Be gentle

I've been practising with longer and longer single stage meditations recently.

After a untimed bodyscan, I'm using the third stage of a mindfulness of breathing and just allowing myself to 'feel' the physical sensation of each breath in a lightly, only just mentally 'touching the feel of the breath' sort of way. I'm not sure that explains the technique very well, but the important part is not trying too hard to fix oneself to the breath. It feels like a light touch.

This is working very well and I'm finding that I am settling into the meditation very much more quickly and feel that the meditation is very 'even' throughout. The more you struggle to focus on the breath the more you focus on the struggle, so drop the struggle and be very gentle with your guiding mind.