Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth Hardcover – January 20, 1998

Simple solutions to reverse aging of the mind, body discovered in Tibet in the 1930’s are explained in detail. This book is an important find for any person - any age To know how to restore the energy centers of the human body. It reads simply with exercises and insight to how they work to restore balance in your body.Clearly written, fast read, valuable information of what works when you apply the rites (exercises) daily. I highly recommend this for anyone who lost hope when aging.-but wants youthfulness back.

I bought the hardcopy of this book last year on Mother's Day. At first, I thought how could these simple exercises work to keep you young. You see, I was 44 years old, and I exercise regularly, by doing Body For Life which I've been doing for years, eating healthy food etc etc, and yet my daughter said I started having 'train tracks' on my face..:-) So When I found this book, I got nothing to loose.The Exercises (the rites) are simple, in fact for me, it's too easy, but I follow it anyway. I done everything by the book. The first 3 days, I got sick, but it didn't stop me doing the rites.. By two weeks, I could feel my body feeling more energetic, healthier. I found it a bit strange tho.. as I always go to the gym doing cardio and weight training..how come these simple rites could do so much.. So I thought, I'm going to try something.. After doing the rites 7 months, I stopped.. You see, I was a sceptic.. There must be some explanation in this.. After 2 months not doing the rites, my grey hair's coming back, imagine my 'train tracks'. Phew...so I'm back doing the rites, I feel great, healthier and look younger, no more grey hair and no more 'train tracks'..At parties, I dance a lot, so some 'old' people makes comment by saying, "When you reach our age, you can't do that", I asked, "What age would that be?", "After 35, you have no energy like that", so I said I'll be 45 soon".. They looked at me surprised..So buy this book, definitely worth it.. Yeah, i know you can get a free .pdf file, somewhere on the internet, but, that file is not complete.. This book is real. God bless you Mr Kelder, and thank you for finding The Fountain of Youth..

It seems the older we get the more aware we are of our own mortality. I have lived ¾ of a century so far even though I have several medical issues. On the upside I have been into numerous martial arts and fitness programs for more than 60 years. I am a voracious reader and I was surprised I had never come across this fascinating 106 page hardcover book (Ancient secret of the fountain of youth by Peter Kelder, foreword by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.) until recently. I purchased it at a bargain price on Amazon.One of my favorite old black and white movies is “Lost Horizon.” The movie is based upon the book by the same name by James Hilton published in 1933. The main theme is based upon a fantasy place somewhere in the Himalayan Mountains called “Shangri-La. It is a place where everyone is happy and one never grows old. In this respect, I found this book an interesting and informative read.This text is organized into five parts. In the first part the author gives the reader a glimpse of the adventure about to unfold. He meets a retired British army officer named Colonel Bradford. Bradford related a tale about the search for someplace in the Himalayan Mountains where they have discovered “the fountain of youth.” Colonel Bradford invited the author (Peter Kelder) to join him on this search but decided not to travel with Col. Bradford at that time.A few years passed and the author received a letter from Bradford claiming he had found the monastery he was searching for and would be coming back to the U.S. to share what he had learned. This book has six basic exercises that are simple to learn and do to achieve health and youth when done every day. As an exercise nut all my life I added the six Rites shown in this very practical book to my own rugged workout routines. Whether or not those exercises will restore me to a more youthful appearing old guy of 75 is to be determined after a few more months using the six exercises, which they call RITES.Note: The book’s advertisement on the back of the book claims “five ancient Tibetan rites” but the book actually includes a sixth rite. In any case, I really liked this book and still dream of finding my own Shangri-La fountain of youth.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Chair/Seated Tai Chi, Qigong, and Yoga for seniors and the physically challenged).

While the content is presented as a discovered secret to the fountain of youth, the benefits of yoga and positive thinking are well documented. I believe that people who try these things will indeed achieve the benefit of being more youthful and happy! The exercises (rites) are not the crazy hard ones, but some people will have to do the best they can and they will improve daily until they can do them, and they will benefit rather quickly.I don’t think the author intended to present a “nutshell” version of Yoga and positive thinking. His method for attaining the knowledge was more adventurous. However, if you were to ask a yoga expert to pick 5 doable exercises that would impart the biggest benefit to the average middle aged person, and ask a positive thinking expert to build a single exercise to kick start positive thinking, you would have the content of this book except for the diet suggestions.I didn’t really agree with the diet suggestions, but at some point I may try them and see what happens. Regardless, I think this is a good book.