Your home is your sanctuary—and the space where mindful living truly begins. Depending on your approach, time spent here can either be passive and thoughtless or full of intention. When you curate and declutter your surroundings, even a simple space turns into a place of refuge that changes the way you walk out into the world.
If you’re wondering how to transform your home into a more mindful space, allow the following suggestions, drawn from various ancient traditions and contemporary belief systems, to spur your imagination. From stress-free spaces to aligned sounds and scents, here’s how to make your home more mindful.
40 Ways to Make Your Home a Space for Mindful Living
1. Choose colors that feel like home to you. That could mean relying on neutrals or showcasing the entire rainbow.
2. Say yes to plants. More green is always good, and caring for a living being is also an act of mindfulness.
3. Keep your entryway, including the exterior 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 scraps in a tiny aerated bin will save food from the landfill—and there’s likely a local service that will come pick up your contributions.
5. Choose scents, from incense to cleaning products, that help you feel calm.
6. Declutter regularly. Gift 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. Opt for energy-efficient lightbulbs.
9. Care for your surrounding environment. Be it a backyard or a patio, make sure you sweep, week, or otherwise care for your outdoor areas the same way you do your indoors.
10. Take a moment to ensure that the knickknacks and tchotchkes align with your desired mental state. If not, change things up!
11. Pamper your pets by grooming them on the regular. It will make them cleaner and more cuddly and keep your furniture and clothes less furry and musty.
12. Create a simple and easily accessible setup for music—whether vinyl, bluetooth speakers, a stand for your phone—to make throwing on vibe-altering tunes easier.
13. Reuse food scraps that don’t land in the compost. Freeze or dehydrate veggie scraps for use in soups and more.
14. Place candles everywhere. On consoles and tables, in bathrooms, in your office. Don’t wait for a special occasion to light them.
15. Opt for natural fibers such as cotton, linen, and wool when you can. Mindful living can be comfortable.
16. Organize your bookshelves in whatever way makes the most sense to you, whether that’s by genre, author, or (yes) cover color.
17. Promote coziness with areas designated for relaxation alone and filled with readily available blankets and throw pillows.
18. Deep-clean your fridge and freezer regularly. Cooking is less of a chore when you’re not constantly looking at something that needs tidying.
19. Make or purchase an organic room spray if aromas tend to bring you instant tranquility. For example, try a spritz of lavender hydrosol on pillows or in the air.
20. Put things away. Fold the laundry, unload the dishwasher, and address that pile of miscellany gathering on your coffee table.
21. Display art that makes you feel good.
22. Repurpose and repair household items (or buy used) when possible to avoid overconsumption.
23. Keep anything work-related or generally stressful out of the bedroom. For some, that may include screens of all sorts.
24. Wash your windows (or hire someone to do it) so you can let the light in.
25. Buy, pick, or cut and display fresh flowers—no special occasion needed.
26. Eat at the table and not at your desk, kitchen counter, or couch. This helps you pay better attention to your nourishing food—and even more nourishing company.
27. Cleanse stalled or negative energy on a regular basis with well-chosen words or whatever rituals make sense for you.
28. Arrange your furniture and things based on how you actually live. Aesthetics matter, but the way you feel moving about your home matters more.
29. If you’re able, collect rainwater to water plants.
30. Dust regularly. It is amazing what removing a layer of grime can do to make your space shine.
31. Invited loved ones over often for meals, movie nights, or crafting.
32. Purge your cupboards or pantry. Combine those five almost empty bags of flour and three bottles of cinnamon and toss those unopened snacks from 2020.
33. Have a basket of Tarot or oracle cards at the ready, if that’s your vibe. Encourage guests to pull a card that speaks to them.
34. Wash your walls. Yep, you heard us. Stagnant energy attaches to every surface.
35. Analyze your lighting. Focusing on natural light and lamps rather than harsh overhead lighting can help keep your atmosphere calm and less anxiety-inducing.
36. Do chores in as focused a fashion as you can. Even washing dishes can be meditative.
37. Choose glasses and plates that you love to look at. This helps sitting at the table feel like a visual ritual.
38. Open your windows! A few minutes of fresh air can cleanse and reenergize your space—even on winter days.
39. Clean or tidy one room or space at a time. It doesn’t need to be a big production.
40. Spend quality time in your house. Nothing makes a space more mindful than your presence.
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