For many years I have experienced ringing in the ears (tinnitus). As you can imagine this is very annoying & disorientating. Since I started practicing T5T this has completely disappeared! I am a yoga teacher and a massage therapist and I recommend T5T to all my clients. In fact I have just trained as a Certified T5T Teacher as I can attest to its powerful benefits, physically, mentally and spiritually."

I had read “The Fountain of Youth” years ago while on assignment overseas and decided it was for me. Due to my lifestyle and trying to do as many movements as I could from the get-go, I failed in 2 days. Fast forward 10 years. While sitting on the edge of the bed, unable to reach down to put on my socks and having seen a picture of me walking all hunched over, I thought I had become an early version of the Colonel without the cane. At that point, I decided to do the 5 rites as outlined in Peter Kelder’s book. This time I took it slowly. I saw an improvement in my posture and core strength within 10 days but felt I was missing something. I had middle back pain, so I intuitively introduced warmups. (Surprisingly similar to the ones you suggested). But 3 months later, I still had a sore back. I looked at various people on YouTube and what they said about doing the rites. It still seemed like something was wrong. Then I saw your program. I fine-tuned my warmups, implemented your breathing suggestions and did the rites as you pointed out (seeing my errors). Hence 3 weeks later, my back pain has subsided, and there is more joy in doing the rites. Thank you for your well-presented program.

I have worked my way through your course and I am currently doing 17 repetitions of each rite, and am very pleased I followed your instructions. I still carry out all five warm-up exercises which I believe are excellent. I also wanted to say how very grateful I am for your work, it really has made a difference to me. Your course, by the way, is excellent, beautifully set out, and helpful.

"I have been doing The Five Tibetans for 20 years or so. I have always been athletic and worked out regularly but after starting T5T the changes to my body and soul have been fantastic. I wish to share them and I hope more and more people benefit from T5T.

For one, it takes very little time. You can easily squeeze it into a busy urban executive existence. All you need is 15 minutes a day. You need no equipment, no special clothes, and need very little space. I do it in hotel rooms when I travel. You can also do T5T any time, more than once if you want to every day, as long as you do it on an empty stomach. It becomes a spiritual practice over time. it is easy, inexpensive, thankfully addictive and highly beneficial on all counts. You can't wait to do it the next day.

Two, your body gets incredibly strong. You even get muscular.

Three, all the chakras are optimised and you are radiant and filled with energy. There is no room for depression and loneliness and the feelings of a 'vacuum' that afflicts a lot of mankind.

Four, you automatically hit on 'healthy' food and so your health gets even better.

Five, your heart chakra gets optimised and you get less violent and more loving and kind.

Six, whatever your age (I have shared notes), your sexual energy doesn't dilute. I mention this because this is the age of viagra and sexual enhancement. Why buy expensive and damaging chemicals when T5T does the job?!

Seven, if done slowly and with awareness, T5T leads to great spiritual journeys. You are enveloped by bliss.

Eight, you get more disciplined and your output at work and play multiplies. Life is precious and very short and you realise it and enjoy it more. You also want to share the joys of 'existence'.

I was aiming at a short testimonial!!!

Happy T5Ting. "

"When I read the Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth years ago I was intrigued by the incredible results that readers achieved. However, the exercises were too difficult for me and I hurt my shoulder doing the fourth and fifth ones. Fast forward five years and I come across T5T: The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan. From day one, I was able to follow the plan from the book and do the exercises every day. I feel great!

Not only does the author break the exercises into steps that reduce the risk of injury, she includes core strength and breathing exercises that make the movements accessible to people who live in an industrial society. After all, we don't have the lifestyle of Tibetan monks. I also like the warm up exercises in the book, which help me prepare for hiking and jogging.

While these are exercises for the body and they do add strength and flexibility, the biggest impact is on my energy level. I get a sense of jubilation and feeling of being carefree that lasts through the day.

I highly recommend this book for people of all activity levels. If you are too tired, this plan will give you energy. If you already are active, this is a wonderful complement to any exercise program. "...

Today, I graduated to the full 21-rep session! I am the kind of person who would have been tempted to skip the first ten weeks of preparation. But I am so grateful I didn't. Carolinda stressed the importance of the "journey" and not rush to the end. Something about that resonated with me. Now I know why. The journey is whole point! If I hadn't allowed myself to enjoy the journey, I would have treated T5T as another fad exercise routine. I would have eventually gotten bored with it and moved on to the next new thing. But having established the journey as foundational to this practice, I now feel as though I am just getting started. My mobility continues to improve. My focus continues to improve. Hey, 21 repetitions is a lot to track! The mind can easily wander and lose count. Also, my ability to synchronize my breath with the movements continues to improve. My energy breaths are becoming more richer. Even the warm-up routine is improving. I can shake pretty vigorously now without fear of straining or spraining. Everything just keeps getting better! And best of all is the quiet of mind I achieve by the time I finish. It's immensely satisfying!

