How to do a 10-minute morning sadhana
Ten quiet minutes: settle the body, follow the breath, and sit with Om. An optional closing with the Gayatri mantra.
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**Outcome:** By the end, you can do a simple 10-minute morning practice on your own, every day.
1. **Same time, same place (1 min to set up).** Choose a corner and a time you can keep, before your phone if possible. A mat or cushion, and a lamp or a flower if you like. 2. **Settle (1 min).** Sit upright, relax the face, shoulders and hands. 3. **Breath counting (2 min).** Out-breath counted 1 to 5, then begin again. 4. **Longer out-breath (1 min).** In for about 4, out for about 6, without strain. 5. **Om (2 min).** Seven rounds: A-U-M, then silence. Aloud or silently. 6. **Prayer or mantra (2 min).** The Gayatri mantra if it is part of your tradition, or a mantra your family uses, or silent Om. 7. **Close (1 min).** Warm palms over the eyes; one intention for the day.
**Samagri / checklist:** a quiet corner; a mat or cushion; optional lamp or flower; a timer set to 10 minutes (phone on silent). **Practice step:** Do it for 7 mornings. Tick each day in the practice log. If you miss a day, simply begin again; no streak shame. **Quiz (3 questions):** 1) In the Mandukya Upanishad, what is the "fourth" of Om? (the silence after A-U-M) 2) Who is the seer of the Gayatri mantra? (Vishvamitra) 3) If you lose count of the breath, what do you do? (begin again at one) **Tradition note:** This is a simple, general practice drawn from the Yoga Sutra and the Upanishads. Families and sampradayas have their own morning sandhya and puja; follow those where you have them.