- Begin with body awareness, silence, stillness.
- After settling into silence, ask the Spirit (or Christ) to assist you in prayer.
- Find a way of "warming" or "softening" the heart towards God.
- Establish the use of an occasionally repeated word or phrase that expresses an open intention in prayer, saying it silently, whenever needed, to bring yourself back to attention.
- Open your heart towards God, maintaining a light, spacious, empty awareness.