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The session opens with an invocation: Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. Om Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. Śabadas Prabhu Śaraṇāpārāyaṇam. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇam. Oṁ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīp Nārāyaṇam. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Devādhi Deva Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jaya. After this, the speaker guides the group into a meditation posture. He asks everyone to sit straight, raise the shoulders, place the palms on the knees, stretch, and relax. He repeats this a few times, correcting posture: “Don’t be like a rabbit, straight up, and like this, fine.” Then he instructs them to inhale through the nostrils and exhale through the mouth. He tells them to bring the chin to the chest, straighten the elbows, and press the thighs with the palms. He notices someone not following correctly and calls them out, asking why they are still going down, and tells them to sit and do their mālā instead. He then attempts to lead something very divine but is distracted by misalignments. He decides to bring everyone into one position: Vajrāsana. “Everybody, it doesn’t matter where it is, Vajrāsana, and you will give the instruction, okay? What? Bārikhāṭu Praṇām, okay, and not slowly, not slowly, up, down, up, down, go ahead, go ahead.” He remarks that he had planned to give a profound prānāyāma practice but because of the lack of space and proper posture, he will simply do Bārikatu Pranām. He tells participants to spread out so that their breath does not touch others. The practice begins with “Bārikatu Pranām,” counting one, two, three. He then directs them to place their hands on the floor behind, far back, and hang the head down. He asks if they always practice yoga in daily life, and encourages them. They raise the buttocks as high as possible—“like an oud,” he says, “oudhārśan, Ustrāsan.” They then sit back on the buttocks, place the hands on the thighs, slowly raise the hands, interlock the fingers, bend forward, and bring the hands above the head between the knees. They relax, place the hands on the back, interlock fingers or grasp the wrists, and if the stomach is heavy or there are women with discomfort, they can separate the knees slightly. They lower the chin to the ground, look at the speaker, and breathe in through the nostrils and out through the mouth. Then they return the hands above the head on the floor, forehead on the ground, relax. They raise the hands, come up, keeping the chin to the chest. He guides them in breathing: inhale deeply through both nostrils, exhale slowly through the mouth without sound. “Do not make your interval on this breathing,” he emphasizes. They relax the shoulders, raise the head, straighten the knees if uncomfortable, and again place the hands on the thighs, elbows straight, raise the head and slowly bring the chin to the collarbone. They breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth, filling the stomach, then holding it in as they exhale. This cycle continues, with reminders to keep the body relaxed yet straight, chin to chest. After several rounds, he tells them to relax the shoulders, elbows, head up, and breathe. He then asks them to hold the hands behind the back, bend forward toward the earth or knees, feeling the stretch of the back muscles, and then release the hands forward above the head, forehead on the ground. He remarks how wonderful and beautiful these normal yoga postures are, that they mirror nature—trees, branches, animals, elephant, horse, buffalo, deer, etc.