Sanctuary home space workshop. At various festivals I’ve delighted in presenting a series of workshops. These are designed to encourage people to express their aspirations for creating a dedicated space within their home. I call these Sanctuary home space. This is where you can spend time-out, to pause a while. To nourish and nurture your hobbies, your soul, your mind and body.
Pictures tell a thousand stories. To illustrate the variation in themes I have selected images from some of the workshops. Participants selected a life event that they wanted to celebrate, or to be at peace with or envisage a change. To start the design and creative process of a sanctuary home space for themselves.
What is a sanctuary home space?
A sanctuary is somewhere where we feel safe and comfortable. It may be a place or area away from our normal scope of work. A space we retreat to at the end of a day or vacation to. For example the holiday home. In my workshops the interpretation I put on a sanctuary is for it to be personalised to bring the user a feeling of purpose and fulfillment. Typically this would be to experience one or more of these emotional states. Of joy, honour, calmness and intention for something and or someone. In our society I believe we have lost the art of sacred and ritual in our modern life and that’s what inspires me with these workshops for group. One of my joys is working closely with clients and helping them create something unique for themselves.
I work with …
Interior designers, interior decorators, Feng Shui consultants and private clients. I offer Clutter and Organising services. As sometimes clients need to have a clear out and organise before creating a sanctuary home space.
Above image is Illustrating Joy & Honouring. This person has created an outline for self honouring of her life’s transition. To ‘dance to the beat of my own drum’. Representing Life’s blessings of creativity, vulnerability and opening the oyster to see a beautiful pearl within.
A space that brings joy
The above image Illustrating Joy: This person created an outline for a sanctuary home space for things that bring her joy. For example, romantic dancing, visiting Italy, music, walks in nature and colourful jewellery.
This space is to create an atmosphere of calmness and set intentions
The above image illustrating the experiences of Calmness & Intention. The outline for this sanctuary home space to evoke Self compassion and a reminder of living mindfully. For example, Healthy eating, natural herbal medicine, yoga and zen and being by the water.
Summer time sunshine warm space
The above image illustrates the experience of Calm. Sanctuary space outline to represent Summer time warm colours, flowers and green grass. A space to rest, relax, recuperate and be a little bit lazy! Reference books to motivate the creative juices, links at bottom of page.
Beach lifestyle
The image above Illustrates the experience of Intention. Sanctuary space outline for Shells representing a special place the person wants to return to live a beach lifestyle.
Grief with a loss of life
The image above illustrates the experience of honouring death. This mother had lost a child. This bracelet with the angel charms was given to her by a dear friend in memory of her beloved child. In the sanctuary home space she displays the bracelet alongside a photo of her child to help with the grief process.
Grief support feedback
This courageous woman told me that by attending the workshop had helped her to process her grief. Consequently it was more helpful than counseling and other self help techniques.
Reference books.
A book of women’s altars by Nancy Brady Cunningham and Denise Geddes available from Red Wheel Weiser
A room of her own, women’s personal spaces by Chris Casson Madden and Jennifer Levy. Wikipedia
Listen to my podcast Easy Like Sunday Morning Holistic Living on Apple, Spotify and Google.
An article to enjoy reading about creating a yoga practice space at home
I enjoy hearing how you’ve created a sanctuary within your home and garden, let me know here.
