Where to Meditate

The most important consideration in selecting a place to meditate is to choose a place where you won’t be distracted. Because you will be unplugging from the external physical world, pick a quiet place where you can be alone and uninterrupted — — a place that you can return to every day and use as your regular sacred meditation spot

I don’t recommend that you meditate in bed because you associate bed with sleep. Pick a chair to sit in or arrange a spot on the floor where you will be able to sit for up to an hour — a spot away from any drafts and in a room where temperature is comfortable

If you prefer to meditate to music, choose soft relaxing trance inducing instrumentals or chants without lyrics. Definitely don’t play music that brings up associative memories of some past event or that would be distracting in any way. Also be sure to turn off your computer or phone if they are in the room. And try to avoid the aroma of coffee brewing or food cooking. You may even want to use blindfold or earplugs to enhance the effect of sensory deprivation since the goal in your preparation is to eliminate as much external stimuli as possible