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Indoor	zen
zen	gardens
gardens	Indoor
Indoor	zen
zen	gardens
gardens	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	have
have	been
been	used
used	for
for	thousands
thousands	of
of	years
years	These
These	Japanese
Japanese	inspired
inspired	designs
designs	are
are	not
not	only
only	landscaping
landscaping	masterpieces
masterpieces	but
but	also
also	objects
objects	of
of	meditative
meditative	contemplation
contemplation	Indoor
Indoor	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	are
are	a
a	simple
simple	and
and	creative
creative	way
way	to
to	cultivate
cultivate	mindful
mindful	practice
practice	inside
inside	Much
Much	smaller
smaller	than
than	traditional
traditional	outdoor
outdoor	varieties
varieties	you
you	can
can	use
use	them
them	conveniently
conveniently	at
at	home
home	or
or	in
in	the
the	office
office	They
They	are
are	easy
easy	to
to	use
use	simple
simple	to
to	maintain
maintain	and
and	fun
fun	to
to	design
design	Better
Better	yet
yet	they
they	are
are	a
a	great
great	way
way	to
to	cultivate
cultivate	mindfulness
mindfulness	Indoor
Indoor	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	Despite
Despite	their
their	small
small	size
size	indoor
indoor	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	maintain
maintain	many
many	of
of	the
the	traditional
traditional	aspects
aspects	of
of	the
the	outdoor
outdoor	Japanese
Japanese	rock
rock	gardens
gardens	after
after	which
which	they
they	are
are	modelled
modelled	Designs
Designs	are
are	stylized
stylized	based
based	on
on	the
the	Buddhist
Buddhist	tradition
tradition	of
of	simplicity
simplicity	Common
Common	elements
elements	incorporated
incorporated	into
into	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	both
both	indoor
indoor	and
and	outdoor
outdoor	varieties
varieties	include
include	carefully
carefully	selected
selected	stones
stones	or
or	rocks
rocks	sand
sand	moss
moss	shrubs
shrubs	small
small	trees
trees	and
and	running
running	water
water	Despite
Despite	their
their	obvious
obvious	difference
difference	in
in	size
size	at
at	the
the	very
very	essence
essence	both
both	indoor
indoor	and
and	outdoor
outdoor	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	invoke
invoke	the
the	feeling
feeling	of
of	nature
nature	The
The	origin
origin	of
of	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	There
There	are
are	many
many	kinds
kinds	of
of	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	some
some	of
of	which
which	date
date	back
back	thousands
thousands	of
of	years
years	The
The	Ryōan
Ryōan	ji
ji	Temple
Temple	in
in	Japan
Japan	for
for	example
example	is
is	home
home	to
to	one
one	of
of	the
the	most
most	preserved
preserved	kare
kare	sansui
sansui	or
or	dry
dry	landscape
landscape	style
style	Zen
Zen	rock
rock	gardens
gardens	from
from	the
the	th
th	century
century	These
These	gardens
gardens	are
are	artistic
artistic	creations
creations	that
that	have
have	been
been	used
used	traditionally
traditionally	as
as	vehicles
vehicles	for
for	contemplation
contemplation	self
self	reflection
reflection	and
and	beautification
beautification	True
True	to
to	the
the	essence
essence	of
of	Zen
Zen	Japanese
Japanese	gardens
gardens	inspire
inspire	mindful
mindful	meditative
meditative	practice
practice	through
through	their
their	simplistic
simplistic	graceful
graceful	design
design	In
In	the
the	words
words	of
of	Shunmyo
Shunmyo	Masuno
Masuno	Japan
Japan	s
s	leading
leading	garden
garden	designer
designer	In
In	Japanese
Japanese	culture
culture	rather
rather	than
than	emphasizing
emphasizing	the
the	form
form	of
of	something
something	itself
itself	more
more	importance
importance	is
is	placed
placed	on
on	the
the	feeling
feeling	of
of	the
the	invisible
invisible	things
things	that
that	come
come	with
with	it
it	restrained
restrained	elegance
elegance	delicate
delicate	beauty
beauty	elegant
elegant	simplicity
simplicity	and
and	rusticity
rusticity	Like
Like	the
the	Buddhist
Buddhist	tradition
tradition	from
from	which
which	they
they	emerged
emerged	the
the	gardens
gardens	reflect
reflect	discipline
discipline	and
and	require
require	care
care	and
and	maintenance
maintenance	It
It	s
s	believed
