Build a Shrine

You sleep in your bed, you work at your desk, you eat at the dining table. Where do you meditate?

If you really want to make meditation a habit, you need a designated place to do it. A place where, once you enter, you feel calm and relaxed and can leave your troubles behind.

Find a place in your home where you want to build this shrine. You don’t need a full room, I built mine in the corner of my bedroom, right beside my bed.

Ideally, buy a meditation cushion and place it on a nice soft rug as I’ve done in my room. Get some nice incense and fill a pot with sand to burn them in. You can find all of these things on Amazon.

Your brain will associate the entire experience, the texture of the carpet, the smell of the incense, with the calm feeling of meditation and this will help form the habit. The more effort you put into creating this space, the better.

A warm and welcoming space to meditate will invite you to jump out of bed and start the day with an energizing meditation session.