An idea from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Once the seat is steady, you work with the breath, pausing it on the way out, on the way in, or between. You make it long and fine, and a covering over the mind’s light thins. Then the senses stop chasing their objects and follow the mind inward.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Patañjali

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