Practices    (Patipatti) Natural Practice               1) Sit, act and walk as though you were at home, using normal positions.             2) "Natural" sitting usually involves a number of different sitting positions, rather than just to sit, stand and walk, etc. Normal behavior is to sit one way, then another (always to cure suffering), and then change again, and then perhaps to stand or walk.             3) Walking should also be done to cure suffering. If the intention is to exercise, then it should be "yoniso 'd" as being done to cure suffering. With many yogis it seems, walking is a position that easily leads to motives other than to cure suffering - walking for pleasure, walking in certain ways to see sabhava, or to control wandering mind for example.            4) Lying down should not be neglected. It is one of the natural positions. At first, in the lying position it takes a longer time to notice suffering, but with continual practice the body becomes more sensitive, and even lying down, begins to show pain fairly soon. If lying on the back is changed to lying on the side, be sure to "yoniso" the change of the position.             5) Sleep. If in the lying-down position sleepiness is felt, go ahead and sleep - mentally noting that it is to cure suffering. But, if the body has had sufficient sleep, and it is merely drowsiness, an examination should be made as to whether too much food has been eaten for breakfast or lunch. If so, begin to eat three bites less than a full stomach. If drowsiness persists, then get up and douse water on the face, or go outside for fresh air. (Sleep, beyond what the body normally requires, is a form of craving for happiness: finding sleep pleasurable, an attempt is made to get more and more of it.)             6) When awaking in the middle of the night, try to notice lying rupa and, if awake for a while, notice any changing of the lying position (to cure suffering).