Use incense to give your meditation room a relaxing scent.
Modern life brings with it stress that can adversely affect your outlook and health. It can contribute to obesity, heart problems and PTSD. One way to de-stress is to create a sanctuary in your home. A relaxation or meditation room provides a refuge. It is a space that nurtures and calms you, a haven where you can withdraw from the world for a while and clear your mind.
Instructions
1. Bring the outdoors in. Use colors and natural elements to encourage a serene atmosphere. Locate your relaxation room so that it overlooks a garden. Dot the room with plants.
2. Lay wood floors or carpet made from natural fibers like wool or cotton.
3. Paint the room in soothing colors such as pale shades of green, pink blue and soft shades of white. Avoid high-energy colors such as bright red. Study color therapy or choromotherapy to find out the colors that are most relaxing to you.
4. Install a water feature or place a small fountain on a table to create the soothing sound of a waterfall or a woodland stream.
5. Furnish the room with large floor cushions, a comfortable day bed or an overstuffed couch and chairs.
6. Light your relaxation room dimly. Use a dimmer switch, low wattage light bulbs or candles. Or wear a sleep mask to block the light.
7. Scent the room with candles or incense.
8. Play relaxing music or sounds of nature such as whale sounds or waves crashing on a beach. Hang bells or wind chimes.
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