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For centuries Tibetan monks have practiced many different routines and disciplines to achieve optimum health, vitality and longevity. One of these routines is 5 Tibetan rites. The 5 Tibetan rites are a simple exercise routine and as its name sugge...

For centuries Tibetan monks have practiced many different routines and disciplines to achieve optimum health, vitality and longevity. One of these routines is 5 Tibetan rites. The 5 Tibetan rites are a simple exercise routine and as its name sugge...

The 5 Tibetan rites are one of many different routines and disciplines practiced by Tibetan monks for centuries to achieve optimum health, vitality and longevity.

"More than 35 years ago, Matthieu Ricard left a promising career in cellular genetics to study Buddhism in the Himalayas. After earning a doctorate in biology from the prestigious Pasteur Institute in France, Ricard left Paris and moved to Darjeeling, India to study with a great Tibetan master. Today, Ricard draws upon his recent writings, research into brain plasticity and cognitive neuropsychology, and his work with neuroscientists and Buddhist practitioners at the Mind and Life Institute (co-founded by the Dalai Lama), while examining the interconnecting relationship between meditation, brain circuitry, and emotional balance."