Om Japam Practice

• Full Form:

  Praise (any number of each of these):
  Om namah
  Om namo namah
  Om namo namo namah
  
  Praynayama / purification
  Even inhalation and exhalation - silently reciting any line above
  
  Sankalpa / intention
  "I am doing this practice to connect with what Om represents"
  
  Gesture
  Finger nyasa
  Touch finger tips reciting Om, touch thumb first
  Washing over the body with Om twice
  Left to right
  
  Gather Om to heart
  Arms outstretched and gather to chest right under left
  
  Japam / repetition with feeling:
  With hands on heart recite Om out loud, softly, silently
  Right hand under, start with right pinky, loud to soft
  
  Sit Quietly - Be with Om
  
  Praise
  Om namah
  Om namo namah
  Om Namo namo namah
  (Softly eyes closed
  Louder eyes open (bring self back)
  
  Pranayama
  Lengthened exhalation silently reciting above on exhalation only
  Releasing connection with intention to bring benefits forward

• Deity:

  God