The first exercise in mindful breathing that the Buddha proposed is “in/Out.”It means “Breathing in, I know I am breathing in, breathing out I know I’m breathing out.” In this teaching, we consider our breath as part of our body. Our breathing is a physical formation. It is the door through which we go home to our self and reconcile ourselves with our self. The object of our mindfulness is our in breath and our out breath, nothing else.We identify our in-breath as our in-breath and our out breath as our out breath. It is easy. Then instead of reading to ourselves, ‘Breathing in I know I’m breathing in’ we just use the word ‘in’ and while breathing out we use “out.” The words in and out are instruments in order to maintain our mindfulness. While breathing in, we are aware that we should nourish our in breath. In is no longer a word, it is the reality of our in breath. If we do this all our thinking will stop. There is no effort to stop thinking. If we really enjoy our in-breath 100%, then thinking suddenly stops.
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