情報量が多いので、これからチベット体操を遣る方と言うより、実践を既にされている方の為の本ではないでしょうか。 第一章は"Fountain of Youth"の要約抜粋と皆が興味を持つ、著者ピーター・ケルダー氏に関してサラリと書かれています。 第二章は中国のチベット侵攻前における、西洋と秘境チベットの出会い。自らチベット国内を旅して長寿や空中移動等の情報を集めた女性探検家や、研究者について書かれています。５０年前はチベットは日本でも秘境扱いだったっけ．．．鳥葬や変った風習とか子供の私には恐ろしい国に思えた。仏教国日本では当たり前の事も１９３０年以前の西洋社会にとってはショッキング且つミステリアスな文明との出会いはどのように受け入れられたのか、興味深いところです。 第三章は"Fountain of Youth"の前の方にあった、読者からの報告。これは想像していたものより、詳細で興味深い物でした。風邪を引いたときの症状などは私の経験した物と正しく同じ！"Fountain of Youth"を読んだ時は、『サプリメント屋さんの広告みたい．．．』と思ったものの、改めて読んだインタビュー記事は時代を超えて説得力がありましたねぇ。 第四章はチベット体操を行っている人には分る、生命エネルギーの秘密。氣や体のツボ、経絡、気巧や太極拳、と生命エネルギーを様々な方向から科学しています。欧米人の書かれたものだから、一寸東洋崇拝の感があるのは否めませんが、違う民族に昔から伝わる事が同じものだったりするのは興味深いですね。 第五章はチベット体操とその準備運動及び強化鍛錬の為の運動。ヨガの本で見たことのあるポーズや武道で遣った事のあるモノがズラリと写真入りで出ていますえ。各体操が出来ない場合の代用の運動も写真入りで解説があります。YouTubeのインストラクターさん達が遣っていたポーズはこれだったのね！体操そのものの説明・効能書きは"Fountain of Youth"より詳しく書かれています。自分の動きを確認する上で役に立ちます。 第六章は食事の採り方。消化に要する時間が類別された食品毎に載っていたり、摂るものの順序についても書かれていて、私には参考になりました。どうしても味が主体になり勝ちな食事を、身体のサイドから考え直してみたい、という気になりました。 その後、natural hygiene、raw foodを試し、今は午前中は果物のみ、昼食、夕食には玄米・発酵食プラス野菜（生および軽く調理したもの）を高率で摂る事をしていますが100%-rawにはしていません。100%-rawでは社会生活上、無理があります。だから、２０−３０％の普通食をユトリとして入れています。意識していなくても昭和３０年代の食事に限りなく近づいています。快適です。 第七章は瞑想、発声によりチャクラを活性化する方法がチャクラ別に載っています。未挑戦分野です。 第八章にはブラッドフォード大佐の言う"Fountain of Youth"は真実なのか、ヨガとチベット体操の関係、等々。質問がやや仏教に偏っているかなぁ．．．それは私が日本人だからそう思うのでしょうか？ チベット体操を続けている方には大変に有益、且つ面白い読み物です。スタンスを確認する意味でも是非読んで頂きたい。 チベット体操はインナーマッスルや内臓を刺激して、より健康な自分を引き出して呉れます。だから、本にも書かれている様に人生の入り口です。やがて体幹を感じ、更に身体意識も上がりますので、ワンランク上の訓練が欲しくなります。其処から先はコンピュータのソフトを何にするかは、貴方次第です。チベット体操は朝・夜実践していますが、ベースになりました。 ゆっくりとしたリズム、深く静かな呼吸と動作を合わせ、元に戻る時解れて行く筋肉をじっくり味わう、つまり内観無しではこのrites（チベット体操の体操という名前が段々違う気がして来ました）は有り得ない、と感じています。 チベット体操が何故効果的なのか、と言う事も身体開発の先達の遺してくれた物から読み解く事が出来ました。チベット体操と言えども、負荷を掛けて行った方が有効に利用出来ます。人間の活動は全て動く事ですから、歩く、走る、呼吸法等々、開発箇所は沢山あります。私の現在の目標は“不思議のベール”の向こうにあるものを少しずつ、明らかにして行く事です。それでも不思議は次から次へと出て来ます。

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Had heard about these from a friend & was interested to learn them. Have been doing them now for about a year & think that they have made a difference to my physique ( a bit hard to tell as i do quite a lot of other execise) but i like doing them.