Meditation Music

Music is one of those greats gifts in the universe that can set off different thought processes and reactions. Why not use it to set the mood or support meditation? Be careful about choosing music from sources you do not know or are not familiar with on the web. It’s better if it’s from a…

Meditation and Art

Part of a perfect meditation space are the visuals, which should support your practice. These images might just be peaceful and quiet, or they may depict a particular image that brings peace to you. It might be religious such as an sacred image of Jesus or Mary. Or it might be the Buddha, or some…

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…

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…

Envelope of Warmth

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Enveloped.” High in the Himalayan mountains there is said to be a practice that uses the inner heat or ‘tum-mo’, to warm the body. The skilled meditators sit wrapped in cold wet sheets outside in the freezing winter and over come the cold with such skill that the inner body…

Energy In Your Meditation Space

So what happens if you decide to choose a space that HAS been used in the past as something that had a lot of conversation or busy thought? Can you still turn it into a meditation or sacred space?  Of course!  But you have a little work to do before it’s ready. Below are several…

Where Should a Meditation Space Be?

How do you choose just the right place or room in your home or apartment for your meditation space? What do you need to consider in that choice? By now you probably have an understanding that this adventure of creating your own meditation space can change your life, so why treat the selection of where…

One Meditation Room

I’m really just a simple student of the dharma, and I’ve been trying to get deeper in the practice of meditation for 10 years. I have had some changes – I can sit for longer – I can keep my mind focused longer – but….. I’m not really accomplished at all. Still, I have a…

Meditation Room Flooring

I’ve noticed when meditating in a room with hardwood or bamboo floors the energy feels better and brighter. But without padding, (a cushion or rug) different parts of the body tend to fall asleep.  Ankles get really uncomfortable after an hour unless the cushion is thick and your feet and legs will tend to loose circulation….