Editing Portal:Practices


= Practices =
Welcome to the '''Practices''' portal.

This section contains practical methods used across spiritual, contemplative, and consciousness traditions to train attention, transform experience, and explore awareness.

These practices appear in many forms across cultures and are not limited to any single tradition.

== Core Practices ==

=== Meditation ===
[[Meditation]] – Training attention, awareness, and mental clarity through focused or open observation.

=== Breathwork ===
Breathing techniques used to influence mental states, relaxation, and awareness.

=== Prayer ===
Structured or spontaneous communication with the divine, used in religious and mystical traditions.

=== Rituals ===
Symbolic actions performed for spiritual, psychological, or cultural meaning.

=== Fasting ===
Voluntary abstention from food or other habits for purification, discipline, or spiritual focus.

=== Yoga ===
A system of physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines originating in India.

=== Lucid Dreaming ===
Awareness during dreaming, often used for exploration of consciousness and symbolic insight.

=== Energy Work ===
Practices involving subtle energy concepts such as qi, prana, or similar frameworks.

=== Psychedelic Practices ===
Ritual or therapeutic use of altered states of consciousness for introspection and spiritual exploration (varies widely across cultures and modern contexts).

== Related Concepts ==

* [[Consciousness]]
* [[Non-duality]]
* [[Enlightenment]]
* [[Mindfulness]]
* [[Altered states of consciousness]]

== Traditions Using These Practices ==

* [[Buddhism]]
* [[Hinduism]]
* [[Taoism]]
* [[Sufism]]
* [[Christian Mysticism]]
* [[Indigenous Spirituality]]
* [[New Age]]

== Explore Other Portals ==

* [[Portal:Traditions]]
* [[Portal:Concepts]]
* [[Portal:Experiences and States]]
* [[Portal:People and Teachers]]