Creating Your Optimum Meditation Space

One of the most important aspects of your meditation practice is to be as comfortable as possible.  Setting aside an area or a room that is dedicated to your meditation practice is a good way of ensuring that.

Find an area of your home that has a free-flowing feeling. Make sure the room is clean and well ventilated. If you cannot devote the whole room, find a suitable corner that can be dedicated as a sacred space for your practice. You will want your meditation space to be free of clutter and objects that your energy will bounce off of and get tangled in. There must be a sense of aliveness. As you become more experienced you will find you are increasingly aware of the subtle emanations which come from things. But even if you do not yet perceive those things clearly, go with your gut; on some level you already know what is right.

Add your meditation cushion (or stool, or chair). Supply the area with objects that are special to you and enhance feelings of peace and calm such as a cozy blanket and photographs or statues that inspire you. You may consider performing a ritual before starting your meditation session such as setting a positive intention, or sounding some tibetan bells, lighting incense or candles, dimming the lights, etc.

The goal in establishing your meditation space is for it to enable and encourage you to develop a daily meditation practice. Use it as your foundation on the path to the peaceful and relaxed moments when your mind is quiet and your spirit is free to roam.