Follow Your Breath

A Foundational Technique

By: Sharon Salzberg

"Just watch the breath." It sounds so simple, but as any seasoned practitioner will tell you, "just breathing" can be surprisingly challenging. To experience the deep rewards of this practice, start off on the right foot with expert help from Insight Meditation Society instructors Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein. They'll help you find the skillful balance of concentration and relaxation that results in a finely attuned state of ease that will stay with you long after you get off the cushion.
Sounds True Practices are short downloadable audio sessions selected from our most popular courses. Affordably priced and ideal for beginners, they're a powerful way to use energy healing, guided imagery, meditation, and other proven practices at home or on the go. Put them on your smartphone, MP3 player, tablet device, or computer … and start experiencing their benefits today.
This session is excerpted from Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein's 12-week online and correspondence-based Insight Meditation Course.

Just perfect for what I needed

A great meditation for getting started. I really enjoyed it. I'm a beginner to seated meditation and this helps to keep you focused

Perfect for beginners like me

A good recording for beginning meditators. Ms. Salzerg's voice is soothing. It's a guided meditation without annoying music.

Ada A Cachafeiro

The way in which Sharon guides the meditation makes it very relaxed, easy to stay in it, enjoyable. I can start a meditation space at any time of the day. Specially at night, trying to fall asleep, I follow the breath trying to keep the thunder of thoughts and ideas out.

Best meditation audio I've found so far

Simple 20 minute meditation. I have several meditation audios, but this is the one I use. I'm amazed how difficult it is to quiet my mind. Once I do, I feel much more focused and alert. Sharon Salzberg has a good voice for this type of audio, and she has the right balance of explaining what to do, and then being quiet to so you can practice.

best way to wait at VA

I listen and relisten to this practice. VA hospital waiting rooms are not the most relaxing place.
But this is better than anxiety meds.