Top 5 Benefits of Bringing Plants Into Your Home

You’ll often notice that plants are a huge part of interior design, and the effects they have on us are not merely subjective. Scientists have studied the many positive effects that plants have on us - they are one of the few things that we can incorporate easily into our lives without any drawbacks.

We can learn a lot about ourselves from plants! Studies show that plants respond to the energy we emit as well.

Plants emit energy before someone sticks a needle through them and they emit energy when someone who cares for them enters a room. Negative energy reduces plant growth and positive, harmonious energy stimulates it - kind of like us!

The 5 Benefits of Bringing Plants Into Your Home

So what is this relationship between plants and us humans all about? This exchange that is as old as time is not just about us feeding ourselves, there is much more to it than that. Here are some of the hard facts and the esoteric traditions that all point to humans and plants being a match made in heaven.

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1. Plants Provide Air Purification

Indoor air pollution is actually a huge issue that most of the public doesn’t know about. Many chemicals used in new construction are toxic and cause the air inside to be very toxic. The glue used for carpeting is just one example of the many chemicals used that are in the air we breathe at home and at work. Many plants can actually clean the air in your home and improve air quality.

NBC News released a briefing on NASA studies that proved plants can remove up to 97% of air toxins within 24 hours! Plants photosynthesize and produce oxygen during the day, and since clean air actually improves brain function, placing a few leafy friends around your living space will give you an invisible boost and contribute to long-term mental wellness. It might be best to leave your plants out of your bedroom, however, because plants produce more carbon dioxide than oxygen overnight.

2. Plants Improve Health and Happiness

According to BioAdvanced.com, “studies at the Agricultural University of Norway document that using plants in interior spaces decreases the incidences of dry skin, colds, sore throats, and dry coughs.” Other studies show that people heal faster in rooms with plants at hospitals.

It’s not just your physical health that gets a boost when you add plants to your home or workspace, it’s your mind as well. It will help elevate moods and improve your ability to focus. Oxygen is a key component in our brain’s ability to think sharply and plants take in carbon dioxide while expelling oxygen. We are the exact opposite, taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide.

3. Plants Provide Color Therapy

Color therapy is the use of colors to help balance the body’s energy centers. You can use the beautiful colors of plants to help boost your mood and even amplify certain qualities you would like to bring out in yourself. There is a whole psychology to the study of how colors affect us and remember, plants can have both soothing or vibrant colors, depending on what you feel calls to you.

You can learn more about the color blue, purple, and pink in our articles which explore the mood benefits of each color more in-depth. Colors not only have neurological associations but they also help stimulate our chakras which can in turn help improve our overall mind, body, and spirit.

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4. Plants Help Activate The Law of Attraction in Your Favor

According to ancient yogis and martial artists, qi (pronounced chi) enters the body with the breath, carried by oxygen. This life force improves the health and vitality of all major systems in the body. Qi is also the life force energy present in nature. When we are around nature, it’s like taking a bath in cleansing energy. Our aura interacts with the plants and helps clear lower vibrations like a car wash removes dirt from the exterior of a car.

Plants have also been proven to reduce stress levels, which can greatly improve all areas of our life. When your aura is full of positive emotions, we can attract positive experiences.

When stress levels go down, emotional positivity increases, thus allowing your attitude to alter your altitude in life, opening you to success, love, and miraculous manifesting abilities! The Law of Attraction is used by successful people and studied extensively among the world’s leaders of thought.

5. Plants Help Remind Us To Connect To Nature

Having plants in our home can also inspire us to get out into nature more. We may be more inclined to take a hike, a simple walk, or even plan a camping trip and get off the grid. In a more spiritual sense, plants have such natural beauty that they help us feel naturally beautiful as well. They help us feel more of who we are without all of the standards we sometimes think we need to live up to in modern society.

The zen that we feel when we are near nature can be brought into our home to help us not just think but to really feel our connection to nature and that we are a part of it. It can help remind us that we are called to care for the planet and the animals and people on it. There is an inspiring quality that exudes from such pure forms of nature that knock on the door to our soul and help us find a deeper sense of peace that is invaluable to our lives.

Concluding Thoughts…

When choosing plants, think about the amount of sunlight they will get and research what they require to thrive. If you’re putting them in your bathroom, find plants that need lots of moisture. If your plant will be in a hot room, opt for species like palms, ferns, and cacti that thrive on heat. You can also find plants that emit higher levels of oxygen than others!

Try it out for yourself! Get plants that will thrive in your living or work environment and see how your mind and body start to shift over time! This might have an immediate effect or it might start to create new behaviors in you that are less stress-based and come from a more calm and healthy foundation.

Give yourself or someone else the gift of health and happiness in the form of a plant today! Share this simple wisdom with your loved ones and let’s continue to improve our daily lives together.

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