Introduction

Having completed the basic entry-level practices,
one should proceed to the following activities:

1. Asana complex #1: thirty times.

2. Sahita kumbhaka pranayama, the three mudras – ninety sessions of two hours (thirty minutes of pranayama and thirty minutes of each mudra).

3. Sukshma Dharana (concentration on Om, on a seed syllable, or on Ishta Devata) – thirty sessions of 90 minutes for each dharana.

4. Gayatri mantra: one hundred thousand times.

5. Datta Gayatri mantra: one hundred thousand times.

6. Dattatreya's seed mantra (Om dram Dattatreyaya namaha): one hundred thousand times.

7. Chandali Yoga meditation: ten thousand circles.

8. Mahashanti: thirty sessions of 90 minutes.

9. Shambhavi mudra: thirty sessions of 90 minutes.

10. Chankramanam (contemplative walking) - thirty sessions of one hour.

11. Tantric Theurgy #4: thirty sessions.

All these methods will purify the body and mind, untie the knots in the channels, awaken the flow of divine blessings from the lineage and the Tree of Refuge, and prepare the mind for genuine meditation.