How to Use Your Zen Stick
1. Find a place where you can be comfortable and have as much privacy that you feel you need for a minute or two. The bathroom or your car is usually a sure thing.
2. Stand or sit with your back straight and your feet about hip width apart. To protect flooring and the ZenStick, it is recommended that when first tossing the Zen Stick you may want to be on carpet. Standing in front of a couch is convenient, or best of all, stand outside on some grass.
3. Taking slow, deep breaths, gently toss the Zen Stick, flipping it to catch the other end. Keep your hand low and toward the center of your body. Try not to reach for the Zen Stick, let it come to you. Do this enough times to get used to the weight and balance. To appreciate the weight and balance, lift the ZenStick a couple of inches and let the free end bounce a few times, then flip it…notice how quickly your body adapts.
4. Keep tossing the Zen Stick gently until you are comfortable with your natural rhythm and style. Keep breathing and then close your eyes and catch it as many times as you can without dropping it.
Variations: You can carefully and gradually increase the height of your toss; you can increase or decrease the number of rotations in the air; you could use your non-dominant hand or you can move your foot in circles or arcs as you toss the Stick. You can try different breathing exercises, chanting, Tai Chi Ruler, even massage.
Cleaning and maintenance: Keep away from water and sunlight, clean with Pledge.
You may notice varying degrees of imperfections and/or discolorations in the wood. These are all natural occurrences that I don’t mask because they make your Zen Stick unique to you and only you. Zebrawood ZenSticks have been very lightly stained to help bring out the wood grain, but all other woods are presented in their completely natural state. A thin coat of museum wax has been applied to protect the wood, the smoothness you feel is from the extensive and meticulous hand sanding and buffing process I put each Zen Stick through.
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