4 practices

A breath-and-body awareness practice used to directly test the assumption that bodily sensation and mental experience happen in separate domains — and to discover, experientially, that they don't.

A short instruction from Longchenpa on resting the mind in total relaxation and letting whatever arises — thoughts, emotions, perceptions — release itself naturally, without effort, rejection, or grasping.

The core Mahamudra/Dzogchen shamatha method of 'taking the impure mind as the path' — resting attention on the domain of mental events themselves, rather than sensory objects, until compulsive thinking calms into the mind's own natural stillness.

Garab Dorje's final testament to his heart-disciple, elaborated by Patrul Rinpoche into three concise steps: a direct introduction to the nature of mind, sustaining conviction in that recognition through all circumstances, and trusting thoughts and emotions to release themselves the instant they're recognized.