How to practice Anapanasati (the 16 steps, original sutta version, taught by the historical Buddha )

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After reading MN62, a Discourse on ānāpānasati given to Rahula, I came to this understanding that ānāpānasati is a practice to see non-self in the five aggregates. See link below.

What is the difference between satipaṭṭhāna and ānāpānasati?

Yesterday, while reading MN62 The Longer Advice to Rāhula, I came to this understanding that ānāpānasati is a practice to see non-self in the five aggregates. This sutta starts with the Buddha admonishing Rāhula, urging him to see the five aggregates as ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’ Later, Sāriputta suggested ānāpānasati and then Rāhula asked Buddha for an exposition. Before giving the usual four tetrad, 16 steps ānāpānasati formula, Buddha taught the following six gr…