Meditation & Crystals

Crystals are generally very dense and said to hold energy collected over time from the space around them. The color, composition and area of harvesting can also effect it’s metaphysical influence. But no matter what mineral or natural composition it has, crystals really do add beauty, light and support in your sacred space. It’s not…

Creating a Meditation Space

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 to place that space as anything less important?  But let’s ask the next question that might arise. Why is it important for meditation spaces to be dedicated just…

Technology and a Quiet Mind

In todays world our minds are being constantly entertained by phones, tablets, tv’s and computers – so much so that we almost never have a moment to quiet or calm our thinking. In truth, our minds almost never rest until we fall exhausted into bed. Many believe this kind of lifestyle isn’t good for a lot…

Just for Meditation?

How many of us wish we could do meditation but haven’t. How many of us have taken a meditation class, but never used what we learned? Or purchased a book on how to meditate, filled with dreams and ideas of how we’d sit on that cushion and change our life. And yet…we just never seem…

Now that You Have the Meditation Space…?

So you now have a new meditation space set up in your home or office, and are really ready to move forward to commit to that daily sit down when you actually work on that busy mind that keeps you stressed and overworked every day. If you’re uncertain on how to take those next steps,…

7 Great Meditation Space Links

Here are 7 great websites that have information about creating a meditation space in your home.  The trend and belief that this may be the answer to why so many want to meditate, but so few stick with their meditation. Our website is a great resource, and these links will take you to articles that…

Meditation Apps

Some of us have full days, and stressful lifestyles so we can’t always remember to meditate. Here is a solution: smart phone and tablet apps for meditation. Most of these applications have alerts or reminders, and are great choices to use in your meditation space in your home paired with bluetooth speakers.  Some have guided…

Way of Tea Meditation

The Japanese tea ceremony began to evolve its own principles (sabi and wabi) that became a large part of the Japanese culture.  After waning for some years early on, Zen Buddhism was a primary influence in the development of the Japanese tea ceremony and ultimately a connection to meditation spaces. The first documented evidence of what’s called…

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…

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…