believed	that
that	in
in	these
these	sacred
sacred	spaces
spaces	the
the	gardener
gardener	and
and	nature
nature	become
become	one
one	and
and	through
through	this
this	you
you	can
can	witness
witness	the
the	fusion
fusion	of
of	nature
nature	and
and	art
art	Modern
Modern	science
science	s
s	take
take	on
on	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	It
It	s
s	believed
believed	by
by	some
some	professionals
professionals	that
that	the
the	appeal
appeal	of
of	these
these	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	is
is	due
due	to
to	the
the	tree
tree	like
like	fractals
fractals	present
present	in
in	their
their	design
design	Fractals
Fractals	are
are	geometric
geometric	forms
forms	that
that	are
are	visible
visible	as
as	tiny
tiny	patterns
patterns	that
that	repeat
repeat	themselves
themselves	in
in	such
such	a
a	manner
manner	that
that	they
they	appear
appear	collectively
collectively	to
to	resemble
resemble	their
their	larger
larger	form
form	Fractals
Fractals	in
in	nature
nature	can
can	be
be	seen
seen	in
in	snowflakes
snowflakes	or
or	branch
branch	patterns
patterns	in
in	trees
trees	Each
Each	snowflake
snowflake	is
is	composed
composed	of
of	many
many	micro
micro	snowflakes
snowflakes	arranged
arranged	in
in	the
the	same
same	form
form	as
as	the
the	big
big	one
one	they
they	together
together	create
create	Looking
Looking	at
at	fractals
fractals	is
is	also
also	found
found	to
to	be
be	of
of	therapeutic
therapeutic	value
value	as
as	it
it	is
is	known
known	to
to	reduce
reduce	stress
stress	and
and	promote
promote	relaxation
relaxation	IFRAME
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How	to
to	use
use	an
an	indoor
indoor	Zen
Zen	garden
garden	Choose
Choose	a
a	prominent
prominent	location
location	Place
Place	your
your	indoor
indoor	Zen
Zen	garden
garden	in
in	a
a	prominent
prominent	location
location	where
where	it
it	can
can	be
be	easily
easily	seen
seen	but
but	not
not	in
in	the
the	way
way	where
where	it
it	can
can	get
get	bumped
bumped	Sand
Sand	is
is	no
no	fun
fun	to
to	clean
clean	up
up	Calm
Calm	your
your	mind
mind	Before
Before	you
you	attempt
attempt	to
to	start
start	arranging
arranging	the
the	stones
stones	or
or	raking
raking	the
the	sand
sand	take
take	a
a	moment
moment	to
to	quiet
quiet	your
your	mind
mind	and
and	draw
draw	your
your	attention
attention	to
to	your
your	breathing
breathing	Rearrange
Rearrange	the
the	stones
stones	or
or	pebbles
pebbles	When
When	you
you	have
have	found
found	yourself
yourself	in
in	a
a	calm
calm	meditative
meditative	headspace
headspace	begin
begin	to
to	rearrange
rearrange	the
the	pebbles
pebbles	Take
Take	note
note	of
of	the
the	feeling
feeling	and
and	texture
texture	of
of	the
the	stones
stones	surface
surface	as
as	well
well	as
as	any
any	blemishes
blemishes	or
or	impurities
impurities	of
of	the
the	stone
stone	Always
Always	position
position	rocks
rocks	in
in	a
a	manner
manner	that
that	the
the	the
the	best
best	side
side	is
is	facing
facing	forward
forward	Draw
Draw	patterns
patterns	in
in	the
the	sand
sand	Once
Once	you
you	re
re	pleased
pleased	with
with	the
the	layout
layout	of
of	the
the	stones
stones	choose
choose	either
either	a
a	rake
rake	or
or	a
a	thin
thin	tool
tool	like
like	the
the	back
back	of
of	a
a	paintbrush
paintbrush	to
to	begin
begin	tracing
tracing	simple
simple	deliberate
deliberate	lines
lines	in
in	the
the	sand
sand	This
This	process
process	should
should	be
be	done
done	mindfully
mindfully	using
using	the
the	slow
slow	drawing
drawing	motion
motion	to
to	bring
bring	your
your	focus
focus	back
back	to
to	the
the	present
present	moment
moment	Most
Most	often
often	the
the	patterns
patterns	in
in	the
the	sand
sand	are
are	done
done	in
in	such
such	a
a	manner
manner	that
that	they
they	appear
appear	to
to	resemble
resemble	water
water	features
features	like
like	waves
waves	or
or	gentle
gentle	ripples
ripples	Enjoy
Enjoy	the
the	quiet
quiet	While
While	active
active	in
in	your
your	Zen
Zen	garden
garden	practice
practice	try
try	to
to	limit
limit	outside
outside	distractions
distractions	Cultivate
Cultivate	silence
silence	in
in	your
your	physical
physical	environment
environment	and
and	stillness
stillness	in
in	your
your	mind
mind	If
If	you
