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| Mt. Baker and the first rays of the sun |
I have been doing the Five Tibetan Rites for more than two years now, and there are several things that may or may not be attributed to the practice. Since there is only one of me, it's impossible to say whether doing these exercises make any difference at all. But I took high blood pressure medication for more than a decade, and recently I began to notice that even a small dose of the prescription meds seemed to be causing my blood pressure to be too low. With my doctor's blessing, I gradually began taking less and less of it, all the while monitoring my BP closely, and now that I've been off it for several months, my BP is still staying low. Could it be the Rites? I have no way of knowing.
Still, something has changed. My weight has stayed the same (or even up a little), and I did start doing yoga twice a week in January of this year, so... who knows? Anyway, it's a positive change.
Also, it's awfully nice to get up in the morning and work out the kinks with these exercises. My upcoming week will have some new wrinkles in it, as I leave on Wednesday for my fifth annual reunion with my blogging buddies! Right now things are looking good from here.
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I will check out these Tibetan rites. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm off to take a look-see, my BP is controlled on meds, but like you, I'd love to be able to come off them. Beautiful sunrise my friend !
ReplyDelete~Jo
Love that morning sky! I find that exercising brings my bp count way down
ReplyDeleteLove your early morning view. And hooray for lower blood pressure. Without medication. Which always has effects as well as the ones we want.
ReplyDeleteDJan, I think the rites, the yoga, the hiking, social interaction - it all helps. It's all positive actions that contribute to wellness (physical or emotional).
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on getting rid of the blood pressure meds. I am working on it...
ReplyDeleteso glad you're doing so well! enjoy your fun week!
ReplyDeleteThat's great if you can get your blood pressure down and keep it down.
ReplyDeleteHave a good time on the island! And I'm going to go and look up those Five Tibetan Rites.
ReplyDeleteCame for a visit from Biebkriebels. I know where Mt Baker is. I live in the panhandle of Idaho. Sure is a pretty picture.
ReplyDeleteIf you fine the time stop on by for cup of coffee.
Inner peace and being able to quiet our brain. Your surroundings and your routines all contribute to this. Thanks for sharing your sunrise with us :-)
ReplyDeleteVery nice sunrise!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty sunrise from your place! The Five Rites look interesting, no so sure about that fourth one...
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a wonderful retreat! :)
Beautiful sunrise! I think it could be the Five Rites plus just everything in general. You've added yoga, too. Have a blast at the retreat!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's an accomplishment to lower your blood pressure. I have to take meds to lower mine.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know you could see Mt. Baker from your front porch. Cool.
ReplyDeleteYou have convinced me to finally try the 5 Rites but I think the fact that you walk a thousand miles a year has something to do with it also:))
congrats on the bp sitch!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous sunrise!
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I'm going to look at these rites!
ReplyDeleteI see that I've missed a few posts. I do stretches similar to these every morning. I must tell you that Bob lowered his blood pressure in just a week this past month. He was in the "caution" zone when he had his physical (in 130's over 80's), so I suggested 3 things: no alcohol, no caffeine, and magnesium capsules 2x a day. We are also eating more vegetarian meals. (For about the last 3 weeks - so this is fairly new.) He now has blood pressure consistently in the teens over 60's. It lowered in just a few days - we were both astounded. He can now have a glass of wine occasionally, and the blood pressure stays low.
ReplyDeleteSome of the 5 rites exercises are what my physical therapist told me would be good for my back. I'll have to mention about the lower blood pressure to Art. This would be great for him.
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