Having a dedicated space for meditation and spending some time with the calmness of mind is very essential these days.
If you can decorate the space with indoor plants, they will add more beauty and freshness to the space. Let’s know how to create your quiet corner with indoor plants.
Nowadays, being anxious and stressed has become an inevitable part of our life. Whether you are an employee who works at an office, or you are a freelancer and work as per your own choice because you are your own boss, you can’t deny the fact that at times we all feel stressed or anxious.
Even if you are a homemaker or a stay-at-home mom who is working day and night for the sake of her family and trying to figure out what’s going on her mind, at times you can feel directionless and want to spend some time alone.
Therefore, it will be better if you can choose a silent corner of your house and spend some quiet time there. Along with this, you can spend time meditation.
This will be beneficial for your mental health as well as you will receive peace of mind.
But, if you don’t have a room dedicated to meditation, it might seem difficult to find a quiet corner in your house. However, you can always create your own space of calm.
All you need is a bit of preparedness before turning your lonely space into your small meditation corner.
For this purpose, if you can buy some indoor plants that help to meditate better, you will have an added benefit. These plants will give you fresh air, and soothing green shades around, and decorate your space more beautiful.
Let’s know how you can create your own meditation space with indoor plants.
Choose a quiet space:
At first, you need to choose a quiet corner in your house. It could be a balcony or a room where you can find some hours to be quiet and reflect.
Also, you can make a corner of your study room your meditation space. All you have to find out the space where you can spend some time without any disturbance, and focus on the introspection or just have some quality time conversing with your inner self.
Points to remember while choosing your quiet corner:
While preparing your space of calm, remember that if you can find a space that has a window nearby or a blank wall, it will be better.
Also, find a space that is away from any distractions and noise of the business of the city.
Along with this, you can decorate the space with a calming piece of art or a quote of mindfulness. You can keep a statue of Buddha or Ganesha near the space you will meditate. It has a calming effect.
Additionally, choose to make the space color with light shades of color like light green, pale blue, grey, etc. Because vibrant colors could be a cause for distractions while meditating. You can also light up the space using fairy lights or candles.
Why decorate the space with indoor plants:
While creating your meditation space, it will be very helpful for you if you can decorate the space with nice indoor plants. Because indoor plants have many benefits that follow:
- Plants help to purify the air of your room
- They add beauty to the space
- Plants act as a tool for becoming mindful
- Some plants can help you in aromatherapy
- Plants will make the space cool and green
How to choose indoor plants for meditation:
While buying the indoor plants for your meditation space, make sure you can buy the ones that help you to meditate better. For this purpose, you can buy indoor plants like Lucky Bamboo, Jade Plant, Peace Lily, Snake Plant, Basil, etc.
Along with this, you can also buy some plants for having aromatherapy while meditating. For this purpose, you can buy Jasmine or some herbs or scented geraniums for your quiet space.
Things to do before you start meditation:
When you enter your meditation space and start preparing for meditation, you can do some things that will help you stay mindful while meditating.
You can open the window, switch off or turn on the silent mode of your mobile phone, light up the space, burn some scented candles, play some relaxing music, and start breathing.
In this way, you can prepare your mind for meditation before you actually start meditating.
Along with this, now you have lots of plants in your meditation space. So you can try to sense their smell or feel the pure and fresh air in the space.
Slowly, your mind will stop wandering and you will start reflecting your thoughts in a quieter way.
What we conclude:
Meditation is a much-needed activity these days. Because we live in such a world where there is no single day we spend without being in chaos.
Whether the chaos is outside or inside, we have become familiar with the chaos because life has become busy with the daily hustle to live.
Therefore, it is a great idea to find some quiet time to reflect on your inner self and contemplate the thoughts of your everyday life.
If you have plants around you, the space will become a small patch of green where your mind will find peace.
So what plants are you going to buy for your meditation space? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
© Swarnali Nath (Rethink Mindful)
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