Amidst the chaos and over-stimulation of life, there is a need for escape. For quiet delights. For having less to wade through to access the good stuff. For a place to feel safe and settled.

In recent years, as the noise-level of the world has seemed to increase exponentially, I have felt people’s need for peaceful spaces grow, in tandem.

Society is in opposition to nature.

Your home is your opportunity to nurture yourself back into alignment.

Your body is your primary environment, and it’s vital that you tap into the stillness within you through meditation or movement practices. In the concentric circle of impact on your wellbeing, your home plays the next biggest role.

The items within your walls, and the manner in which they’re kept, can be the difference between feeling cared for or neglected, between clarity and contention, and between having necessary respite or never-ending noise.

Consider your front door a sacred threshold. Be intentional about what crosses it.

Your home is yours to fill only with things that uplift you, and that bring ease to your daily life. It is yours to craft into the much-needed antidote to the world beyond it. It is yours to shape into the version that most allows your highest self to emerge–and to flourish.

This month, claim your right to make small and powerful shifts in your surroundings that will render you less distracted and more present, less overstimulated and more calmed, less depleted and more nurtured.