Meditation: Makina a Meditation Room
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MeditationMeditation rooms are not always rooms per se, oftentimes, they are just secluded nooks in someone's home where one can go to to think, relax and meditate. Having a private meditation room, however, is not something that has to be exclusive to yoga practitioners. We too can have our very own meditation room, a place just to sit back and get away from the fast-paced and stressful daily life that most of us live. Our meditation room may be our own hideaway, where we breathe freely and gather our thoughts together. Here are three simple steps to help us create our own sacred space.
1. Choose a Spot for Our Meditation Room: Quietness and isolation are the primary qualities that a meditation room must have. No matter how small our home is, it is possible to have a meditation room where we have a bit of peaceful respite. Just find a place to set it up that is a little out of the way in our home. We may situate our meditation room in our own bedroom if we want. In fact, any secluded corner will do. All we need to do, if our meditation room is not a separate room in itself, is to partition it creatively so we won’t be bothered inside our nook.
2. Furnish the Meditation Room: A meditation room does not require much in terms of furnishings. The most essential piece of furniture is a comfortable chair that is wide enough for us to curl our legs in. And even with that, a chair is not that necessary. If space is a problem, a cushion can serve in its place instead. A bluetooth speaker or some other device to play music may be necessary. It helps to meditate while listening to soft, instrumental music, or perhaps to record natural sounds like the singing of birds, the sound of waves, or falling rain.
Our meditation room’s lighting may affect how well we focus and concentrate in clearing our mind here. The lighting ought to be something soft and subtle. Stay away from the harshly glowing fluorescent bulbs when lighting our meditation room.
No need to decorate the walls. If we are already going to paint the walls, a neutral colour will work best. We do not need anything that can distract from our meditation. To set and enhance the mood, however, we may put up shelves where we can place some scented candle, a vase of flowers, or perhaps some crystals. A potted plant will help set the mood, too. These are all decorations we may consider when setting up our meditation room.
3. Maintain the Meditation Room: Our meditation room is ideally the one place in our house, if not in the whole world, where we get away to relax and to clear our mind of anything that is bothering us. The one thing that will defeat this purpose is if we leave clutter in our meditation room.No matter how busy we may be with our daily life, always find the time to keep our meditation room clean and free from clutter. Cleaning our meditation room may be seen as a form of meditation in itself. After all, the reason we have a meditation room is to keep our mind clear and unburdened.
