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Bonsai as Meditation for Adult Learning

Bonsai as Meditation for Adult Learning This chapter discusses ways of engaging the plant–human connection and exchange by learning about bonsai and then engaging and meditating on the tree to eventually cultivate the experience of bonsai as meditation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education Wiley

Bonsai as Meditation for Adult Learning

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Abstract

This chapter discusses ways of engaging the plant–human connection and exchange by learning about bonsai and then engaging and meditating on the tree to eventually cultivate the experience of bonsai as meditation.

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New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 2019

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