Interactive
Practices
VBT dhāraṇās, ānāpānasati, Ajahn Lee — voice cues, timed steps, audio tones
All 112 dhāraṇās as interactive sound practices. Each has a voice intro, sound pattern designed for its category (breath tones, gap silences, shimmer lights, mantra drones, energy risers, recognition drops), step-by-step with TTS, and a timer. Sexual yoga skipped. Based on tantra112.app pattern + our own mapping.
Breath-Based (Āṇavopāya)
Dhāraṇā 1 v24 · breath
Stop breath — feel the unfilled void
Prāṇa withdrawal into suṣumṇā · TĀ: Āhnika 7 (Cakrodaya)
Dhāraṇā 4 v27 · breath
Breathe in and out — watch the turn
Awareness of the pause between breaths · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (prāṇoccāra)
Dhāraṇā 7 v30 · breath
Prāṇa as string — consciousness as pearl
One-pointedness through prāṇa · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (karaṇa)
Dhāraṇā 13 v36 · breath
Suspend breath — feel the movement of Kuṇḍalinī
Kuṇḍalinī awakening through kumbhaka · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (SAUḤ)
Dhāraṇā 14 v37 · breath
Watch breath go from heart to 12 fingers above
Traversal of dvādaśānta · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (ten voids)
Dhāraṇā 31 v54 · ambient
Inhale with 50 phonemes, exhale with reverse
Mātṛkā-cakra + prāṇa synchronization · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (varṇa-tattva)
Dhāraṇā 41 v64 · shimmer
Breathe as mantra without words
Mantra-caitanya (living mantra) · TĀ: Āhnika 11 (mantrādhvan)
Dhāraṇā 56 v81 · shimmer
Stop breath — hear inner sound
Anāhata (unstruck sound) · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (anāhata levels)
Dhāraṇā 68 v93 · shimmer
Breath awareness in daily activity
Continuous practice (sahaja) · TĀ: Āhnika 6 (kālopāya)
Void / Gap Awareness (Śāktopāya → Śāmbhavopāya)
Dhāraṇā 3 v26 · breath
Rest in the gap between two perceptions
Recognition of the interval (avakāśa) · TĀ: Āhnika 3 (pratibimbavāda)
Dhāraṇā 16 v39 · ambient
Gap between sleep and waking
Turīya (the Fourth) · TĀ: Āhnika 10 (consciousness states)
Dhāraṇā 35 v58 · ambient
Gap between seeing and naming
Pre-linguistic awareness · TĀ: Āhnika 11 (varṇa as pramā)
Dhāraṇā 37 v60 · shimmer
Void above, void below — where is the body?
Dissolution of body-identification · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (ten voids)
Dhāraṇā 39 v62 · shimmer
Void in the sky — void in consciousness
Śūnya-tattva realization · TĀ: Āhnika 8 (bhuvanādhvan)
Dhāraṇā 50 v75 · shimmer
Void of ajar door — gaze without blinking
Śāmbhavopāya through sensory stilling · TĀ: Āhnika 2 (anupāya)
Dhāraṇā 67 v92 · shimmer
Void of sleep with awareness
Sleep clear light (pra-bhāsvara) · TĀ: Āhnika 10 (suṣupti-turīya)
Dhāraṇā 82 v108 · drop
Void without any support
Pure Śāmbhavopāya · TĀ: Āhnika 13 (tīvratīvra śaktipāta)
Light and Color (Śāktopāya)
Dhāraṇā 6 v29 · breath
Fix on a point of light in darkness
Dhāraṇā on bindu · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (bindu)
Dhāraṇā 9 v32 · breath
See light of consciousness in all things
Recognition of prakāśa · TĀ: Āhnika 11 (sarvādhāraśakti)
Dhāraṇā 33 v56 · ambient
Contemplate a lamp without the glass
Direct perception of light-essence · TĀ: Āhnika 12 (divine body)
Dhāraṇā 36 v59 · shimmer
Blue light of Bhairava
Ājñā-cakra activation · TĀ: Āhnika 11 (kalādhvan)
Dhāraṇā 38 v61 · shimmer
Light in the heart cakra
Anāhata cakra visualization · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (Trika Liṅga)
Dhāraṇā 42 v65 · shimmer
Light of consciousness reflected in the world
Pratibimbavāda (doctrine of reflection) · TĀ: Āhnika 2 (Doctrine of Reflection)
Dhāraṇā 89 v115 · drop
White light at the crown
Sahasrāra dissolution · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (Paramānanda)
Sound and Mantra (Āṇavopāya → Śāktopāya)
Dhāraṇā 2 v25 · breath
Recite a mantra — feel its meaning dissolve
Madhyamā → parā · TĀ: Āhnika 3 (four levels of speech)
Dhāraṇā 8 v31 · breath
Vibrate a phoneme — feel its resonance in the nāḍīs
Mātṛkā-cakra activation · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (varṇa as pramā)
Dhāraṇā 10 v33 · breath
Hear the unstruck sound (anāhata)
Internal sound perception · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (daśa anāhata)
Dhāraṇā 11 v34 · breath
