My Sacred Space - A Meditation

Tea Total (Thanks, Will!): 4
Weight: 8st 10lbs
Song of the day: Mowgli's Road - Marina and the Diamonds
Mood: Relaxed

I have recently discovered the joys of guided meditation tracks, not so much because I find meditation difficult, but purely for how wonderfull relaxing they are. Having downloaded some free ones from a podcast, I sat back and found myself almost falling asleep in my chair. I love the soothing voices and tones in the backgrounds, it's perfect for taking your mind off whatever is troubling you - for me, namely the 2lbs I've gained since I last updated, and going back to school tomorrow!

A lot of the tracks use guided imagery, whereby the crooning voice tells you to imagine certain things and guides you through some lovely imaginary world, which is usually a tranquil beach scene of some kind. One of the tracks, however, is called "Your Sacred Space" and it is this track that I am using in my blog today. Its description says that it will take me to my own inner sanctum or sacred grove, where I can renew my energy and creativity and gain new perspective. I am going to take you through my own mental image as I am guided by the track, starting... wait for it... Now!

I walk down a corridor with low lighting, and in front of me is the top of a beautiful spiral staircase, which leads downwards. It is softly lit at the top by candles, and the flickering lights show an ornately sculpted banister. As I go down deeper and deeper, the light begins to fade, and it seems that this staircase leads into the core of the earth itself. I walk down deeper, deeper, and there is another light up ahead. As I approach it, I can see a doorframe, which I step through.

I find myself in a beautiful room. Despite it being so deep down under the ground, there are floor to ceiling windows, and outside I can see a lush, green canyon, in a vast cave. The room itself has marble floors, and the walls are lined with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, all of which are stocked full of various books. They give the room a light, musty smell, an aroma of paper and parchment and ink.

There are plump chairs with purple velvet cushions, sitting by a large fireplace. The floors are covered in thick, soft rugs, and next to the chairs are tables. One table has a bowl of petals, another has a china tea set on it. Steam wafts from the spout of the teapot in a spiralling pattern. The only sound in the room is the crackle of the fire.

I look around, and on a table there is an elegant wooden box, intricately carved. Inside it is a canister of loose tea and spices. I sink my fingers into the tea, and I can smell cinnamon, cloves and ginger. It smells sweet. This is a gift that has been left for me in my place, and I feel as though it has been left to allow me to relax. I place it back down on the table, and next to it I leave my own gift for my sanctuary; an old fashioned fountain pen and a crystal vial of ink.
I linger for a moment more in a chair by the fire before I begin to climb back up. When I reach the top of the staircase, the light is bright.

Well, then. That took me a long time to write down - it's difficult to write it out whilst listening, because you can't put your whole imagination into it, so it is mostly from memory. I recommend trying this yourself; you can download it free from iTunes from The Meditation Podcast. It's nice, because everyone's personal space is a little different, and I like how much my imagery reflected mine.

Hopefully posting again soon!
xx