Light and Your Meditation Space

The sun comes up in the east, the morning often has sunlight even if the day has clouds. The sun will quietly peak between the horizon and clouds before rising too high to be seen, blocked by the clouds. But what happens when the sun directly streaks into a meditation space ? If you have…

Meditation is Better Then Spinach

When I was a kid I used to watch Popeye, the cartoon. He often ended up  with a swami giving him a magic lamp, and some mean giant- Brutus, right? – would attack him, and he’d eat spinach and it would all turn out better because he got strong. Well… let me tell you; Meditation is…

The Artist’s Eye – Meditation Space

The Artist’s Eye The afternoon sun slants through the blinds, and the white shears that hang to the floor billow in the breeze coming through the window. There is a hawk that lives high in the large pine tree outside the house, and now and again he gives his high pitched caw that brings to…

A Meditation Space in One Day?

If I had one day to create a meditation space, what and how would I do that?  The idea behind this post is to help my readers create a space in one day for themselves.  This should quickly give them a perfect and exciting space to meditate in every day ! Even though I already…

Altars in a Meditation Room

Not every meditation space needs an altar, but most use one for many reasons. An altar helps focus your intention and inspire your practice no matter what it is. Placed on the altar can be beautiful things that inspire you.  For instance an image of someone such as the Lady of Guadalupe, or Shakyamuni Buddha….

10 Good Reasons to Have a Meditation Space

Here are 10 good reasons to have a meditation space, prayer room, meditation room or sacred space  in your home. People often think their lives are hectic, and wish they could find a way to bring some peace and quiet to their minds. Millions have taken meditation or yoga classes with this same wish. But…

Color in Your Meditation Space

Choosing the right colors for your meditation space isn’t always easy.  While in the world of art, color is a study that connects with many different places in the mind, you can also use that understanding when considering a meditation space.  In this article we will learn a little about colors and how the eye, the…

A Low Cost Meditation Space

Kmart and meditation: now that’s an odd combination. But I started thinking out of the box. Let’s make a patio meditation/sacred space that is storable, multi-taskable  (doesn’t have to always act as a meditation space) and very inexpensive. This is what I came up with. Kmart for $83.63! (prices vary in different areas, and this of course…

Using Dividers to Create a Meditation Space

The word division is often thought to be negative, but when it comes to meditation it’s actually a word that carries very positive thinking. A room divided, a space defined, and spot ready for your use as a sacred space. That’s definitely positive. I’m sorry I haven’t been able to blog as much lately. Time is…

Water Feature and Meditation

Almost everyone knows that a water feature in your home or meditation space can bring a calming effect to anyone who is close to it, but has anyone explored why? I would never pretend that I have any secret knowledge, but I’ve collected some interesting pieces of information that might give you some different insight…