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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?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

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.