Choose Art That Exudes Uplifting Emotions

Research  done in a hospital setting revealed some interesting insights. One group of people were placed in a room with no windows but a piece of modern art. A second group had large expansive windows with views of nature - greenery, mountains and a beautiful landscape. A third group of people had nature inspired art in their rooms.

The people in rooms with views of nature healed on average 4 - 5 days sooner. The rooms with people with modern art had very slow to no improvement, and people in rooms with nature based art recovered sooner than the rooms with modern art but not quite as quickly as those who had windows with natural views!

Rasa is the energetic essence of the material object that makes it pleasing. It is the emotional flavor evoked in us by the art, objects, arrangement, or space.

A truly beautiful object (of art or arrangement in your decor) captures our imagination and leads to a sense of transcendence - described as rasavandana.

As humans we experience 9 rasas (variations on the essence of beauty). The soothing or uplifting essence of beauty being through the emotions that arouse

1. Tranquility
2. Playfulness
3. Heroism
4. Wonder
5. Romance

And  the darker sides of beauty

1. Fear
2. Contemptuousness
3. Anger
4. Compassion

Some rasas are appropriate for our homes and offices and some are not.

The darker rasas can be very powerfully expressed through art. These, however, are not a nourishing influence on us.

Such art, regardless of price or artist, should not find a place in our homes and offices. Their influence on us can be very deep at the subtle level playing out those rasas in our everyday living.

Choose art the arouses the soothing or uplifting essense of beauty in you - through tranquility, playfulness, heroism, wonder, and/or romance. 

Let In Morning Sunshine!

Our brain and body are electrical energy conductors. Our thalamus, the relay center for all the sensory and motor activities that occur in our brain, fires patterns of neurons differently when we are facing different directions! That means if we are facing South our brain fires different neurons from if we were facing North for the same situation.

Our mind is the interactive result of the Earth’s magnetic field on our brain cells. We are like an energy tuning fork. We work best when we are in harmony with our environment.

Allow your life to flow intune with nature. Allow the natural morning sunshine into your home every single day. Open Eastern and Northern Windows often. Northern magnetic energies and eastern solar energies exert positive supporting influences. 

6 Benefits Of Biophilic Design

One of the growing trends in interior design - Biophilic Design! Design that reconnects us with nature.

BENEFITS OF BIOPHILIA IN DESIGN

We have an innate biological connection with nature. Incorporating elements from nature :

1. reduces stress
2. enhances creativity
3. brings in clarity of thought
4. improves cognitive function
5. improves well-being
6. expedites healing

Bring the following into your home/office design

• Plants
• Water features
• Aquariums
• Sounds of nature
• Flowers
• Bird feeders
• Views of gardens and nature from windows
• Courtyard gardens
• Green walls
• Organic natural materials
• Sequences and patterns found in nature

Good Biophilic Design creates spaces that are inspirational, restorative, support health, and integrate with the functionality of space and urban ecosystems.

3 Ways To Use Flowers For Therapy

“Mother Nature is a healer, and one of her most powerful gifts comes in the form of flowers. Each variety has a different ‘personality’ to promote physical and emotional wellness.” - Flower Therapy, Doreen Virtue & Robert Reeves.

ORCHIDS - The energy of Orchids lifts us up. They encourage us to not give up and continue reaching for the stars. Always focus on your perfect outcome. Orchids clear the sacral, heart, and crown chakra.

TULIPS - Tulips help us release anger and bring us back to Grace. They clear out the energies that cause annoyance and anger. They help us relax and focus better. Tulips clear the energy of the root, sacral, solar plexus, and the crown chakra

CARNATIONS - Carnations are beautiful relationship flowers. They make sure that things work out positively  and both partners are equally invested. They encourage faithfulness, commitment, and attracting soulmate relationships. Carnations balance the energies of the root and heart chakras.

HOW TO USE FLOWERS FOR THERAPY

1. Rub your hands for a few seconds then hold them over and around the flowers. You needn’t touch the flower just close enough to connect with its energy
   
   
2. Healing Bath - Think of your desire while holding the flowers in your hand, then gently pluck the petals and let them fall in the bathtub filled with warm water. Soak for atleast 15 minutes
   
   
3. Display them in fresh water in a beautiful vase in a prominent place in your home and spend a few minutes each day just taking in their beauty.

Can Shapes In Decor Affect The Way People Behave?

We are in constant energetic dialog with our immediate surroundings (home, office, cubicle, etc.). As we walk into a room, in one second, just one single second our logical, conscious mind, the left side of the brain, takes in and processes 7 inputs (possibly smell, light sound). 10000 inputs are taken in by our creative, right side of the brain, the inputs that go directly to our subconscious mind.

 

A very simple thing like shapes – squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, and objects placed in numbers like threes, or fours can be used so beautifully to affect the behavior of people in a room. Graphic designers and clever marketers are always using shapes and numbers to drive our actions. Check out today’s video showing you the very basics of using shapes in our décor to suit the needs of the room.

 

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4 Principles Of Uplifting Design.

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What good is an absolutely stunning looking place if when someone walks in to just feel uneasy or upset? My thoughts exactly!

We've all experienced how it feels to walk into a room right after an argument. The tension in there is really perceptible.  We've also experienced the opposite..ever been to Disney world? No matter where you come from, your age, or your background, Disney has a way to shift our experience. That is no coincidence. Disney Imagineers have very carefully worked on the minutest detail of every square inch of their theme parks to affect us on the subconscious and subtle level - the part of our brain that runs the shots and rules our living experience.

It's not just about design styles and trends. Sure designs and styles make a difference but its about leveling up the quality of your life by tuning into subtle energy fields. These subtle energy shifts not just make a space feel good but completely uplift the way you or anyone entering the home feels.

As a little girl, a simple, seemingly unimportant experience transformed the way I looked at spaces and set me on a journey of new discoveries. And boy am I grateful for it! Follow along as I share how it all started and share the 4 principles of design that makes us feel good in a space. These are the 4 principles that are used by energy designers to shift the experience in a room. They are easy and can be easily incorporated in our own homes.

Let me know in the comments below if you have experienced walking into a room and without any explanation just felt uneasy. 

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