samyama
Meditation process:
- Before Starting
- Say Om six times
- Say Suklam Bharadaram mantra
- Say Gayatri mantra
- Go through each of the Limbs of Patanjali and show where you have failed.
- During
- Focus on the tip of the nose.
- Visualize the Ista Devata
- Sat the mantra
- End
- Say Om six times
dharana
dhyana
If the mind is not still during practice (citta-vritti-nirodah), if your back or leg hurts, if your mind is all over the place then the preliminary practices have not been addressed. But as stated, it is better to start with meditation and then figure out how to address the issues that come up.
samadhi
Haven't reached this yet. But I am working on it. 🧘🏾
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