Balancing multiple practices
Hi all, perhaps this is a pretty niche question, but I was wondering how you all balance this.
Let’s say you have initiation into Gāyatrī through upanayanam, a kuladevata practice (for example, Shiva, with weekly abhiṣekam and related worship), and also a separate iṣṭa devatā.
How do you balance all of these practices? Which do you prioritize, and how? Of course, in this case, Gāyatrī/Sandhyā is mandatory — but do you condense everything else around that, or structure it differently?
It’s hard to find specific guidance on how traditional practitioners actually integrate these things in the West. My family became fairly secularized over the years, so I’ve had to piece a lot of this together on my own, and I’d really appreciate perspectives from people who grew up with these traditions more continuously.
Thank you. Śrī Gurubhyo Namaḥ.