How to do it:

Stretch your arms out straight in front of the Heart Charka, parallel to the ground, palms together, then open your palms so they face out and only the wrists are touching. You want to do the mantra on one breath. Focus your eyes on the tip of your nose. Do it for 11 minutes every day.

• It takes 40 days to break a habit
• 90 days to gain the new habit
• 120 days and you are the habit
• 1,000 days you are the Master of it

This kriya develops will power and gives the capacity to understand the elements of your personality. It is used to overcome difficulty in completing projects and doing what you intend.

BOOK: The Mind, Its projections and Multiple Facets - Yogi Bhajan, PhD with Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, PhD- p 170

Comment: I have done mantra for 3 - 120 days and it has not stayed with me. Other people have done only 1-120 days and are ok, they don't need to do anymore. So we are all different, I can either do this 3 times a week or every 2 weeks seems to work, but then, I forget to do it and realize that I am getting nothing done, and have to start again, so I have decided to go for the 1,000 day commitment. If I am going to do it every day, then I might as well.
~ Sat Avtar Kaur