By day
The fifth group · Daring
The most steps of the nine, on both legs. Do it fully. Or the gross practices of phase one, or the hardest group you have reached.
Begin the group · LayaThe rest · Śaśāṅkāsana
Sit back on the heels, the forehead on the ground, the arms forward. Or makarāsana, on the front with the head on the hands; or śavāsana.
Something in the body feels good now: warmth, the breath slowing, the floor taking the weight. Find it. Stay with it. Let it be as large as it is.
Until the breath and the heartbeat have come down, and then a little longer. Makarāsana not straight after food.
Why this order
Exercise releases the brain's own opioids, and euphoria rose as receptor binding fell. In people on opioids, practice in savouring restored the brain's response to natural reward.
Before you begin
Stay well within what is comfortable. If anything hurts, stop. This supports treatment and does not replace it; anybody on buprenorphine or methadone stays on it.
While opium is still being taken, keep every breath hold short.