Creating a Sacred Space

Creating a Sacred Space

An Interfaith Educational Handout

What Is a Sacred Space?

A sacred space is any place intentionally set aside for reflection, grounding, healing, or meaning-making. It may be religious, spiritual, cultural, or personal—or it may involve no religious belief at all. What makes a space sacred is the intention of the person using it.

Sacred spaces can support:

• Prayer, meditation, or contemplation
  
  

• Emotional or spiritual grounding
  
  

• Grief, healing, or transition
  
  

• Reflection, rest, or creativity
  
  

A sacred space may be permanent or temporary, large or small.

Interfaith Principles

This guide honors:

• All belief systems and worldviews
  
  

• Personal and cultural definitions of meaning
  
  

• Non-proselytizing and non-directive care
  
  

• Choice, safety, and personal autonomy
  
  

There is no single “right” way to create or use a sacred space.