What is a Zen garden? The miniature version is essentially a wooden tray covered with white sand. The garden comes with miniature rakes and tools to manipulate the sand; you can make the sand smooth, ...

The purpose of a Zen garden, those stylized landscapes ... mastering the body control needed to rake gravel with precision, watching the ball push the sand around is pretty Zen all by itself ...

Zen garden raking is a meditative practice that can improve focus and mental clarity. The ancient technique of creating patterns in sand or gravel can calm your mind and improve concentration. By ...

[Nick] is working on a prototype of a coffee table sand plotter that draws patterns in sand a lot like a zen rock garden. [Nick]’s zen rock garden uses a magnet to draw a ball bearing across ...

“The act of tending to a mini Zen garden can have a powerful effect on the mind. As you carefully rake the sand into ...