Spa Style

Feeling like you got up on the wrong side of the bed? Maybe you didn’t get enough sleep or you just got up on the wrong side of the bed. Whether you’re an early bird or not, mornings don’t have to be hard.  Recent research shows that flowers might be the perfect way to start your day.

A study conducted by researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital found that most people felt the least positive in the early hours, but were happier and more energetic after looking at flowers first thing in the morning.

The best place to put flowers is areas that you spend time in during the morning hours. A small bouquet of flowers perked people up during their morning routines. One of the best places for flowers is in the kitchen – one of the busiest rooms in your daily routine, but particularly in the morning.

Flowers offer endless benefits. They not only start your day out right, they add a delicious fragrance and are one of the most affordable ways to beautify your home in an instant. Flowers are a simple and easy way for anyone to create simple designs that reflect their personal tastes.

Here are some tips for creating unique and beautiful bouquets for your home:

• Always cut stems so the flower has a fresh cut to intake water. Also remember to remove all the leaves below the water line to help keep the water clean.
• Because the kitchen is a great place for flowers, continue with the theme by using traditional kitchen containers like tea tins, jelly jars, wine bottles, coffee cans. These will add a unique look to any bouquet.
• Look at your room and pick accent colors to incorporate into your flower design. For example, if there are placemats on the kitchen table, use their color in your bouquet to tie in the color and theme of the room.
• Try being bold with color. Choose just one or two bright colors to create a design that really stands out. Remember, in flowers, green is neutral and white is a color.
• Flowers can also inspire neatness. Try placing your bouquet where clutter usually accumulates to prevent future messes from settling there.

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It could be a shelf, the top of your desk, or the corner of a dresser drawer. Each of these can be transformed into an altar, a place where carefully selected objects become signified with personal meaning.

Perhaps its a special rock or flower found on a long hike up the mountains, a card from a friend, worry beads, a photo or even a favorite saying.

A sacred space is where the familiar sight of these touchstones restores balance between mind, body and spirit, reconnecting you to a place in your mind that goes past the chaos in your life.

None of us can control the uncertaintly of world events happening all around us but we can definitely control how it affects our being.

Try collecting some of your own cherished items to create your own sacred place, grounding your mind to create that inner sanctuary we all so long for.

Use thes items to meditate, or just to create a place to reconnect and relax….your own sacred space.

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