3 Simple Strategies To Fill Our Home With Calm And Positivity

Positivity is, above all else, an emotion that we perceive from the outside. But, in turn, we can create positivity internally with our attitude and emotional openness. Our positivity also depends on and influences the environment we inhabit. Thus, we can say that the perception of calm and positivity of a home is the product of the daily interaction of those who inhabit it with the physical space of that house.

In other words,  our houses also have their “particular energy”. For example, a family used to arguing and yelling creates a tense and uncomfortable environment. Also, dark lighting with cluttered and crowded spaces generates a feeling of suffocation and discomfort.

In the following article we propose simple strategies so that your home transmits greater balance, calm and well-being.

Also read How to take advantage of the space in your home

1. The calm that light generates

It is possible that our home does not have much space, that we do not have terraces or balconies, and that the windows are not very large.

If this is so, we must make the most of all those spaces where natural light enters, because if there is an element capable of bringing us calm and positivity, it is the sun’s rays. 

Consider the following suggestions to make the most of the light in your home and make it even better:

• Tall windows create more uniform lighting.
• Paint window frames and doors white. In this way, we create an environment where the light is reflected with greater intensity and naturalness to offer calm.
• If possible, installing glass doors will make the light flow in a very pleasant way, giving an even greater sense of space in the home.
• Mirrors are also very suitable to offer more light to different rooms, as well as warm colors for the walls.
• Do not forget that when using curtains, white linen, organza or gauze are ideal.

2. Decorative elements with positive charge

The “feng shui” (literally, “wind and water”) is a Chinese philosophical system that teaches us how the arrangement of furniture in our home and the elements that we include there, impact our emotional balance.

Even if you do not believe in these types of ideas, the concept of how certain materials, lights or the orientation of objects and furniture affect us in one way or another is interesting.

• Let’s think, for example, of the effect of placing our workspace (where we have the computer, or where we cook) in front of a window or a wall. The change is shocking.
• Now also think about how certain objects tend to relax us, such as mobile pendants, plants, stones, fountains, candles or even incense. All this has a clear impact on our senses and on our brain, and they generate calm.

• To take advantage of all these benefits, think about what relaxes you. If you like scented candles, place them in strategic areas. Everything that has “light” and what has some natural component (wood, stone, natural fibers) always generates a pleasant calm.

3. A corner of life and calm

Plants are life. They generate light, color, movement and stimulate both our senses and our calm. It does not matter if your home is not very large, we always have a corner where we can build a “small space of peace”.

In this particular space we can, for example, create a small garden. Do not hesitate to get the little ones to collaborate in this project, since in this way we strengthen the bond with them. In addition, we encourage them to also be distracted and find calm in this part of the house.

Instead of a garden, you can also create a corner where you can place plants capable of purifying the home. They could be the following:

• Orchids
• Ferns
• aloe vera
• Peace lily
• Rhododendron
• Trunk of Brazil
• Poto
• Moon Flower

As we have pointed out at the beginning, a home with more light, with warm colors and relaxing objects generates more calm in us. But, in addition,  family dynamics is the engine that usually has the greatest impact on the “energy load” of a home. So, take care of your relationships and always favor positive emotions at home.