As a blind person, I was concerned to make sure I was doing the Rites correctly, so began searching the web for a course or audio that would instruct me. Keep in mind I had never seen most Yoga postures done, so I had no good frame of reference upon which to base my judgement or formulate an idea of how the Rites should be accomplished. Sighted people learn by watching and imitating; blind people learn by listening and trying to convert the verbal into the actual, which at times is not an easy task and can end up being quite humorous.

I loved the way you start each Rite in the book with the original text by Kelder as a jumping-off point and go from there to expound on it, providing problems solutions, and tips as necessary, and deliciously wonderful details on each step to make each movement and Rite crystal clear. I could conceptualize everything you had written, and follow the logic of your prescribed movements.

Believe it or not, when I first started three weeks ago, the hardest part for me was getting down on the floor for Rite 2. My knees, hips, and shoulders hurt from stiffness, and it felt like gravity was dragging me down not to exercise, but to pin me to the floor. But hurray, it's somewhat better now, and that's real progress. I can honestly say that I am more energetic and don't nap as much in the early evening as I have done before.

Thank you Carolinda from the bottom of my heart. The amount of work and thought and love you put into your course materials make them a treasure to own and work with; I am exceedingly grateful. When shopping on the Internet, one can easily find the wrong item that doesn't meet the need. When I found T5T, I found the gold. Don Barrett, USA.

"Some days I teach 4 classes a day and find it hard to fit in a personal practice. That is how I found T5T. It gives me the energy I need to teach. Since I have been practicing T5T I have noticed that I get more things done. I don't procrastinate and I feel a greater sense of wellbeing."

As a 66-year-old male, I have had a lot of small and large difficulties to try and overcome. Neck and shoulder pain, great lack of energy, coughing (I've never smoked), digestive issues, sinus issues for 30 years, prostate issues, poor sleep, feeling cold when I shouldn't be cold, cravings for sweets, and other issues I won't mention. I read about T5T when I was reading the book "Breath" by James Nestor. He devotes a small section to it in his book. I decided to look it up and found the T5T website. The price was very reasonable so I subscribed. After reading the manual and the book I started the program on February 14, 2021 (COVID lockdown was a good time to start). I followed the program exactly as outlined, watched the videos to be sure I was doing them correctly and I got to 21 repetitions of each exercise on April 18th. I ran into a couple of issues with doing the exercises but I looked them up in the manual and was able to correct them without any recurrences. Well, I'm not exaggerating if I say that these exercises are having profound changes to my health and well-being!!! I really had no expectations of these exercises helping me, I'm a sceptic about this kind of thing, especially when they appear to be too good to be true. I have done yoga on and off (mostly off) for decades and liked it. I was just not motivated enough to keep it up. These exercises are yoga-like but not a yoga program as I have experienced yoga. Besides, it takes so little time to do them that I thought I had nothing to lose. Here are some of the things I have written in my journal over the past few weeks: Neck and shoulder pain much reduced ( I was doing some plumbing today which really irritates my neck and shoulders and as I write this I am not experiencing any pain or irritation.), the silent migraines I have been experiencing for years have almost disappeared, my energy levels have increased tremendously( I used to have days that were so bad I could do nothing but sit and sleep in a recliner chair all day.), I wake up feeling rested, breathing is better (likely due to all of the controlled breathing that the exercises require) and almost no coughing, sinus pain and headaches gone and very little post nasal drip (again likely due to the controlled nasal breathing), far less grumpy (that happens to some of us older guys), less cold, digestion much improved and much, much more. I just notice that as each week passes I am feeling better and better. The only change I have made in my life has been adding the T5T exercises. The course was very clearly outlined, loved the videos showing how to do the exercises, loved the sections on what to do if you run into issues doing the exercises (I used these several time to correct posture and remedy pain issues (especially in my wrists). I'm not able to do the exercises in 10 minutes as it appears some are able to do but I'm not in a hurry, no races to win and I actually find it helps to slow down a bit as I can focus on correct technique. For the price, it is a bargain and for what it has done for me I would pay much more to find a program that is having profoundly good changes to my life. Thanks, Robert

I never thought it would be possible to gain more energy and become more relaxed in only 10 minutes a day. But T5T manages just that. Amazing."

"I am currently studying as a student teacher of Satyananda Yoga. This is a 3 year diploma which I will complete in 2007. I recently attended Carolinda Witt’s wonderful T5T teacher training course in Melbourne. The ‘Five Tibetan Rites of Rejuvenation’ is a practice I stumbled upon two and a half years ago and have been practicing ever since as part of my daily morning yoga practice. Because of the profound benefits I have gained personally from this ancient practice I felt it was something I would like to share with as many other people as possible. I believe as with all yoga teachings that this would benefit everyone.

