By now we all know that meditation is a good habit that should be part of everyone's life.
Like good food or sport, it also contributes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and should be included in a standardized way among practices aimed at achieving psychophysical well-being.
If this statement is easy enough to embrace, it may be more difficult to translate it into practice: meditate, yes but how? And above all, WHERE? Because now there are many tools that help us meditate, but what is the right setting to use them?
What are the places that can help us most to get into the depths of this practice?
Here are some suggestions.
Dome to meditate: various scenarios a single purpose, concentration
Home
The most natural place that can accommodate meditation is undoubtedly the home . More delicate is choosing the right room in which to position yourself and make it fit for our purpose.
- If you live alone the problem does not arise, but if you share the spaces with family or roommates, make sure you are not disturbed for the time you want to dedicate to meditation.
- if you can, add a few touches that can facilitate concentration and create the atmosphere: adequate music, a few candles or, for those who like it, incense are simple expedients, but certainly effective.
This solution has undoubted practical advantages (it is not necessary to leave the house, it does not require rigid schedules, it is totally economic), but you will have to evaluate the distracting power of an environment that sends you continuous stimuli of a personal nature .
Park / public garden / open space
The green spaces in the cities are real oases where to escape to escape the smog or stress . Nothing prevents that, especially in the summer or if you do not suffer from the cold, they can become real temples of meditation thanks to the contact that is always inspiring with nature .
If you feel you find yourself better outdoors than in your home, start exploring the ideal place: not too passing or crowded, away from games for children and with a certain usability of sitting, whether on the ground or on a bench.
If you are lucky enough to live near the sea or in a mountain location, take advantage of it and recharge your batteries with such powerful natural elements! As for the parks, use some minimal practical shrewdness, but don't miss this priceless occasion!
Preliminary for meditation: what to do before starting
Meditation schools / centers
If you don't feel like venturing into the world of meditation all alone, there are many meditation centers especially in the big cities. In reality, these practices are now beginning to spread even in the smaller centers, so we invite you to inform yourself and give an overview of the various possibilities.
Certainly the support of a master can only help you on this journey which, however, we warn you, remains personal and individual. No teacher can do the job for you, so consider this option with this in mind.
It can do for you if:
- you want a regular appointment that will help you maintain commitment and regularity;
- you have no particular time requirements and therefore you can adapt to the times of a center.
Farms / convents / monasteries / ashram
Places where it is possible to take refuge to meditate are increasingly common in our country. Whether they are short full immersions in farmhouses dispersed in nature or longer stays in the monastery or in an ashram, it will not be difficult for you to find a solution close to your city.
This option is especially recommended if you need a clear break with respect to everyday life, a decisive break from the routine that allows you to totally immerse yourself in another dimension .
The negative side could lie in the fact that this choice tends to make meditation an occasional fact, little rooted in the day and linked to the unusual context in which it is performed.
If, on the other hand, these retreats represent a plus compared to the usual meditative sessions, they are very welcome and recommended: they help not to fall into mechanicalness and habit, very deleterious even when talking about spiritual practices.
Looking for the perfect place to meditate
We hope to have given you some interesting insights into a seemingly trivial choice: the place is one of the first parameters that the aspiring meditator finds himself evaluating when he decides to make room for this practice.
You can also start experimenting by trying to tune in to the energy that the various places emanate in search of the right vibration.
