Mindfulness "In front"

Analayo: "Once the posture is set up, mindfulness is to be established “in front”. The injunction “in front” (parimukhaÿ) can be understood literally or figuratively Following the more literal understanding, “in front” indicates the nostril area as the most appropriate for attention to the in-and out-breaths. Alternatively, “in front” understood more figuratively suggests a firm establishment of sati, sati being mentally “in front” in the sense of meditative composure and attentiveness."