Breathing With Awareness- Breathing Meditation

Practice the followings while experiencing breathing.

Essentials

Part 1: Body

  1. Be aware of breathing in and out.
  2. Be aware of your body in your breath.
  3. Calm your body.
  4. Revitalize your body.

Part 2: Mind

  1. Be aware of your mind in your breath.
  2. Calm your mind.
  3. Breathe in gratitude.
  4. Breathe with joy.

Part 3: World

  1. Be aware of the world in your breath.
  2. Be aware of yourself and the world.
  3. Be aware of the interconnectedness.
  4. Breathe for all.

Part 4: Looking Deeply

  1. Know what it truly is.
  2. Breathe as a whole.
  3. Be aware of what you do not know.
  4. Just breathe.

Explanation

  • Part One: 1. Recognizing in-breath as in-breath and out-breath as out-breath. 2. Be aware of your body reflected in your breath. 3. Breathe with awareness to calm the body.

  • Part Two: 1. Be aware of your mind reflected in your breath.

  • Part Three: 1. Be aware of the world reflected in your breath. 3. We are sharing breath with others including animals and plants.

  • Part Four: 1. Look deeply into breathing. 2. breathe with the body, mind and world, including their causes.

The Background

  1. Breathing with backgrounds of your breath.
  2. Breathing with your whole body.
  3. Breathing with your mind.
  4. Breathing with the world.

Explanation

Notice the backgrounds of your breath such as body sensations, mental chatter, air, sound, the seat, floor while watching your breath.

Causal Relation

  1. Be aware of your body in your breath.
  2. Be aware of your mind in your breath.
  3. Be aware of the world in your breath.

Explanation

  1. Understanding the causal relation that how the body contributes to the breath. or how your body affects your breath.

Note

  • Experience your breath continuously from beginning to end.
  • Let your body breathe naturally with abdomen.

See also

Meditation Method

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