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title: "The benefits of Ānāpānasati (9 min) | Vipassana.Life"
description: "A Day 5 talk on what sustained mindfulness of breathing does, and why the course keeps it before insight practice."
url: https://vipassana.life/sittings/anapanasati-benefits/
lang: en
author: Ocean DYNN
site: Vipassana.Life
modified: 2026-09-23
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# The benefits of Ānāpānasati (9 min)

A Day 5 talk on what sustained mindfulness of breathing does, and why the course keeps it before insight practice.

[Audio](https://vipassana.life/a/day-5-aa-2-benefits-of-anapanasati-m2WEZ4owM5ioyqrR.mp3)
Listen · 9 min

- **Practice**: Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing)
- **Part**: Part 1 · Day 5
- **Length**: 9 min
- **Level**: Beginner
- **Languages**: English, Spanish, Russian
- **Teacher**: Ocean DYNN
- **Next**: Part 1

A talk from the last day of Part 1 on what the breath practice has been building, and what comes next in the course.

[Begin Part 1](https://vipassana.life/course/part-1-anapanasati-essentials/) · [Sittings](https://vipassana.life/sittings/)