I signed up for Sand Syme's “Journey Home” class at Anchor Meditation—then a pop-up meditation space housed in a design studio in Nob Hill—not knowing what to expect.

I'd simply been drawn to the title of the class, and the notion of what it might ultimately mean and feel like to ‘journey home.’ When I walked in, my inner design-lover felt instantly captivated by the space: more of a carefully-composed living room than a meditation sanctuary. It made something in me let down at once. I felt at ease.