52 photos - meditation in vermont

I do think that it's nearly impossible to pass by a river or waterfall (or even a road construction site) 

in Vermont without spotting these -

I found these little stone structures last weekend while exploring South Londonderry.

For some reason, in my mind, I've always pictured yogi meditating near them -

which I never quite understood.

My curiosity finally got the better of me,

and after looking it up - I learned that the meditation is in the act of stacking the rocks -

- which I still really didn't get, because, you know -

this actually looked kind of easy to me.

Soooo, I quickly gave it a try.

Mine toppled within seconds - okay, so I guess maybe not so easy.

Then -
last night Greg stumbled upon a blog post called "A Monument to Love" about a young man who has devoted the last few month building these "cairns" in memory of his beloved dog.
When I took this photo last month (this is a different location from the photos above) -

I wondered if there was a story to go with it.
The updated photo is amazing!

Someday, I think I'm going to give this a real try.

I have a feeling the meditation would do me a world of good.
How about you - do you have an activity that you find meditative?

I am joining 52 Photos Project - the topic this week is "Layered or Stacked"