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A Quiet Sanctuary | Meditation, Sound & Spiritual Objects
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items A candlelit space for meditation, spiritual reading and quiet personal practice, layered with floor cushions, sound instruments, meaningful figures and natural textures. A place to pause and explore the symbols and practices that resonate with you. T...
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Meaningful Figures & Ritual Objects
Meditation, Sound & Stillness
Candlelight & The Space Around You
Meaningful Figures & Ritual Objects
A calm seated Buddha holding an alms bowl, sized for a low shelf and close to the dark bronze tone in the image. It is cold-cast bronze (resin with a bronze finish), so it is lighter and less lustrous than a solid metal casting.
Bronze Meditating Buddha Statue with Alms Bowl
A handmade white ceramic semazen, about 9 in tall, standing with arms crossed over the chest in the opening posture of the Sema, the Mevlevi ceremony of remembrance. It is a simple, stylized figure rather than the mid-turn piece in the image; choose ...
Whirling Dervish, Handmade Ceramic Statue (White)
A small, quiet ceramic bowl with a dark, weathered gold glaze that sits well beside bronze and brass pieces. It holds sticks in the removable stand or works as an ash bowl; it is a footed bowl rather than the flat dish in the image.
Small Incense Burner Bowl & Stand
A traditional 108-bead sandalwood mala in warm brown, used in Buddhist and Hindu practice for counting recitations. At about 14.5 in, it is sized for holding in the hands rather than wearing as a long necklace.
Sandalwood Mala Necklace
A small raw quartz cluster that catches the candlelight on a shelf, close to the crystal piece in the image. Each stone is natural and unique, so the one that arrives will differ from the photos.
Raw Clear Quartz Cluster, 2.5" to 3"
Mid-century solid brass birds with a soft aged patina, a small vintage touch for the wall shelf. It is a pair rather than the single bird in the image, and as a vintage one-off it is worth checking the shop's return policy.
Vintage Brass Bird Figurines Pair, Leonard Solid Brass Collection
A seated Buddha with hands joined at the chest, hand-cast in stone by an Indonesian artisan and finished in antique bronze, gray and green. At about 7.75 in tall it suits a low shelf or floor altar; the aged surface feels softer and earthier than the...
Cast Stone Meditating Buddha, Antique Finish
A resting Buddha with his head on one knee, cast from stone and natural sand in Indonesia and given an antique finish. About 8.75 in tall, it brings a quieter, more personal mood to a corner shelf than a formal seated figure.
Cast Stone Resting Buddha, Antique Finish
A simple, abstract figure seated with hands folded in prayer, hand-carved and polished in dark sese wood by an artist in Ghana. At 10.5 in tall it adds a gentle vertical line to the altar shelf and speaks to stillness without belonging to one traditi...
Hand-Carved Sese Wood Praying Figure
The Om symbol, a sacred syllable often chanted in meditation, framed by frangipani blossoms and hand-carved in suar wood by a Balinese artisan. A small wall piece (about 7.75 x 8.25 in) to hang just above the altar shelf or lean behind a candle.
Sacred Om Carved Wood Wall Relief
A calm Buddha face in deep relief, handmade in Thailand from recycled paper and cement and finished in a weathered green that echoes the patina of old bronze. About 7.75 in square; hang it low near the cushion or prop it on the shelf.
Eye of Buddha Recycled Paper Relief Panel
A small lidded jar hand-carved in natural soapstone by an artisan from Agra, with jali openwork of flowers and leaves that lets light and shadow play across it. About 3 in across; for keepsakes, a mala or dried flowers. Decorative use only, not for f...
Jali Garden Openwork Soapstone Lidded Jar
An egg-shaped papier-mâché box hand-painted in Kashmir with lilac and purple chinar leaves on a dark ground, blue inside. About 4.4 in long, it is a small, quiet place for a crystal, a prayer note or a ring during practice.
Purple Chinar Leaf Papier-Mâché Keepsake Box
A shell-shaped dish carved from marble by a family workshop in Mexico, with soft natural tones. About 5.25 in wide, it holds a mala, matches or a few small stones on the altar shelf. Natural stone, so color and veining vary from piece to piece.
Green Shell Marble Catchall Dish
Meditation, Sound & Stillness
A firm buckwheat-hull zafu in deep maroon, a real sitting cushion that brings the plum tone of the image to floor level. The cover is cotton rather than velvet, so it reads more matte; the fill is adjustable through the inner zipper.
Studio Buckwheat Hull Zafu (Maroon)
A non-slip natural rubber practice mat in olive, for stretching or lying down beside the cushion. Its green is lighter and softer than the dark olive in the image, and natural rubber is not suitable for anyone with a latex allergy.
