fivebells .:
What aspects of the breath have you been attending to, and how stable is the attention?
Sorry for this long time without response. I was traveling this days and I didnt have much time.
When I use the breath, I try to pay atenttion to the sensations inside my mouth. Lips, tongue, throath, etc... As I said before, I take the air from the mouth, with my lips quite closed. I do that because the air is colder and all the sensations are more evident.
As I said before too, at the beginning I was paying atenttion to 'what was happening' with the breath, trying to see where could I feel the air. What parts of my body where involved in the experience, etc... After that I tryed to pay more atenttion to 'how was happening', trying to see what I was feeling moment to moment, forgeting it was air, forgetting wich part of my body was experiencing it, trying only to see what I was feeling, related to the breath.
How stable is my atenttion? I dont know how to answer. My main problem is that I use to get bored very fast. I can be stable for 10 or 11 min and then I need to do a little break, standing up or drinking water...
In this 10 or 11 min of attention, when it is good I can feel a combination between the sensatins of the breathing, and how some thinkings come to my mind. So I observe them and I go back to what happens then. When Im stable, the thinkings arising they pass quickly.