you	re
re	doing
doing	this
this	activity
activity	at
at	work
work	and
and	it
it	isn
isn	t
t	possible
possible	to
to	block
block	out
out	all
all	noise
noise	consider
consider	listening
listening	to
to	meditation
meditation	music
music	to
to	help
help	keep
keep	your
your	attention
attention	on
on	your
your	practice
practice	Slow
Slow	down
down	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	are
are	meant
meant	to
to	mirror
mirror	elements
elements	in
in	the
the	natural
natural	world
world	Because
Because	of
of	this
this	their
their	creation
creation	should
should	be
be	done
done	slowly
slowly	and
and	deliberately
deliberately	Nature
Nature	does
does	not
not	rush
rush	and
and	neither
neither	should
should	you
you	Reflect
Reflect	on
on	the
the	simplicity
simplicity	Nearing
Nearing	the
the	end
end	of
of	your
your	practice
practice	step
step	back
back	and
and	admire
admire	your
your	work
work	Take
Take	note
note	of
of	the
the	beauty
beauty	in
in	its
its	simplicity
simplicity	and
and	the
the	artistic
artistic	expression
expression	of
of	your
your	creation
creation	Notice
Notice	the
the	textures
textures	angles
angles	and
and	positioning
positioning	of
of	each
each	element
element	Rake
Rake	away
away	the
the	design
design	After
After	taking
taking	a
a	few
few	moments
moments	to
to	enjoy
enjoy	your
your	creation
creation	gently
gently	wipe
wipe	away
away	the
the	design
design	and
and	return
return	the
the	stones
stones	to
to	the
the	side
side	of
of	the
the	garden
garden	Raking
Raking	over
over	the
the	design
design	helps
helps	you
you	become
become	aware
aware	of
of	the
the	impermanence
impermanence	of
of	life
life	and
and	that
that	each
each	moment
moment	is
is	sacred
sacred	It
It	also
also	encourages
encourages	you
you	not
not	to
to	become
become	attached
attached	to
to	material
material	items
items	states
states	of
of	being
being	or
or	even
even	this
this	moment
moment	It
It	too
too	shall
shall	pass
pass	Return
Return	to
to	your
your	garden
garden	Essential
Essential	to
to	the
the	practice
practice	of
of	Zen
Zen	is
is	self
self	discipline
discipline	Establish
Establish	a
a	daily
daily	ritual
ritual	that
that	involves
involves	spending
spending	a
a	few
few	minutes
minutes	with
with	your
your	indoor
indoor	garden
garden	Allow
Allow	the
the	full
full	benefits
benefits	of
of	its
its	simplicity
simplicity	therapy
therapy	and
and	ancient
ancient	wisdom
wisdom	inspire
inspire	wellness
wellness	and
and	become
become	part
part	of
of	your
your	regular
regular	mindful
mindful	practice
practice	Whether
Whether	at
at	home
home	or
or	in
in	the
the	office
office	indoor
indoor	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	offer
offer	you
you	an
an	artistic
artistic	way
way	to
to	experience
experience	mindfulness
mindfulness	and
and	the
the	beauty
beauty	of
of	nature
nature	s
s	simplicity
simplicity	Things
Things	to
to	keep
keep	in
in	mind
mind	with
with	Zen
Zen	gardens
gardens	Simplicity
Simplicity	is
is	key
key	in
in	all
all	Zen
Zen	garden
garden	designs
designs	Whether
Whether	you
you	choose
choose	a
a	dry
dry	sand
sand	garden
garden	or
or	a
a	planted
planted	herbaceous
herbaceous	one
one	with
with	live
live	elements
elements	the
the	general
general	rule
rule	of
of	thumb
thumb	is
is	less
less	is
is	more
more	There
There	is
is	no
no	wrong
wrong	way
way	to
to	use
use	your
your	Zen
Zen	garden
garden	but
but	to
to	not
not	use
use	it
it	at
at	all
all	Keep
Keep	in
in	mind
mind	you
you	aren
aren	t
t	being
being	graded
graded	on
on	your
your	design
design	Everything
Everything	you
you	do
do	will
will	soon
soon	be
be	wiped
wiped	away
away	so
so	you
you	can
can	start
start	over
over	and
and	repeat
repeat	the
the	process
process	Don
Don	t
t	worry
worry	on
on	creating
creating	a
a	beautiful
beautiful	end
end	product
product	It
It	s
s	the
the	process
process	that
that	matters
matters	for
for	this
this	practice
practice	not
not	the
the	symmetry
symmetry	of
of	your
your	rocks
rocks	or
or	Picasso
Picasso	like
like	reflections
reflections	in
in	the
the	sand
sand	Be
Be	creative
creative	and
and	allow
allow	this
this	simple
simple	exercise
exercise	to
to	inspire
inspire	your
your	mindful
mindful	practice
practice	Share
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