Create a happier and healthier home


Healthy home, healthy life! By Luke Rix-Standing. I 14 / PROPERTYMAIL


n the great pantheon of wellness trends, the home is strangely neglected. Tere are diet crazes


and fitness hacks aplenty - but outside the occasional tidying fad, the home is merely a vessel, a framework in which other lifestyle regimes take centre stage. Given that we oſten spend more time at home than anywhere else, this might be a little unfair.


Wellness, like most things, begins at home, aſter all. Here’s how to make sure that’s a good thing...


HOUSE PLANTS You don’t need actual woodland


for forest bathing, not when there are snake plants, peace lilies and aloe veras to turn your home into a mini-greenhouse. Study aſter study has shown that exposure to greenery reduces stress, helps lower blood pressure and stimulates the senses. So shrub up to calm down - from a simple cactus on the window sill, to a miniature jungle of domestic palms and pines.


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