Jade Harmony 2.0 (Olive, 68")
A playable 5 in hand-hammered singing bowl from Nepal that comes with its wooden mallet, cushion and case, sized for the low shelf or the floor beside the zafu. The cushion and case are bright orange brocade rather than the muted tones in the image.
Singing Bowl Set, 5" (Bowl, Mallet, Cushion & Case)
A plain pair of handmade brass tingshas on a leather cord, used in Tibetan Buddhist practice to mark the start or end of a sit. Without engraving, they suit the room's simple look.
Simple Tingsha Bells
A traditional Tibetan bell and dorje pair in handmade brass, the closest match to the hand bell on the shelf in the image. The bell body is engraved and darker, silver-toned rather than all gold.
Eight Auspicious Symbols Bell & Dorje
A warm bronze-tube chime with a round wooden top, to hang from a wall hook like the chime in the image. The tubes are bronze-finished aluminum rather than solid brass, and a hook is not mentioned as included.
Woodstock Amazing Grace Wind Chime 24 Inch Bronze Aluminum 6 Tubes
A 400-page National Geographic hardcover of 500 sacred places around the world, from ancient temples and monasteries to pilgrimage sites, with full-color photographs and maps. A beautiful book to keep by the cushion for spiritual reading and quiet da...
Sacred Places of a Lifetime (National Geographic)
An open pyramid frame built on Giza proportions, made entirely of copper: pipes plus top and corner connectors, about 10 kg in all. The 180 cm base stands about 115 cm (45 in) tall, room to sit inside on your cushion; larger 230 and 254 cm sizes are ...
Copper Giza Meditation Pyramid Frame (Full Kit)
A handmade wooden ocean drum from Moldova: steel pellets roll across a carved plywood disc to sound like waves, rain or a waterfall. Tilt it slowly to open or close a meditation or sound bath. Comes in 12, 16 and 19.5 in sizes, with or without a bag,...
Handmade Water-Fall Disc Wooden Ocean Drum
Candlelight & The Space Around You
A hand-woven wool-and-cotton rug with a soft, knit-like texture and a cushioned medium pile, gentler than jute for long sits on the floor. It is off-white rather than the warmer beige in the image; expect some shedding at first, and a rug pad is sold...
Softest Knit Wool Rug | Off White (5' x 8')
A low mid-century walnut unit with four open cubbies, built to stand horizontally along the wall as the ritual shelf for the Buddha, candles, books and sound pieces. At about 60 in wide and 20.5 in high it is close to the long shelf in the image, tho...
Asheville Low Record Storage Console (Walnut)
A slim 24 in floating ledge for a small figure, a candle or a trailing plant above the low shelf, like the wall shelves in the image. The finish is a painted dark walnut brown that can look almost black, rather than natural wood grain.
24" Floating Dark Wood Shelf Walnut Brown - Threshold
Tall clear glass hurricanes on natural fir stands, for steady candlelight on the low shelf or the floor. The listing states each holds one 3 x 4 in pillar (sold separately); the stands are lighter wood than the dark bases in the image, and a burning ...
Better Homes & Gardens Glass Hurricane Candle Holder with Wood Stand, Large, 11.5 in (2 Pack)
Plain ivory, unscented 3 x 4 in real-wax pillars, the size the hurricane listing says each glass holds, giving warm light without competing with incense. Trim the wick and stop burning about ½ in from the base, as the hurricane maker advises.
CANDWAX 3x4 Pillar Candles Set of 3, Unscented, Ivory
A natural braided basket to keep a throw or a spare cushion cover close to the practice area. It is sized for a 13 in cube, so it holds one folded throw rather than a pile of blankets.
Large Braided Water Hyacinth Basket with Faux Leather Handles - Threshold
A faux pothos already potted in a small ceramic planter, for a touch of green on a shelf that needs no light or watering. It is a compact, bushy 14 in plant rather than the long trailing vines in the image.
Nearly Natural 14" Pothos Artificial Plant in Ceramic Planter in Green
Two small pyramids hand-carved in soapstone with traditional jali openwork, by the same Agra artisan as the lidded jar. With a tea light inside (not included), each casts a lace of light on the wall; about 4.7 in tall, a quiet echo of the meditation ...
Lace Pyramid Jali Soapstone Candle Holders (Pair)
Two braided ivory cotton baskets on a pine-wood hanger, handmade in India, for a little trailing green near the window. About 21.75 in long; plants and pots are not included, so choose small, lightweight pots that fit the 6.75 in baskets.
Ivory Cotton Double Hanging Planter