🌿 The Garden of Still Stones 🌿

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 You have been called to shape a quiet corner of your world into a sanctuary of calm.
Your tools are simple: stones, breath, intention, and a small patch of earth.
Your goal is not perfection—only stillness.  

• 3-7 small stones

+1 Mindfulness
+1 Nature Connection
+1 Inner Quiet
+ A small sanctuary that will greet you each time you pass 

 1. Enter the Quiet

Find a small outdoor nook or windowsill pot.
Pause. Breathe once, slowly, as if inviting the earth to exhale with you.

2. Choose Your Stones

Select 3–7 stones that feel grounding in your hand.
Let each one represent something you wish to settle—a worry, a hope, or a habit you want to root.

3. Lay the Foundation

Clear a small patch of soil, sand, or gravel.
With your fingertips, smooth the surface in slow, deliberate circles.
This is the moment the mind begins to soften.

4. Arrange with Intention

Place each stone where it feels right, not where it looks right.
Let instinct guide you.
If a stone resists its position, rotate it—as though listening for its truest voice.

5. Add a Line of Calm

Use a stick, your hand, or a fingertip to draw one gentle line in the earth beside your stones.
This line is your path—your promise to return.

6. Seal the Sanctuary

Stand or sit back.
Breathe again.
Say quietly (or in your heart):
“Stillness grows where I tend it.”

Your rock garden is now a place of returning.

• Visit the stones under dusk or moonlight.
• Notice how their shadows shift.
• Add a single new pebble to mark what you learned today.