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title: "Introduction to the course (5 min) | Vipassana.Life"
description: "The opening talk of Day 0: what the course is, how the five days are shaped, and how to begin."
url: https://vipassana.life/sittings/introduction/
lang: en
author: Ocean DYNN
site: Vipassana.Life
modified: 2026-09-23
---

# Introduction to the course (5 min)

The opening talk of Day 0: what the course is, how the five days are shaped, and how to begin.

[Audio](https://vipassana.life/a/day-0-1-introduction-mjEGRp71LGFpqRLZ.mp3)
Listen · 5 min

- **Practice**: Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing)
- **Part**: Part 1 · Day 0
- **Length**: 5 min
- **Level**: Beginner
- **Languages**: English, Spanish, Russian
- **Teacher**: Ocean DYNN
- **Next**: Part 1

The first track anyone hears. It sets out what Part 1 asks — two sittings a day, the five precepts, a journal — and how the days unfold. Listen before Day 0 if you want to know what you are agreeing to.

## Watch

[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-n7R68LPTU)[Day 0: the author's story](https://vipassana.life/videos/N-n7R68LPTU/)

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