Your home is your sanctuary – and the space where conscious living truly begins. Depending on your approach, the time you spend here can be passive and thoughtless, or full of intention. When you manage and declutter your environment, even a simple space becomes a sanctuary that changes the way you interact with the world.
If you’re wondering how to transform your home into a more mindful space, let the following suggestions, drawn from various ancient traditions and contemporary belief systems, spark your imagination. From stress-free spaces to tuned sounds and smells, here’s how to make your home more mindful.
40 ways to turn your home into a space for conscious living
1. Choose colors that make you feel at home. That might mean relying on neutral colors or showing off the entire rainbow.
2. Say yes to plants. More greenery is always good, and caring for a living being is also an act of mindfulness.
3. Keep your entryway, including the outside of your front door, free of clutter to remove unnecessary energetic blocks.
4. Start a kitchen compost bin. Even if you live in a small space, tossing leftovers into a small aerated container will save food from the landfill—and there’s probably a local service that will come pick up your contributions.
5. Choose scents, from incense to cleaning products, that help you feel calm.
6. Clean up regularly. Give and donate things you no longer want or need.
7. Speak words of love and kindness in your home – to your plants, pets, loved ones and yourself.
8. Choose energy-efficient lamps.
9. Take care of your environment. Whether it’s a backyard or a patio, make sure you sweep, soak, or otherwise care for your outdoor space the same way you do indoors.
10. Take a moment to make sure the trinkets and tchotchkes match your desired mental state. If not, change things up!
11. Spoil your pets by grooming them regularly. It makes them cleaner and cuddlier and ensures that your furniture and clothes become less hairy and musty.
12. Create a simple and easily accessible music setup (whether it’s vinyl, Bluetooth speakers, or a stand for your phone) to make putting on mood-changing tunes easier.
13. Reuse food scraps that don’t end up in the compost. Freeze or dehydrate vegetable scraps for use in soups and more.
14. Place candles everywhere. On consoles and tables, in bathrooms, in the office. Don’t wait for a special occasion to light them.
15. If possible, choose natural fibers such as cotton, linen and wool. Mindful living can be comfortable.
16. Organize your bookshelves in the way that makes the most sense for you, whether that’s by genre, author, or (yes) cover color.
17. Promote coziness with spaces designated for relaxation only and stocked with readily available blankets and pillows.
18. Thoroughly clean your refrigerator and freezer regularly. Cooking is less of a chore when you’re not constantly looking at something that needs to be cleaned up.
19. Make or buy an organic room spray if aromas immediately bring you peace. For example, try a dash of lavender hydrosol on pillows or in the air.
20. Put things away. Fold the laundry, unload the dishwasher and tackle that pile of stuff on your coffee table.
21. Show art that makes you feel good.
22. Reuse and repair household items (or buy second-hand) when possible to avoid overconsumption.
23. Keep anything work-related or generally stressful out of the bedroom. For some, that may include all kinds of screens.
24. Wash your windows (or hire someone to do it) so you let in the light.
25. Buy, pick or cut fresh flowers and display them – no special occasion necessary.
26. Eat at the table and not at your desk, counter or couch. This allows you to pay better attention to your nutritious diet and even more nutritious company.
27. Regularly cleanse stuck or negative energy with well-chosen words or whatever rituals are meaningful to you.
28. Arrange your furniture and belongings based on how you actually live. Aesthetics are important, but the way you move around your home is more important.
29. If you are able, collect rainwater to water the plants.
30. Dust regularly. It’s amazing what removing a layer of grime can do to make your space shine.
31. Often invited loved ones over for meals, movie nights, or crafts.
32. Clean out your cupboards or pantry. Combine those five nearly empty bags of flour and three bottles of cinnamon and throw away those unopened snacks from 2020.
33. Have a basket of Tarot or oracle cards on hand, if you feel like it. Encourage guests to draw a card that appeals to them.
34. Wash your walls. Yes, you heard us. Stagnant energy adheres to every surface.
35. Analyze your lighting. Focusing on natural light and lamps instead of bright overhead lights can keep your atmosphere calm and less anxiety-inducing.
36. Complete chores with as much concentration as possible. Even washing dishes can be meditative.
37. Choose glasses and plates that you enjoy looking at. This makes sitting at the table feel like a visual ritual.
38. Open your windows! A few minutes of fresh air can cleanse and re-energize your space, even on winter days.
39. Clean or tidy one room or area at a time. It doesn’t have to be a big production.
40. Spend quality time in your home. Nothing makes a space more conscious than your presence.
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