Last night in my spare time and boredom I made a little sanctuary for myself Currently it's just a little nook in the spare room in my basement. It's really cool, it's hidden behind a wheeled bookshelf and very private. I had the small room ever since I redid the house and been wondering what to do with it... I thought a peaceful sanctuary would be best.

It's really not much yet, I just put a couple candles down there, a couple pillows, some spiritual items I had been given and sketched on the walls a little bit so I can paint it when I feel better. It's really quite neat- normally I prefer to thank the spirits I believe in outside, but given health and the winter storm warning, I think I'll keep it indoors for now

Does anyone else have a special place they like to pray, contemplate, meditate, etc?

[nowheretorun]

hey Ledgewood : ) i do have a personal place i enjoy.. to meditate, to be, to think, to dream.... i do a lot of visualizations there..... it really is portable because after spending enough time there, i carry it with me where i go...

i love to explore the beauty and love within spirituality.... i have some items as you do... its a good healing place for me to find peace and inner calm.... ive lost many of my fears there....

i like the way you think : )

Ledge
I have a place too. In my life a few places. To meditate to think to find peace.........
To dream...
sometimes if things are bad I find the place in my head by closing my eyes and breathing and I am there...................
Peace is a welcome place

[KathyM]

Yes - my bedroom. I've had a love/hate relationship with this house for as long as I can remember. I bought my sister's half of the house and moved in with my husband and son shortly after my parents died in 1991 (within 8 days of each other).

As a kid, it was my goal to move out of this house. It's very small, and there were too many bad memories of my mother's attempted suicides and abuse. My father and grandmother also died in this house, and it didn't occur to me that I would have to sleep in the room where my father died. However, it was his wish that we live here - and I really loved the back yard. I figured we could fix up the house and make it our own - it never happened.

I wasn't expecting to be stricken with a terminal illness that would leave me homebound and bedridden for the most part. I had to work through all those memories, but now it has become a "sanctuary" for me.

When I'm stuck in bed, I meditate, pray and listen to music. When I was a kid, I spent as much time as I could doing the same thing (trying to avoid my mother), so it's not that much of a stretch for me. I just have to remember I'm almost 50, and not 9 years of age.

(((((kathyM))))))))
I am sorry about your parents passing so close together. Mine 28 days of each other. More than anything I miss the old house. Even with the memores there. Great peace I could find at times there.
My moms gardens I could spent hours in.
I am glad you have found peace there............
You have great strength

[KathyM]

Thank you ((Muffy)). My condolences to you too. It's hard to lose them so close together like that. It made it difficult to grieve properly, and felt overwhelming at times. I'm sure you felt the same way.

Yes, I look forward to watching my lilac bushes spring back to life. It was always something to look forward to during the longest months of winter. The spring breeze combined with the sweet aroma of lilac smells so good through the window.

(((kathyM)))))))thank you.......Yes it makes it real hard to grieve properly. It took me years.
Overwhelming forsure. I know they are with me from time to time.
I am sure you know what I mean....

((((lilac bushes )))))) my mom had those too
From their yard I took seeds from a rose bush she grew. It stands tall and proud.

May peace be with you.............

Muffy

My bedroom... is the place that I go to find peace..... when I moved to this home 4 years ago... I decided to make my bedroom the most peaceful, cozy... warm place that ever was... surrounding myself... with the nature... shells... rocks... minerals.... things like that....and I have finally a place I feel safe... and it brings out my sirituality...to be surrounded by nature....inside my home...it is also.. the one area of my home.. where no one else is allowed....

Bedrooms... have never been "safe" for me due to my past... I guess that is the sigificance of the transformation...

[Abby]

thank you ledgewood for this post.

I have a place of peace. It is a small cared for garden in a park near me. It is usally empty as it is just off the main path. When i need time (and its not raining!) i wrap up in my coat, scarf and gloves and sit on my favorite bench listening to music. It is cold at the moment so i feel frozen in time, everything is still. I sit and stare at the squirrels and birds. It is my refuge. I miss it so much when i cant go there due to the weather or lack of time but i guess this makes it even more relaxed when i do get to spend time there.

I wish i could have a place in my house but the only room i have is my bedroom and my flatmates continue to think that it is ok to disturb me despite me locking the door. **sigh**

[BalishBun]

i love little places where you can be undisturbed and you can go to for privacy. Love it!

[Rapunzel]

I need a place that can be my space and put my things in it and make it peaceful. I don't have a place like that, but I'm trying to find a way that I could.

[nowheretorun]

mind if i come join you a bit again Ledgewood?

I am joining everyone in peace too

TY for joining me in peace... gets hard to get down the stairs to my peaceful nook, so I try to imagine relaxation in my head.