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Sama Vritti is the “equilibrium breath.” It comes from the Hatha Yoga Pradipika — one of the oldest texts on pranayama, the practice of working with breath as medicine. Sama means equal. Vritti means movement, or fluctuation — it’s actually the same word used in the Yoga Sutras when Patanjali talks about stilling the movements
The Gayatri Mantra is so central to Hindu practice that it’s often called the “mother of the Vedas” and is considered suitable for people of all backgrounds in contemporary practice, (though it was historically restricted to initiated males of certain castes.) I was “gifted” this mantra from one of my favorite Ayurvedic teachers and use
