Are you aware of the ways your home influences the way that you feel? It’s not just about the aesthetics of your home, how it looks and feels, but also about the underlying energy or vibe in your home. Your personal energy is responding to the energy of the space. Make some positive changes to your surroundings, and you’ll shift how you feel each and every day.
Ideally your home is a sacred space for you. Someplace you can retreat to when the world gets crazy. It should be a place where you’re comfortable being yourself. Where you can reconnect to what’s important. A place that energizes you and supports you in feeling great!
Maybe you’re realizing that your house isn’t all that right now. Instead it feels heavy, overwhelming, and unsettled. When you look around your home it makes you feel stressed, anxious and discouraged.
This is a sure sign that the energy around you is off. You feel unsettled, but you aren’t sure why. You know something needs to change, but you don’t know what. Often, you end up doing nothing, because you don’t know where to begin!
You need to create a shift. One that gets the energy moving in a way that’s positive and supportive. Taking any action at all is encouraged, because it will cause a realignment. But there are some strategic actions that will get you bigger results in less effort.
Here are three simple shifts you can make in your home that are guaranteed to uplift your own personal energy:
WELCOME YOURSELF IN.
Your front door is the focal point of your home. You may hardly notice this space as you rush in and out each day, but the way it looks and feels, and the overall vibe of the front door influences all the energy that flows into the home, as well as your energy as you pass through.
Make this area welcoming and uplifting, and every time you pass through, your energy will be boosted. This applies especially to the main front door of your home, but also to any secondary door that is often used.
First, make sure the doorway is well marked with good lighting, and clear any clutter from inside and outside the doorway . This will create ease for all who enter.
Next, add some welcoming elements: baskets of flowers, a welcome sign and doormat. This serves to raise the vibe of the doorway, which also raises the vibe of anyone that passes through.
Finally, if you can, create a place to put keys, coats, and other often used items. This simple change can improve the whole flow of your day. No more hunting for lost items every morning!
Give yourself this gift of a warm welcome to your own home! Make a few of these simple adjustments to your front door. You’ll feel lifted every time you pass through this transition space and coming and going will be easier.
SUPPORT REST AND ROMANCE
We spend about a third of our day sleeping, so the energy of the bedroom has a bigger influence over you than other spaces. Making changes here can have a positive impact on all the parts of your life.
Ideally, your bedroom is a space reserved for two things: rest and reconnecting with yourself and/or your partner. It should be a private space where you can fully retreat from the busy world, your busy family life, and all distractions of the day, to go and recharge. The energy of this room should emphasize calm, comfort and a bit of romance!
It’s common in today’s culture to blur the boundary lines and let parts of our busy lives creep into the bedroom space, but this is detrimental. If the energy of your bedroom is off, and you’re not sleeping well or not getting along with your partner, then all the parts of your life are negatively impacted. Think of how far south your day can go when after a restless night or when there’s a rift in your relationship: it can be a strain on family relations, work productivity, health and overall well-being.
You may not be able to warrant a completely distraction free bedroom space, but you can certainly make a few changes to ease the energy, raise the standards and tighten the boundaries so that you benefit from the better energy every night!
Here are a few changes that will calm the energy of the room and create a space that nurtures your needs and your relationship more fully:
First, if possible, arrange your bed so it’s opposite the doorway and your head is against a solid wall. Studies show that having support behind you, and a full view of the room and entry helps to relax your central nervous system. This will help you sleep more restfully!
Second, remove as many distractions as possible. There are other rooms in a home suited to busy activities like TV, exercise, work and laundry. These active items distract from the rest and romantic connection intended in this space. Taking some, or all, of these things out will instantly calm the vibe of your bedroom.
Last, set the energy that you want in the bedroom with calming and romantic accents. Play with warm lighting, calming colors, soft fabrics, romantic decor and sensual scents that send out the signal that rest and romance are important. You’ll instantly feel the difference.
LIGHTEN THINGS UP.
One of the simplest ways to shift the energy of the space is to remove items that aren’t used regularly or loved. This can be daunting for some, but even releasing a few things can make a substantial difference that helps create a positive shift all around.
Ideally you’re living in a space that lights you up. You’re surrounded by things that happily inspire you. Everything, including furnishings, decorative items, tools, toys, and utensils should add to the quality of your life, rather than detract from it.
So take an honest look around your space:
First release anything that’s broken, doesn’t fit or is no longer needed.
Then look deeper to release items that feel heavy, things that bring up a sad memory, or stuff you’ve felt obligated to keep.
Releasing even just a few of these items will create physical space and better flow. You’ll have fewer visual distractions that contribute to overwhelm, and more energetic bandwidth available for the important things in life. Most people report feeling instantly better, lighter and more focused!
If you’re not feeling your best, sometimes it pays to look outside of yourself. Your home, and the energy in it, is absolutely affecting the way that you feel.
Be intentional about how you set up and keep your surroundings. When things are feeling off, don’t ignore it, make some changes around you. You’ll create a shift in the space that instantly uplifts your personal energy too.
