Feature: Anapana meditation Anapanasati (Pali: Sanskirt: anapanasmrti, English: mindfulness of breathing) is a form of Meditation originally taught by Gautama Buddha in several places, mainly the Anapanasati Sutta. Anapanasati is common to both eastern and western audiences. Simply put, anapana is the act of focusing on the sensations of breath in the body's nasal cavity and nostrils. Some practices will focus on the sensations in the belly instead (this is why there's fat buddha statues), but the author of this feature finds that the sensations of breath in the nostrils are a lot easier to focus on. The method presented in this feature is based on the method taught in The Art Of Living by William Hart and S.N. Goenka. If you want a copy of this book you can get one here: http://www.cicp.org.kh/userfiles/file/Publications/Art%20of%20Living%20in%20English.pdf Please do keep in mind that this book definitely skews towards the Buddhist lens and as it is presented the teaching methods really benefit from it. Note: "the body" means the sack of meat and bone that you are currently living inside. For the purposes of explanation of this technique, please consider what makes you yourself separate from the body you live in. Background: Given no assumption about meditation background And a willingness to learn And no significant problems with breathing through the body's nose And I am seated or laying down comfortably And no music is playing Scenario Outline: mindfulness of breathing As a meditator In order to be mindful of the body's breath When I through the body's nose Then I focus on the sensations of breath Then I focus on the feelings of breath through the nasal cavity Then I focus on the feelings of breath interacting with the nostrils Then I repeat until done Examples: | verb | | inhale | | exhale | Scenario: attention drifts away from mindfulness of breathing As a meditator In order to bring my attention back to the sensations of breathing Given I am currently mindful of the body's breath When my attention drifts away from the sensations of breathing Then I bring my attention back to the sensations of breathing Scenario: mindfulness of unconscious breathing As a meditator In order to practice anapana without breathing manually When I stop breathing manually Then the body will start breathing for me after a moment or two Then I continue mindfulness of the sensations of breathing without controlling the breath Scenario Outline: meditation session As a meditator In order to meditate for