[Robin CMember]

Hi Malte,

I wonder if you have already accomplished what this practice is meant to accomplish and have enough stability of attention to let go of attempting to find individual sensations at this point. I am curious what happens if you simply keep the attention on the breath and maintain peripheral awareness without having to “do” to keep the attention on the breath (close following, etc). Is there stable attention while maintaining peripheral awareness? If yes, great! Resting in that.

Warmly,
Robin, TMI teacher in training

[Robin CMember]

Hi!
One thing to consider with something that continues to come into attention like that is to let the focus be directly on the tensing, taking that as the meditation object.Giving attention to the tensing can potentially allow it to evolve and eventually feel like it did what it needed to do. Intentionally focusing on the tension can relieve the judgement as well, and allow you to continue the practice of directing the attention, even if it’s on a different object.

If you try it, keep us posted.
Warm blessings,
Robin

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