One Slow Stitch Meditation kit.

If your heart or mind feels heavy, you could do a lot worse than thread a needle. 

Here’s my invitation to stitch…

I have been a mixed media fibre artist for years but recently I ran across a ‘movement’ called Slow Stitch. I discovered that I do better with a type of meditation that involved keeping my hands busy instead of traditional sitting meditation. There have been many studies exploring the relationship between creativity and well-being: the benefits of the mesmeric immersion in crafts creating states of contentment and focus. Mindful hand-stitching actually alters your brain chemistry by lowering the stress hormone cortisol.

This wee kit is simple. You will receive a random colour packet, like a mystery present. Each package has a white base fabric on which to stitch, swatches of fabric to play with or cut up and enough embroidery cotton to finish this 4x4" piece and a needle.

Practising stitch as meditation is self-care. Be in the moment of creation. Don’t focus on the outcome. And don’t fuss about what to do with it afterwards. This is visual prayer.

https://www.crewelwork.com/blogs/news/world-mental-health-day-embroidery-as-therapy

What is a spiritual or meditation practice? James Finley of Center for Action and Contemplation describes it such: 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴:
-𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯
-𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳
-𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥
-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦
-𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 2 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

Perhaps this little kit will be the beginning of a wonderful meditation practice for you. It has for me. Follow me @wavesongart on Instagram and see.

At this time I can only ship this item to USA and Canada. Thanks for understanding.