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….

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…

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…

Meditation for Dummies

First – just let me say that no one who is embarking on an effort to meditate and change their life is a dummy. You are a good person who needs to be encouraged by anyone that might help. I’m sure someone has already published a book with this title, but I’m up for the…