At this point in the practice, we expand the field of awareness around the breath until it includes a sense of the body as a whole, sitting and breathing.
Whether the sensations in various parts of the body are pleasant or unpleasant, comfortable or uncomfortable, or so neutral you hardly notice them at all, see if you can hold it all in awareness, moment by moment by moment, without doing anything and especially without trying to pursue anything or make anything go away. We’re not trying to relax, we’re not trying to get anywhere, and we are certainly not trying to obliterate thought. We’re simply resting in awareness, with things exactly as they are.
When the mind gets lost, we simply see what is on our mind in that moment and gently move back into featuring center-stage in the field of awareness the sense of the body as a whole sitting here breathing. We do this over and over again because it is in the nature of the mind to wander off the primary object of attention. It does not mean that you are a “bad” meditator.
Remember that it is in the nature of the mind to wave, just as it is in the nature of the ocean to wave. Your challenge, as always, is to rest in the awarenessing.