The Lotus Flower is a delicately hand-crafted framework of inter-locking wire rings.
It has seven axes, usually marked with coloured beads, and can be manipulated into a host of different shapes.
At first glance, it may appear to be a children's toy, or an ornament. Some people wear it as jewellery (a bracelet) or in their hair.
But this "toy" is actually thousands of years old, and many, many people have found it to be a very useful tool in the practise of meditation, across various spiritual traditions.
And recent neuro-science research has highlighted the importance of embodied connections in engaging both the left and right brains in creative thought processes: the Lotus Flower can only be maniupated when both hands work together, and this stimulates the brain hemispheres simultaneously.
It has seven axes, usually marked with coloured beads, and can be manipulated into a host of different shapes.
At first glance, it may appear to be a children's toy, or an ornament. Some people wear it as jewellery (a bracelet) or in their hair.
But this "toy" is actually thousands of years old, and many, many people have found it to be a very useful tool in the practise of meditation, across various spiritual traditions.
And recent neuro-science research has highlighted the importance of embodied connections in engaging both the left and right brains in creative thought processes: the Lotus Flower can only be maniupated when both hands work together, and this stimulates the brain hemispheres simultaneously.
