Open monitoring meditation involves allowing whatever surfaces in the mind to surface without judgment, typically for 10 to 30 minutes.

“open monitoring meditation is simply a matter of having sit there or lie down and close your eyes and to allow whatever surfaces in your mind to surface. And what you practice is the practice of nonjudgment.”

“if you're doing there are many also within awareness meditation there different types but if you're doing say something referred to as I think it's sometimes called open monitoring where you're paying attention to anything that comes up as it comes up and there are different ways to approach this but very often begins with the breath so it is in some sense a concentration practice but you're focusing on the breath you're not chasing it you're simply observing it then you focus on sounds then you focus on any discomfort or weight that you feel in your body then you perhaps later after 10 sessions 10 daily sessions begin to practice with your eyes open”