Excercise for the New Year: Five Tibetan Rites

The following instructions are for the Five Tibetan Rites. When performing these exercises, you may begin with just one, move to increments of three, working up to a maximum of twenty-one. Be mindful of your body and how you are feeling, only do as many as you can without straining yourself.

Rite 1

Stand erect with arms outstretched, horizontal to the floor. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, hold your left palm facing up, right palm facing down and spin around clockwise.  If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, hold your left palm facing down, right palm facing up and spin counter clockwise.

Gradually increase number of spins from 1 spin to 21 spins, in increments of one or three.

Breathing: Inhale and exhale deeply as you do the spins.

Rite 2

First, lie flat on the floor, face up.
Fully extend your arms along your sides, and place the palms of your hands against the floor or under your sacrum for support.

Then, raise your head off the floor, tucking the chin against the chest.

As you do this, lift your legs, knees straight, into a vertical position. If possible, let the legs extend to 90 degrees, using your abdominal muscles; do not let the knees bend.

Then slowly lower both the head and the legs, knees straight, to the floor. Allow all the muscles to relax, continue breathing in the same rhythm.

Gradually increase from 1-21 in increments of three.

Breathing: Breathe in deeply as you lift your head and legs and breathe out, as you lower your head and legs.

Rite 3

Kneel on the floor, with the body erect.

The hands should be placed against the back thigh muscles. Incline the head and

neck forward, tucking the chin against the chest. Then, lift the head and neck backward and arch the spine. Your toes should be curled under during this exercise.

As you arch, you will brace your arms and hands against the thighs for support. After the arching, return

to the original position, and start the rite all over again. Repeat in increments of three, up to 21.

Breathing: Breathe in deeply as you arch the spine, breathe out as you return to an erect position.

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Rite 4

Sit down on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you and your feet about 12 inches apart.

With the trunk of the body erect, place the palms of your hands, facing your feet, on the floor alongside the buttocks.

Then, tuck the chin forward against the chest. Now, drop the head backward as far as

it will go.

At the same time, bend your knees, feet flat on the ground and lift the hips up. There should be a straight line from the collar bone to the knees, your back is straight, and the knees bend while the arms remain straight.

The trunk of the body will be in a straight line with the thighs, horizontal to the floor.  Relax your muscles as you return to the original sitting position.

Breathing: Breathe in as you raise up, breathe out fully as you come down.

Rite 5

To begin the fifth rite, begin on your hands and knees. The hands should be shoulder width apart with the fingers facing forward. The knees are directly under the hips, shoulder width apart.

Curl your toes forward, to get ready to come up, take your knees off the ground and raise your hips up, to be in a triangle position or downward dog position, the second position  from the pictures.

Then, bring legs down to the ground and lift your head up. The spine is arched. Make sure not to strain your back and only go as far as your body is comfortable.

Throughout this rite, the elbows are kept straight.

Breathing: Breathe in deeply as you raise the body, breathe out fully as you lower it.

Live Well,

Darren Gibson

Wake Up / Brain Balancing Exercise

1. Stimulate the Hyoid bone

• Begin by standing in a relaxed position, arms hanging loosely at sides. Then Swallow or take a sip of water.
• You can also place your hands on your Hyoid bone and move it left to right. Located right under your chin. It is the only bone that doesn’t touch any other bone in your body.

2. Mountain Climb

• Same side walk: Simultaneously lift your right knee towards your chest while reaching your right arm to the sky. Drop them down and then lift your left knee towards your chest while reaching your left arm to the sky. Continue to alternate sides about 15 times.

3. Cross Walk

• This step is similar, except that this time you are raising the left knee together with the right arm and the right knee together with the left arm. Again alternate sides about 15 times.

4. Crossovers

• While you are lifting your right knee towards your chest, touch it with your left hand or elbow. Then do the same with your left knee and right hand or elbow. Alternate sides about 15 times.

5. Back Crossovers

• Bend your right knee so the lower leg goes back and up, so your right foot almost touches your left buttock. At the same time, reach your left hand back to touch that foot. Repeat, using your left foot and right hand. Alternate sides about 15 times.

6. Pretzels

• First, cross your left foot over your right foot, so your are standing with your ankles crossed. Then extend your arms and cross your left hand over your right hand, palms facing each other, and link your fingers, so your wrists are crossed. Pull your crossed wrists under and through your arms, so your hands are against your chest facing up. Holding this position, push your tongue up into the roof of your mouth for 5 seconds. Remember to breath.

• Repeat on the other side, this time crossing right foot over left and right hand over left. Again, push your tongue into the roof of your mouth and hold for 5 seconds. Take a breath.

7. Points

• Touch both K27 (in depression under collar bone) with thumb and first finger of one hand while touching CV3 ( between belly button and center of pubic bone in lower abdomen) with other hand. Then touch both Sp 21 (side of chest below armpit between the 6th and 7th ribs, Near your bra strap)

8. Bringing both hemispheres of the Brain together.

• Finish by holding hands in front of chest, palms facing each other and touch/press finger tips together, keeping palms apart.

9. Breath

• Place your hand on your belt area Breath IN. 
• Breath Out by rotating your hands outward at the same place.

Email me your experience of the exercise at darren@gibsoncoaching.com

To a Whole Brain Thinker,

Darren

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