—and are known to everyone. They sit up again in Vajrāsana, hands on thighs. He announces: “Bāṛīkhāṭu Pranām. Go ahead.” He asks the front row to perform strictly and nicely, and those who cannot should move to the back. He leads “Barikatu Pranam, Yoga in daily life: body, mind. Hari Om. Slowly sit up. So, are you okay? Then get up. Stand up, please. And hands together, hands like this. And sit comfortably on the table. Legs together, don’t sit on the toilet, chair on the chair of, yes, boss, boss chair, you are all the chairperson, and stand up. Do you know the Haṁsāsana? Haṁsāsana... You know Lufthansa? Yes, please, sit down comfortably.” Now the spiritual chanting begins. He asks, “So, you have the Sadguru Chalīsā with you, somebody? You don’t have it? Okay.” Then he starts to chant, and the participants try to follow: Om Namah Śrī Gurudev Jī, Sabhākā Sarjanahār. Om Namah Śrī Gurudev Jī, Sabhā Kasar Janhār, Om Namah Gurudev Jī, Sabhā Kasar Janhār, Oṁ Namo Gurudev Jī, Sab Kā Sarjanhār... Vyāpak antar bār me ār brahma kartār... Oṁ Namo Śrī Gurudev Jī, Sab Kā Sarjan Hār, Vyāpak Yantar Bār Mein, Par Brahma Kartār... Devan kā param dev ho, Devan kā param dev ho, Simru baram bar Devan kā param dev ho, Simru baram bar, Simru baram, Tumhari kṛpā ke binā, Tumhari kṛpā ke binā hove nahīṁ bhava para, Devan kā param dev ho. Simru barām bar tumhārī kṛpā ke binā hove nahī bhava pā. He then offers a brief explanation: “O Gurudev, you are Guru Dev, you are the God of the God, the Guru of the Guru, because Guru is the teacher, but Deva is the holy God. Sabkā Sarjan Har, and you are the Lord of all. Sarjan, you are from everywhere. Devan Vyāpak Antar Barme, Vyāpak, everywhere, within and outside. Par Brahm Kartār, and you are the Par Brahm Kartār, the doer of this. Devanāka Paramadeva, God of the Gods. Simrum Barambara, I repeat your name constantly. Barambara. Without your blessing, there is no crossing of the ocean of existence. Without that, the ocean cannot be covered.” He continues, “So, like this, these are very great, and today we will ask them if everybody can have, in your language, letters: Mahāprabhudīp Karatā He Kevalam…” Then he adds in Czech: “Tato Sadguru Chalīsā od Holī Gurujī ho je velmi nádherná.” (So this Sadguru Chalīsā from Holy Guruji is very beautiful.) Now he recites the Chalīsā more fully: Oṁ Namoḥ Śrī Guru Dev Jī, Savakā Sarjanhār, Vyāpakāyantar Bārame Pār Brahma Kartār Devān Kā Paramdev Ho Siṁru Baram Bār Tumhārī Kṛpā Ke Binā Hove Nahī Bhav Pār Ṛṣi, Muni, Sabh, Sant, Jana, Jape Tumhārā Jāp. Ātmā Gyān Ghaṭ Pāyakara Nirbhaya Ho Gayā. Āpa Satguru Chalīsā Jo Paḍe, Ura Gurū Dhyāna Lagāī, Janma Maraṇa Bhava Dukha Mīṭe, Kāla Kabo Nahīṁ Khāī. Satguru Chalīsā Kāna Sune, Hṛddhi Siddhi Sukha Pāī, Mana Vāñchita Āraja, Mana Vāñchita Kāraja Sare. Jannam Safala Ho Jai. Satguru Swami Madhavananjī Gurudev Kī Jai. Further? Jai. Wai. He then begins a bhajan: Om Namo Gurudeva Dayāla Om Namo Gurudeva Dayāla… Om Namoḥ Gurudev Dayāla Gurudev, bhakta jano ke ho prati pāla, bhakta jano ke ho prati pāla... Dhoobat Jag Mein Hansa Ubara Nara Doobat Jag Mein Hansa Ubaara. Om Namo Gurudev Daya La, Om Namo Gurudev Daya La. Parāyu Pākār Dharo Avatāra, Parāyu Pākār Dharo. Doobat Jag Mein Haṁs Ubārā, Doobat Jag Mein Haṁs Ubārā. Tera Darśan Kare Badbhāgī, Tera Darśan Kare Badbhāgī. Jinn kā lagan Hari se lagi, terā darśan kare badā bhāgī. Tera ye jinn kī lagan Hari se lagi. Jinn kā nām Jahaj, terā sukh dāī. Nām Jahaj, terā sukh dāī, inām Jahaj. Tera sukh dāī, inām Jahaj, dhare jīva par ho jai. Om Namo Gurudeva Dayāla, bhakta janoke ho pratip. Oṁ Namo Gurudeva Dayāla Bhakta Janauke Doobat Jagme Hansa Udhara, Doobat Panchdhganjme Hansa. Doobat Jagme Hansa Udhara Jinn kī lagan hari terā darśan kare badbhāgī, jinn kī lagan hari se terā darśan kare badbhāgī. Jinn kī lagan hari se nām jahāj terā sukh dai, nām jahāj dhāre jīv par ho jai. The session concludes with the words: Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandjī Bhagavān, Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva kī sab ṛṣi muni guruvākī, jai ho, Hari Om.