One method of concentrating awareness is to count breaths. The Sayadaw auggests counting from one to eight and back down from eight to one, with each progressive inhalation and exhalation as a unit. For examp
le, a single in-breath and a single-out breath is one. Once concentration begins unifying, you can drop counting if you like.
Another method to develop concentrated awareness is to notice the length of the breath, long or short. This is not a mental evaluation but an aware knowing. It is also not" noting," as in associating a word to the knowing. Simply, upon the in-breath, you know whether it is long or short. Upon the out-breath, you know whether it is long or short. As with counting, this can be dropped once concentration develops.
Another method to develop concentrated awareness is to notice the length of the breath, long or short. This is not a mental evaluation but an aware knowing. It is also not" noting," as in associating a word to the knowing. Simply, upon the in-breath, you know whether it is long or short. Upon the out-breath, you know whether it is long or short. As with counting, this can be dropped once concentration develops.
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