I found the teacher training course to be very comprehensive, well paced and professional. The learning atmosphere was relaxed and firm friendships have been established amongst those who attended the nine day course. We learned some fundamentals of anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system including the unchangeable physical factors which may prevent an individual from assuming a particular posture to its fullest physical extent. There was a strong emphasis on the importance of training the core stability muscles for protection of the spine during the postures.

The Rites are taught in a workshop format where clients learn each practice in safe, manageable steps. The course also includes breathing and relaxation practices. Carolinda has included a comprehensive business management component which covers all facets of running the T5T workshops after accreditation. I highly recommend this course to any Yoga teacher or practitioner as part of your personal journey of discovery as well as an opportunity to truly enhance the lives of others"

I had no obstacles signing to T5T, as I was already dealing with fitness.

Far from being fit, who wouldn't like to be & look younger?

I've been practicing the rites for 3 months, yet there is a new, younger body coming.

I found the course very interesting.

I am a totally blind individual who has been seeking a new means of jump-starting my energy. I did cardio for a while, and that made me feel pretty good, but I never got from it the long-lasting boost I was hoping for. I read about the Five Tibetan Rites a couple of months ago and became quite intrigued. I found a text copy of the book by Peter Kelder, and read it through with great interest (my computer has software that reads aloud material on the computer screen and also reports out loud any time I type information or use the arrow keys to move among screen elements). I am using it now to type this note.

• As a blind person, I was concerned to make sure I was doing the Rites correctly, so began searching the web for a course or audio that would instruct me. I found quite a few videos that were of no use, since many of them had very little spoken audio but rather lots of music to accompany the video which was for me, naturally quite useless. Times being what they are, I wasn't keen on finding somewhere to go to learn in person. And of course, even when explanations accompanied the videos, there was the big credibility issue of not knowing if the person on the video was even doing them right, or just some guy showing off without really knowing what he was doing. When I came across the t5t site, I was so impressed by the clarity and simplicity of the information about the course, that I decided that it sounded like it was just right for me. I wasn't quite sure the book and audio or videos would be enough to clarify my nagging questions about the rites, but the price was amazingly reasonable for all that one received by signing up, and so I took the plunge. Lacking an actual in-person instructor, I figured that if the explanations were clear and logical, I could do it; and believe me, I certainly was not disappointed.
• Keep in mind I had never seen most Yoga postures done, so I had no good frame of reference upon which to base my judgment or formulate an idea of how the Rites should be accomplished. Sighted people learn by watching and imitating; blind people learn by listening and trying to convert the verbal into the actual, which at times is not an easy task and can end up being quite humorous.
• When I read Kelder's book, I had nagging questions such as: In Rite 2, how far over your head do you want to move your legs. In other words, do they go farther over your head than the 90-degree angle that a normal leg raise would suggest? Well, the T5T Workbook and audio track cleared up this point completely, recommending the straight-up position so as not to undo the natural lumbar curve and thus strain the lower spine.
• I also wondered about Rite 3, concerning if one actually leans back from the hips, or keeps the hips at a right angle to the legs and just bends backward using the upper spine without moving the hips back. Kelder didn't make that clear to me, but the T5T Workbook, in the What Not to Do section, and the audio track, sure made it very clear what to do and put all of that confusion fully to rest, again protecting the lower spine and vertebrae.
• In Rite 4, I wondered how you actually get from having your legs out straight in front of you to having your feet flat on the floor with your knees over your feet. Also quite unclear from the original book. And of course, here too, the wonderful details in the T5T workbook cleared it all up by instructing the student to lift the bottom up and move it forward so the legs could place the knees over the ankles, and voila, I became a tabletop.
• And Rite 5 was confusing at first. I mean, I thought I understood it, but just wasn't sure. But here too, the Workbook and the audio track saved the day, and now it all makes sense.
• Happily, I am now about to start my fifth week of doing the Rites. I loved the way the course starts each Rite in the book with the original text by Kelder as a jumping-off point and goes from there to expound on it, providing problems solutions, and tips as necessary, and deliciously wonderful details on each step to make each movement and Rite crystal clear. I could conceptualize everything that was written, and follow the logic of the prescribed movements. If I needed clarification, or just felt a little overwhelmed, I would listen to the audio track and bookmark certain places so I could hear the parts I needed help with over and over again until they made sense.
• I also really love the tips provided in the book as well. For example, the tip in Rite 1 to visually focus on a particular color or object during the spin to help count repetitions gave me the idea of playing some meditative music so that I could hear it in front of me, as I completed each repetition. I also had my arms out in front of me and had my chair aligned with the computer speaker so I both touched the chair and heard the music at the same time, as a double means of confirming my spin counting. I keep my arms somewhat in front of me, but touching the chair and hearing the music keeps me safe and grounded in one place, and keeps me from spinning off across the room. As I get better with the spin, I will give up touching the chair eventually and have my arms in the proper spread-out position. But there is time for that later on.
• Believe it or not, when I first started three weeks ago, the hardest part for me was getting down on the floor for Rite 2. My knees, hips, and shoulders hurt from stiffness, and it felt like gravity was dragging me down not to exercise, but to pin me to the floor. But hurray, it's somewhat better now, and that's real progress. I can honestly say that I am more energetic and don't nap in the early evening as I have done before.
• To you Carolinda, I must say that I have found something really truly wonderful in T5T, and you and your course have been a huge part of it, and The best part is that I am just getting started. Thank you Carolinda from the bottom of my heart. The amount of work and thought and love you put into your course materials make them a treasure to own and work with; I am exceedingly grateful. When shopping on the Internet, one can easily find the wrong item that doesn't meet the true need of the audience, but when I found T5T, I found the gold.

