was the heart of your home? Which room or part of a room encapsulated the soul of the house? Stand there and wait a moment while you connect to how you feel. What are your feelings towards this place? What emotions does it raise? Were you happy there?5 Can you connect with the spirit of that house? What is it/he/she like? How did the house feel about your family? Ask the spirit of the house for the house’s impressions of your time there. Ask the spirit for any useful insights into this early house. What key words would you use to describe this house? What colour do you associate with it? What smell or scent? What name would you give the house?
6 Are there any elements of this childhood home which make you feel nostalgic? Is there anything there you would love to incorporate into your present home – whether something in the physical structure, the furniture or furnishings or a feeling or mood? Is there anything you dislike, which makes you feel uncomfortable? What don’t you like about the house?
This is quite enough for your first trip back in time so say goodbye to the house and thank the spirit of the house for helping you. Make your way back to the front door and gently open it. Before you is the short flight of steps, as before. Step out and start walking up to the first one as the door closes gently behind you. Count from ten to one as you go up the steps, up towards a light which you know is your home in the here and now. As you go up you feel yourself becoming more and more awake, more and more aware of the world around you. You are feeling relaxed and yet full of energy. Up and up, more and more aware, hearing the everyday noises around you, feeling your weight, sitting on the chair. One – and you’re back in your room, fully awake, fully aware. Open your eyes and stretch.
Spend some time thinking about what you saw, heard, smelt, felt. Record it all in your journal. Or talk it over with your friend and then make notes in your journal. Were there any surprises?
RETURNING HOME
Now you know this process you can use it whenever you want to revisit your childhood home to find out more information. Remember always to record your observations.
As you become used to the process you might like to ask yourself and the house some extra questions:
If you were old enough, did your friends come round to play at your house? Or did you spend most of your time at their houses? If so, why?
Were there any rooms you don’t remember? Do you know why?
Did you ever have nightmares? Did you ever see anything strange – spirits, ghosts?
Were you able to be on your own or did you have to share space with others most of the time?
Was your home a happy place for children? Were you able to play and be yourself or did you have to be ‘careful of the furniture’? Were you forbidden to touch certain things or to go into certain rooms?
What features of the house or objects in it fascinated you? Can you remember ornaments?
Try to recall key pieces of furniture. The table you ate on, the cooker, the sofa, the television, your bed, the bath, anything else. Which were the most important objects in your home?
Finally, to complete the picture, think about the other places of your childhood. Were there any houses you really loved? Whom did they belong to (grandparents, relatives, friends, neighbours)? What did you love about them? What particular aspects or atmospheres drew you to them?
DRAWING HOME
Now you have a pretty full picture of your childhood home. But to make it even more complete, use your subconscious in a different way. Take out a piece of plain paper and spread it out in front of you. Lay out your coloured pens, paints or crayons. Now draw or paint your home in whatever way you like. Let your intuition guide you: pick up the colours that feel right, use whatever method you choose. It doesn’t have to be a graphic representation – it could be simply colours and shapes. You could try representing the outside of the house, an interior or simply the mood of the house.
Do as many paintings or drawings as you like. What do you notice about them? Are the colours bright, pastel or dark? Do you use soft, rounded shapes and edges or harsh, blunt ones? What feelings do your pictures arouse in you? If you can’t understand your painting, try talking to it. Imagine it can answer your questions and put questions back to you. This isn’t madness; it’s a recognized technique in art therapy and may give you some surprising insights. Now draw the spirit of your house. What is it/he/she saying to you?
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