r/streamentry • u/Maniiiipadmmeee • 3d ago

Ānāpānasati One way to significantly improve your breath quality and awareness is practicing the first tetrad Anapanasati exercises

Specifically the second half of the first tetrad which is 3 and 4 from the list below.

  1. Aware of in breath and out breath
  2. following in breath and out breath all the way to the end
  3. Aware of body
  4. Calming body.

3 and 4 if practiced regularly really makes the breath a more understandable and enjoyable object. It can deepen the breath to a degree that's not even subtle. It can also really help with reducing the tendancy to control the breath. If you want to increase your concentration abilities, #2 is very good.

I know this is probably obvious to a lot of of you, but for those who aren’t aware of this, it can be good to know.

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u/neidanman 3d ago

i hadn't heard of this until last year, when i saw a good video on it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY77In3ZYGI

also, its quite like daoist 'ting and song' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1y_aeCYj9c&t=998s (~4 min answer section)