Connecting with your inner flower, you know that you are fresh, pleasant, and loveable. If you’re holding the flower pebble, for instance, you see yourself as a flower in the garden of humanity. Breathing in and out, you pick up each pebble in turn and in your mind’s eye see yourself as the respective image. Pebble three represents the reflectivity of calm water and pebble four, the freedom of space. You can certainly choose your own images and qualities, but in Nhat Hanh’s classic version pebble one represents the freshness and beauty of a flower, while pebble two represents the solidity of a mountain. Each represents a different image embodying a particular quality. All you’ll need to practice it is a quiet spot and four ordinary pebbles. A Handful of Quiet is a lovingly illustrated book that brings this meditation to life. Plum Blossom Books 2012 64 pp., $14.95 (cloth)įor many years, Thich Nhat Hanh has been teaching pebble practice to give children and their families a tangible way to return to their breath and connect with the world around them. Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Ī Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles.He teaches that we cannot be by ourselves we can only interbe with all that is. Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Interbeing is a word coined by Thich Nhat Hanh to help us understand our deep connection to each other, nature and all things.Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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