pain / ache / ill / sick / hurt

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Feeling unwell

At the doctor's

For or against alternative medicine

Listen to four people giving their opinion about alternative medicine. Are they in favour or against? what is their main argument?

Superyoung

Listen to an interview  with Dr David Weeks, who is talking about "superyoung people". Note down which factors are important for eternal youth.

Exercises for Healing, Rejuvenation, and Longevity

The Five Tibetan Rites is a system of exercises reported to be more than 2,500 years old used by Tibetan monks to live long, vibrant and healthy. The Tibetans claim that these exercises activate the seven key chakras that in turn stimulate all the glands of the endocrine system. Performing the Five Rites stimulates essential life energy circulation of the body and mind.The Five Tibetan Rites benefits include looking much younger; sleeping soundly; waking up feeling refreshed and energetic; release from difficulties with spine and joints; better memory; arthritis relief; weight loss; improved vision; youthing instead of aging; greatly improved physical strength, endurance and vigor; improved emotional and mental health; enhanced sense of well being and harmony and very high overall energy.

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The Eye of Revelation by Peter KelderThe Five Tibetan Rites is a system of exercises reported to be more than 2,500 years old which were first publicized by Peter Kelder in a 1939 publication entitled The Eye of Revelation Although practically nothing is known about Kelder, one source reports that Kelder was raised as an adopted child in the midwestern United States, and left home while still in his teens in search of adventure. In the 1930s, Kelder claims to have met, in southern California, a retired British army colonel who shared with him stories of travel and the subsequent discovery of the Rites. Originally written as a 32-page booklet. the publication is the result of Kelder's conversations with the colonel.The Rites are said to be a form of Tibetan yoga similar to the more well-known yoga series that originated in India.However, the Five Rites and traditional Tibetan yoga both emphasize "a continuous sequence of movement" (Sanskrit: vinyasa), whereas Indian forms focus on "static positions". Although the Rites have circulated amongst yogis for decades, skeptics say that Tibetans have never recognized them as being authentic Tibetan practices.The Five Tibetan Rites are also referred to as "The Five Rites", "The Five Tibetans", "The Five Rites of Rejuvenation" and most recently "T5T"

Carolinda Witt  wrote a book about the 5 Tibetan exercise rites.  Listen to the interview.

Ageing population

According to the United Nations, 11% of the world's current population is over 60 years old. In this programme Alice and Abdu talk about the increase in the number of older people and what this will mean for pensions in the future.

Centenarians

The number of people reaching their 100th birthday in the UK is growing
But does everyone want to live to this grand old age? Listen to the programme

Acupuncture

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

At the doctor's

English that you might use when you visit the doctor.

What should you say to the doctor when you don't feel well?

Listen to the conversations in this report:

'Inappropriate' hospital dramas criticised

At the doctor's

Illnesses 2 Vocabulary
There are many different expressions that are used to describe common symptoms of minor illnesses such as food poisoning.