The Finest Thread of Breath

Sit comfortably, breath unhurried. As you exhale, follow the breath as it grows finer and finer, like a thread becoming so thin you can barely sense its weight. By the end of the exhale, the breath is almost not breath at all, just a quiet movement at the edge of awareness. Rest there. Each fresh inhale begins on its own, gently. The mind, when it follows breath into fineness, also becomes fine, until what remains is only the listening.