Soft Spirituality

Creating your heart meditation space is one of my favorite practices for people who are newer to spirituality. There’s really no limit to what you can do in your heart meditation space and it gives you a safe place to practice spirituality when you might not yet be comfortable doing it in the physical world yet.

What is your heart meditation space?

Your heart meditation space is your energetic heart/soul that is channeled through your mind’s eye. It’s a space you get to create and go to that feels like home to you when you close your eyes. When I close my eyes and visit my heart space I’m in the middle of a field with a huge oak tree to my left and the bottom of a cliff to my right. The ocean is straight ahead and in the distance to the left is a beach with a small beach cottage. I go to this space when I’m working with my spirit guides, when I want to let my inner child run wild, or when I want to meet with passed loved ones. I’ve been creating my heart space for over 5 years and it’s adjusted over time, but I now know this space like I would my home. I hope by creating your heart space you create a place that feels like the essence of your heart as well.

How to create your space

If you’ve never done a meditation that guides you through visiting your heart space, here are a few steps for how to create yours.

1. Find a peaceful place to go Find a calm, quiet space and get cozy. Start focusing on intentional breaths. Tip: Set up the space using each of your senses; lighting (sight), oils (scent), cozy drink (taste), soft music (hearing), a crystal to hold or a soft blanket (touch).
2. Close your eyes and picture a little version of yourself walking into your heart (or soul) Once your physical space feels ready and you feel comfortable, close your eyes. Then with your eyes closed pictured a small version of you going into the energetic area of your heart (or your soul if you prefer).
3. Trust what comes through It’s ok if this feels silly at first or you feel confused, but during this process I want you to trust what’s coming through. Are you in the ocean, the forest, a field, a city, a house, an alien planet? It’s ok to see in your mind’s eye anything that is coming through. Go with it and let yourself start to explore this area. Walk around, touch what you’re seeing.
4. Adjust what feels off This is your heart space, so while I want you to trust what’s coming through, if anything feels uncomfortable to you or feels weird, change it. If you found yourself in a dark forest and it’s unsettling, walk out of the forest into a sunny field. Nothing is set in stone, you get to create this space to be exactly what you want it to be. Play around with it until it’s something that you feel at home and peaceful in.
5. Document and Repeat Once you’re happy with the initial heart space, I want you to go to your journal and document what the space looked like and felt like. I want this to be a place that you go back to over and over and I don’t want you to forget it. Once it’s documented, you can revisit that journal entry before going back so you find yourself in the same space you created the last time. Eventually, you’ll know this place by heart and it’ll become a second home to you, but in the meantime, documenting your spiritual journey is always a helpful thing to do.

You have a heart space…now what?

Ok you’ve created the space and you might be thinking…what for? Here are some things you can use your heart meditation space for:

• Meet spirit guides
• Visit your ancestors
• Go to meditate
• Practice divination
• Explore the space and create a world that makes you feel safe and at peace
• Play and express your inner child in a way that you don’t feel comfortable with in real life (want to skip but feel silly doing it/can’t do it anymore? Go to your heart space and skip)

Once you’ve created your heart space there’s really no limit to what you can create in that space.