--- title: "4 Hands Lap Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 Hands Lap quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Hands Lap sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/ruth-ozeki-2896_left-hand_instructions-for-zazen-first-of-all-you_91170.jpg" --- > [“INSTRUCTIONS FOR ZAZEN First of all, you have to sit down, which you’re probably already doing. The traditional way is to sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-ozeki/instructions-for-zazen-first-of-all-you-have-to-sit-down-which-you-re/) [Ruth Ozeki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-ozeki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/ruth-ozeki-2896_left-hand_instructions-for-zazen-first-of-all-you_91170.jpg) > [“Recover? She clasped her hands in her lap, staring at them as pain welled up in her chest. Could one recover from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sasha-summers/recover-she-clasped-her-hands-in-her-lap-staring-at-them-as-pain/) [Sasha Summers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sasha-summers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/sasha-summers-24081_healing_recover-she-clasped-her-hands-in-her-lap_791526.jpg) > [“I sat with my hands in my lap, because I knew that sometimes when people spoke, it wasn't because they had something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-picoult/i-sat-with-my-hands-in-my-lap-because-i-knew-that-sometimes-when/) [Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-picoult/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/jodi-picoult-45_quote_i-sat-with-my-hands-in-my-lap-because-i_1396535.jpg) > [Every day there comes a moment when a person lays his hands in his lap and all his busyness collapses like ashes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-musil/every-day-there-comes-a-moment-when-a-person-lays-his-hands-in-his/) [Robert Musil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-musil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/robert-musil-2009_accomplished_every-day-there-comes-a-moment-when-a-pe_1497863.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hands-lap/#itemlist", "name": "Hands Lap Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“INSTRUCTIONS FOR ZAZEN First of all, you have to sit down, which you’re probably already doing. The traditional way is to sit on a zafu cushion on the floor with your legs crossed, but you can sit on a chair if you want to. The important thing is just to have good posture and not to slouch or lean on anything. Now you can put your hands in your lap and kind of stack them up, so that the back of your left hand is on the palm of your right hand, and your thumb tips come around and meet on top, making a little round circle. The place where your thumbs touch should line up with your bellybutton. 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