Part 1 · Ānāpānasati Essentials — A 5-Day Guided Breath Meditation Course for Beginners
Learn the foundation of Vipassana meditation in five days: the five precepts, a practice journal, and two guided sittings a day on the natural breath.
- Part
- 1 of 5
- Length
- 5 days · 2 sittings per day
- Practice
- Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing)
- Training
- Sīla and Samādhi
- Level
- Beginner
- Prerequisite
- None
- Status
- Available
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Russian
- Cost
- Donation-based
- Teacher
- Ocean DYNN
- Tradition
- Theravāda
Support this course
Part 1 is donation-based. Take it free, or give what it is worth to you — any amount, once. The suggested amount is €19.
€19 suggested
Payment goes through PayPal. Nothing in the course is withheld from people who give nothing.
What you will practise, day by day
- Day 0 — orientation: posture, where attention rests, what to expect, and taking the five precepts for the duration.
- Days 1 to 3 — establishing, then deepening, attention on the natural breath at the nostrils. Two guided sittings of about fifteen minutes.
- Day 4 — the subtle breath: the point where beginners think the object is lost and have in fact found it.
- Day 5 — integration, and a first sitting of mettā (loving-kindness).
Each day also has a short talk, a written reflection, and a discipline prompt. Around thirty to forty minutes in total, split across the day.
What you need
A place to sit upright that you can hold without shifting; a chair is fine. Headphones or a quiet room. Somewhere to write. No account is required to begin; an account only carries your progress between devices.
Classic or Detox
Part 1 has two editions and the meditation is the same in both. Classic is the breath training alone. Detox adds optional plant-based menus and hydration prompts on top of the same sittings. The nutrition material is lifestyle guidance, not medical advice; if you are new to meditation, take Classic.
What comes next
Part 2 — twenty-five days of Ānāpānasati — is in production. Until it opens, repeat Part 1: five days establishes the technique, and a second pass establishes the habit.