There he remained for five years performing ascetic practices including long periods of fasting, Zhikr and fikr (also called taffakkur or deep contemplation).

Before heading out to look for ships performing illegal activities, the team performs various boarding practices.

At the beginning, the movement was frankly antiquarian - a matter of reviving forgotten repertories and, with them, forgotten instruments and performing practices.

The second reserves the term for those professionals who perform such practices at the request of others.

Who knows whether these dancers perform unspeakable practices in their private lives, of a kind that might make the good Marquis himself shudder?

She then took to the jungles, roaming about completely naked, performing stern austerities and meditational practices.

However, the practice of prayer is more prevalent and practiced more consistently among Americans who perform other religious practices.

It is believed to have been a shrine where Kūkai performed ascetic practices.

The Vedic scriptures also generally recommend one or more Muhūrtas to perform rituals and practices.