Sacred Spaces
In Buildingbiology, we mostly deal with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology: Air pollution, electromagnetic radiation, mould, - but today’s topic is about the meta-physical.
If you are taking an interest in this topic: What are YOU looking for in a sacred space? What is sacred to you? What do you associate with a sacred space? What kind of space can hold your sacred?
The answers to these questions are holding the key to create the home for you, that holds you safe and well, and that supports you through the ups and downs of life.
I have seen countless clients and homes, and everyone holds different things or values as sacred. - What they have in common is amazing, though: Something is sacred to them!
You might be religious and place symbols of your religion around the home, or you have a passion for plants and share your home with beautiful specimen? Or you collect art and enjoy the beauty of it? - Others follow philosophies like Feng Shui or Vastu Shastra to place things in a way that is conducive to energy flow. -
What is ‘energy’, anyway? There are endless energies - so what to focus on? Again, that is entirely up to you. However, a good starting point is the Chi energy, or Prana, or life force. It brings life and abundance into your home, like food and air breathe life into your body.
Start with the entrance, make it clear and inviting. Make it speak for you: “Welcome to our home. We’d love to share our warmth with you, come in and join us.” Of course, everyone is different and would express a welcome in their own way. Don’t feel you need to comply with any rules, - it is all about being yourself, in your space. Otherwise, you invite the wrong energies!
Once the entrance is sorted (and this is a process that will always evolve, as you grow), you can focus on the energy inside the home. Sort out the clutter (if in doubt, throw it out) and view the Chi like a bubbly little creek that flows through a meadow, spreading life everywhere it goes. The art is to make the creek flow and meander, so it speeds its life and does not shoot through - or get stale, somewhere. Examples are when entrance and exit are opposite (energy shooting through, no meandering), and the room with all the mess that doesn’t have a place in the home (stale).
View your home as an alive space that needs caring for, and with which you have a relationship that also gives back to you, by nourishing and supporting you in your endeavours.
If this sounds interesting to you, you can study this in detail online, or have a look at my book about Buildingbiology, Health at Home.
Good luck!