"As a result of doing T5T I am experiencing more energy, body strength and tone. I'm sleeping better and find that I'm more alert and aware of self and others. I have experienced physical and emotional calmness."

"I have practiced yoga for many years but after having a baby (my third child) I needed some exercise that would put me back in shape and that took as little time as possible to do! T5T has been exactly what I needed. Now If I miss a day or two, I feel unbalanced, uncentred, and low energy. They are so simple, yet so powerful in their effect. Thank you Carolinda!"

"Some of us may think this is simply Yoga. Now, through my experience, unless you thoroughly understand the steps to each rite you can cause injury. There a lot of do’s and don’ts - which all makes a huge difference to practicing the rites. The stages of preparation are most important and of course the breathing technique is a key factor in obtaining best results. Carolinda’s CD is brilliant and each morning, when I first began practicing, I couldn’t wait to put it on. It is extremely thorough and professional. I now have great respect for the rites, and when you learn them properly so will you. A wonderful way to begin each day. Thank you so much Carolinda "

"As a teacher of Yoga/Pilates and studio owner, I was very thankful to learn that Carolinda had developed her T5T Five Tibetan Rites & Energy Breathing Program. I had discovered the benefits of the ‘Rites' some years ago and had personally been practicing the 'original rites' as part of my own daily practice for many years. As a teacher and business owner I rarely found time to attend class to nurture myself....so the 'Rites' were perfect.

Over time I endeavoured to share the principals of 'the Rites' with clients - however, I struggled with effectively communicating the fundamentals to them, particularly as many carried injuries or had physical of emotional challenges. When I discovered Carolinda’s T5T program I was relieved, as it took all the worry out of safely, effectively and systematically delivering the principals in a professional but easy, duplicatible, 'step-by-step' format.

T5T allowed the absolute beginner to my advanced client to discover the rejuvenating benefits of the 'Rites' in just one workshop!

From a business perspective by being affiliated with T5T and receiving client referrals, I have not only generated another source of income, but have grown also my own studio client base...with many T5T clients becoming motivated to participate in other classes. I feel assured that I am delivering a quality program, with professional 'take home' and support material...that is backed by a 100% money back guarantee.

I would highly recommend T5T to any yoga/pilates teacher who is wanting to either increase their income and client base or provide a 'value add' to their existing clients. "

I have done the 5 Tibetan Rites daily since January 2013. To encourage my wife to benefit as much as I have, I purchased Carolinda's Master Class. I have since studied the course material carefully and have adopted many of her techniques - and have experienced many gains. The Breathing section was an area I had not focused on, and I am now moving forward nicely. The Core section was an area I had never thought about, and now I am diligently putting my attention toward core stability. I love your affirmations and now incorporate them along with energy breathing as I do my 5 Rites daily. All of your detailed instruction on performing the Tibetans is very helpful, and I have tweaked my style on several moves to encourage a healthy back and spine as I glide into my upper seventies. Thank you, Plenty, for all your due diligence in creating the T5T Master Class. Wonderful in so many ways.

..."T5T is an incredible and powerful program. It turns back the clock. It increases your energy, mental clarity and focus. It reduces stress, and improves strength and flexibility. It is capable of restoring your passion and zest for life if you let it. I highly recommend it for anyone willing to improve their life."...

"I had my ear drum damaged and felt realty dizzy when I had to spin during dancing. Around 4 years ago I learnt The Five Rites. Having done the Rites for a few weeks I went to a park with my kids who persuaded me to go on a swing. I started slowly and discovered that I could once again enjoy the swing and later on to even dance. I’ve been doing the Five Rites daily since then. "