You have to breathe out in a way that doesn’t squeeze things. You also have to be careful not to squeeze anything at the end of the in-breath or the end of the out-breath.

"If you breathe out in a way where you’re squeezing the energy out of the body, that’s not going to help with the physical sense of rapture. You have to breathe out in a way that doesn’t squeeze things. You can tell yourself, “I’ll put energy into breathing in. Let the body breathe out on its own. I don’t have to squeeze the breath out.” You also have to be careful not to squeeze anything at the end of the in-breath or the end of the out-breath. This, too, is a common mistake when people are doing breath meditation: They want to have a clear dividing line so that they can know, “This is the in-breath; this is the out-breath.” So they make a little squeeze between the two in the energy field of the body.

You want to learn how to resist that temptation. You don’t need that clear a dividing line. Think of the in-breath flowing into the out-breath, and the out-breath flowing into the in-breath. Don’t squeeze to make a distinction between the two. You’ll find that if you don’t squeeze the energy out as you breathe out, and you don’t make a little squeeze as you’re switching from one breath to the next, a sense of fullness begins to develop in the body. That, Ajaan Lee would identify with rapture. It’s a sense of refreshment, a sense of energy flowing around.

Then you can do the same thing with pleasure. Wherever there are feelings of pleasure in the body, breathe in a way that protects that pleasure. Don’t squeeze it; don’t destroy it.

Once you’ve got these feelings established, then allow them to spread through the body, following your sense of the breath permeating the whole body.

As you do this, you’re using your intentions to shape the breath and the feeling, and then the feelings will have an effect on the mind. The perceptions of breath energy flowing, the pleasure flowing, will also have an impact on the mind, making it more focused, happier to be here in the present moment. You’re seeing feelings and perceptions as mental fabrications in action."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Mindfulness of Breathing"

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