Just finished listening to Thich Nhat Hanh’s The Art of Mindful Living. The audiobook was a very wonderful listen. In it many short meditation objects like Flower Fresh or Mountain Solid were mentioned. He simply states:
Breathing in, I’m a flower. Breathing out, flower fresh.
I was left wondering how were these meant to be meditated. Is the meaning to repeat the verses a couple of times while mindfully breathing or incorporate to a longer sitting meditation?
Thank you.
It’s interesting to read about your practice and experiences. I was gravitating towards similar direction, but wanted to know how the others have done it. My infrequent meditation practice so far has been just mindfully observing breathing, so I felt unsure what to do with Flower Fresh.
It also felt surprisingly effective just to silently reapeat the verse once breathing in and out while I was listening to the audiobook.