Listen to a musical instrument — follow the sound into silence
Laya through sound · TĀ: Āhnika 4 (Twelve Kālīs)
Dhāraṇā 22 v45 · ambient
Chant the 50 phonemes as the body of the goddess
Mātṛkā as subtle body · TĀ: Āhnika 11 (varṇādhvan)
Dhāraṇā 28 v51 · ambient
Bīja mantra as a seed that grows into the deity
Mantra → Iṣṭadevatā · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (SAUḤ/KHPHREṀ)
Dhāraṇā 44 v67 · shimmer
Sound of the alphabet as the universe itself
Varṇa as pramā · TĀ: Āhnika 11 (varṇa-samghāta)
Dhāraṇā 78 v103 · drop
Hūṃ as the weapon that pierces duality
Vajra-jāpa (vajra repetition) · TĀ: Āhnika 7 (Cakrodaya)
Perception and Senses (Śāktopāya)
Dhāraṇā 5 v28 · breath
Taste without tongue — know the taster
Recognition of the witness in sensation · TĀ: Āhnika 10 (pramātṛ)
Dhāraṇā 12 v35 · breath
See without eyes — know the seer
Witness consciousness · TĀ: Āhnika 10 (seven perceivers)
Dhāraṇā 15 v38 · breath
Touch without skin — feel the universal touch
Śakti-cakra (wheel of senses) · TĀ: Āhnika 12 (divine body)
Dhāraṇā 18 v41 · ambient
Smell without nose — know the knower
Discrimination of consciousness from its instruments · TĀ: Āhnika 9 (tattvādhvan)
Dhāraṇā 20 v43 · ambient
All senses simultaneously active and still
Integration of pratyāhāra · TĀ: Āhnika 2 (jīvanmukti)
Dhāraṇā 23 v46 · ambient
Knower and known are one
Pramāṇa-prameya aikya · TĀ: Āhnika 9 (tattva-bheda)
Dhāraṇā 25 v48 · ambient
The world as a painting on consciousness
Śuddhavidyā — pure knowledge · TĀ: Āhnika 9 (Śuddhavidyā)
Dhāraṇā 32 v55 · ambient
Breath and senses merge into one flow
Samāna-vāyu integration · TĀ: Āhnika 6 (samāna)
Energy and Kuṇḍalinī (Āṇavopāya)
Dhāraṇā 17 v40 · ambient
Kuṇḍalinī as a serpent — feel its movement
Kuṇḍalinī awareness · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (six blisses)
Dhāraṇā 21 v44 · ambient
Energy rising from mūlādhāra to brahmarandhra
Cakra ascent · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (ten voids)
Dhāraṇā 24 v47 · ambient
Prāṇa and apāna united in the belly
Samāna-prāṇa at navel · TĀ: Āhnika 6 (samāna-vāyu)
Dhāraṇā 27 v50 · ambient
Heat at the navel — nectar at the crown
Tummo / SAUḤ practice · TĀ: Āhnika 5 (SAUḤ)
Dhāraṇā 29 v52 · ambient
Kuṇḍalinī as the supreme power (Parā-śakti)
Cicchakti recognition · TĀ: Āhnika 3 (three Kuṇḍalinīs)
Dhāraṇā 30 v53 · ambient
The inner fire burns the dualities
SAUḤ / KHPHREṀ absorption · TĀ: Āhnika 4 (Twelve Kālīs)
Sexual Yoga (Kaula — controversial) (skipped)
Direct Recognition — Śāmbhavopāya
Dhāraṇā 36 v59 · shimmer
Suddenly turn to the 'I' that is aware
Ātma-vyāpti · TĀ: Āhnika 13 (pratibhā)
Dhāraṇā 40 v63 · shimmer
Rest in awareness without any object
Nirvikalpa samādhi · TĀ: Āhnika 1 (Śāmbhavopāya)
Dhāraṇā 50 v75 · shimmer
Let go of all supports suddenly
Lion's leap · TĀ: Āhnika 1 (vv. 171-196)
Dhāraṇā 55 v80 · shimmer
Intense impulse of will — the 'I' alone
Icchā-śakti direct · TĀ: Āhnika 13 (tīvratīvra)
Dhāraṇā 59 v84 · shimmer
Recognize that consciousness is already free
Jīvanmukti recognition · TĀ: Āhnika 2 (jīvanmukti)
Dhāraṇā 66 v91 · shimmer
Awareness without any content
Parā-vāc abiding · TĀ: Āhnika 3 (parā-vāc)
Dhāraṇā 71 v96 · drop
Bhairava's state — neither inside nor outside
Mahābhairava · TĀ: Āhnika 4 (12th Kālī)
Dhāraṇā 76 v101 · drop
Intense longing — break through
Bhakti as upāya · TĀ: Āhnika 13 (śaktipāta)
Dhāraṇā 82 v108 · drop
Pure recognition without any technique
Anupāya exactly · TĀ: Āhnika 2 (anupāya)
Dhāraṇā 85 v111 · drop
Who is the doubter? — see the answer
Self-inquiry (ātma-vicāra) · TĀ: Āhnika 13 (viveka)
Dhāraṇā 88 v113-114 · drop
Awareness of awareness itself
Vimarśa abiding · TĀ: Āhnika 2 (prakāśa-vimarśa)
Dhāraṇā 90 v116 · drop
Stop — no support — no thought
Śāmbhavopāya · TĀ: Āhnika 1 (Śāmbhavopāya)
Dhāraṇā 92 v118 · drop
The knower dissolves into knowing
Pramātri → pramāṇa līna · TĀ: Āhnika 10 (turiya)
Dhāraṇā 95 v121 · drop
Merge in the gap between two states
Turīyātīta · TĀ: Āhnika 10 (beyond Fourth)
Dhāraṇā 101 v127 · drop
Bhairava's roar — Haṃsa (I am That)
Haṃsa-vidyā · TĀ: Āhnika 11 (haṃsoccāra)
Dhāraṇā 107 v133 · drop
The sun of consciousness — no object, only light
Prakāśa mātra · TĀ: Āhnika 2 (prakāśa)
Dhāraṇā 108 v134 · drop
The state of Bhairava in daily life
Sahaja jīvanmukti · TĀ: Āhnika 14 (jñānena paripūrṇatā)