PREPARING FOR THE RITUAL🔗

~ TAKE A CEREMONIAL BATH/SHOWER ~

~ COMPLETE THE SHUDDHI KRIYA CLEANSING TECHNIQUES: EYE WASH, NASAL CLEANSING, ENEMA, EVENING HARITAKI POWDER ~

~ CONSUME 1 CUP OF TURMERIC JUICE (WATER MIXED WITH A PINCH OF TURMERIC AND AHIMSA-HONEY) ~

~ WHERE BLACK CLOTHES ~

~ REMOVE YOUR UPPER CLOTH / T-SHIRT (FOR MALE BODIES ONLY) ~

~ TIE YOUR HAIR ON TOP OF THE SAHASRARA CHAKRA (WITH NO LOOSE ENDS) ~

~ WEAR A KANTHA MALA, RUDRAKSHA BEAD AT THE THROAT CENTER ~

~ WEAR SUNDARAVANAM EARRINGS, HOOPED RUDRAKSHA EARRINGS ~

~ APPLY SANDALWOOD PASTE AND TURMERIC TO EITHER SIDE OF THE TEMPLES ~

~ APPLY JNANA-ANJANA ONTO THE THIRD EYE, THEN KUM-KUM, THE PROCESSED TURMERIC ON THIRD EYE AS WELL ~

~ APPLY BHASMA, SACRED ASH, TO ALL 16 POINTS OF THE BODY: FOREHEAD, WRISTS, ELBOWS, SHOULDERS, TRAPS, NECK, EARLOBES, OBLIQUES, STOMACH AND CHEST ~

~ HAVE A QUIET PLACE FOR YOUR PRACTICE, FREE FROM ALL DISTRACTIONS AND POTENTIAL DISTURBANCES ~

~ SPACE FOR YOUR YOGA MAT TO FACE TOWARDS THE WEST~

~ PLACE AN IMAGE OF THE SRI CHAKRA EITHER ABOVE (EX. ON THE CEILING) OR BELOW YOU (EX. BELOW THE YOGA MAT) ~

~ A CUP OF WATER AND SPOON (FROM PUJA KIT) FOR THE RITUALISTIC CLEANSING ~

~ HAVE AN ATMA MURTHI, LIFE-SIZED IMAGE/DEITY OF THE SPH, FACING TOWARDS THE EAST ~

~ A SET OF KARLA KATTAI'S (WOODEN WEIGHTS), DUMBBELLS, OR ANY PREFERRED METHOD TO APPLY EXTERNAL WEIGHT TO THE BODY ~

YOU ARE NOW READY TO ENTER INTO THE RITUAL OF