Each quarter of the wheel of the year is recognized in our mandir, an altar to the directions set up to hold the sacred container for our work, bounded by Earth (Prithvi), Air (Vayu), Fire (Agni), Water (Apas) and Sky/Ether (Akasha). We open to the guardians and guides of each sanctuary through invocation, concretizing the energies with a mantram, <I>ca hum phat svaha</I>. 