Yogi: When Sayadaw talks about body awareness, is it just a general light awareness rather than a precise marking, marking, marking?

Sayadaw: You can start with a general awareness and later you naturally see more detail without trying. 

There are 2 ways to see in greater detail. First, we track each of our movement in great detail – when we move a foot, the next foot, and our head. That’s quite tiring because it is intensive. Eventually, if we are allowing enough, we can notice that we’re aware. We then start to come to the mind and recognize the mind.

The other way is just to strengthen the awareness – not trying to be with any particular object, but making sure that the awareness is continuous based on any object, choosing what works for you to keep the mindfulness continuous.