6 Tips for Creating an Amazing Home Yoga Studio
Home yoga studios don’t need to be expensive or lavish. Your living room is a prime example, grab your mat, create some space, tap into your senses and make it smell amazing. Feeling grounded and connected is a great way to start off any yoga session at home.
Creating a space to exercise or relax is can be a vital part of our self-care ritual whether you are into Hitt training, yoga and meditation or lifting some weights. Mindset is such an important factor when it comes to exercise.
Of course, we all have our ‘humph days’ where we are unmotivated or just don’t get into the zone to perform how we want to. But we want to help you create a space or yoga home studio where you are happy in mind and body.
At Soapfullness we fully understand how important it is to have a space to exercise and express yourself. A space which is vital for self-growth and development. A space which allows your body to move, to rest, restore and recover.
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Having a space that is dedicated to exerecis is vital. Whilst many people can just go into a room and exercise, we think that you get more out of your practice by having a space which makes you feel happy such as a home yoga studio.
A home yoga studio doesn’t need to be a permanent feature, it can be interchangeable but what matters is that it is a space where you feel comfortable, relaxed, grounded and at peace so that you can focus and embrace your yoga practice.
We believe in creating spaces which are calming, beautiful and uplifting; simply put a space that simply feels good to be in. After all, a happy mind will help to support a healthy life.
This guide will help you to create a beautiful home yoga studio which you love to be in. A space which you can perform your best in whether that is to practice a yoga, to exercise or to meditate.
1. Home Yoga Studio Lighting
Lighting has a profound effect upon our bodies both physically and mentally. It is important to ensure that you know you’re the goal that you are trying to achieve. Are you looking to relax or are you looking to exercise, or both?
This is such an important aspect when it comes to creating a home yoga studio.
Are you looking for a gentle practice or an intense practice? Your intention to your practice is vital at knowing how you want to room to be.
Lighting can affect your mood, motivation, attitude and productivity. It has a big impact upon the way we feel and perform.
How does harsh bright lighting make you feel? How does dim lighting make you feel? By answering those questions, you know that light affects you. Knowing this means that you can be conscious of the quality of light in your home yoga studio.
We all love natural light, right?! It supports our bodies vitamin D production, it improves our circadian rhyme and sleeping patterns, improves our mood and energy, boosts alertness by slowing down melatonin production, boost productivity alongside an array of other health benefits.
Think about the space you will be in. Think about how the seasons affect the amount of light in you home yoga space/studio. Is the space near natural light or does it need to be supplemented with additional light?
Think about the times of day when your home yoga studio has natural light and whether that syncs up with when you plan to use it. If not, what can you do about it?
Researchers at University of Greenwich discover in a two-month study that blue-enriched light bulbs helped support people in feeling happier and more alert. The blue enriched light bulbs also lowered melatonin production which meant people were more alert.
However if you are looking to create a space which is for relaxation and mediation purposes then warm lighting is going to be more down your street. Warm lighting creates a sense of comfort, calm, and relaxation. Take a look at the chart below to see more.
2. Home Yoga Studio Smell
‘’Our sense of smell is closely linked to our autonomic nervous system, which controls the unconscious functions in our bodies as well as affecting our emotions.’’
Smells are personal. Why? Because of associative learning. Associative learning is when the smell stimulus becomes linked to an emotion, memory, behaviour, or physiological response through an experience.
This means that we all link smells to different things. We all have different preferences and smell is certainly personal and very important to consider when it comes to planning your home yoga studio.
Think about the yoga home studio that you want to create. Do you want it to be a sweet relaxing smell or do you want deep earthy smells? Do you want to use candles or wax melts during your yoga practice in your home yoga studio?
At Soapfullness we handmade all our products with love care and dedication. We make our products to slide in with your lifestyle, so when you are struggling to carve some self-care time out you can easily use a product which won’t take up too much time and will be easy to use.
We have a number of choices when it comes to making your home yoga studio smell amazing and it is down to personal choice and budget at what you want to use. We have carefully crafted a luxury soy candle range which is over 99% natural using natural soy wax and essential oils for beautiful blends. Our range includes:
We have our comfort soy candle collection which again is made from soy wax but we have used fragrance oils. Whilst people can shun away from fragrance oils, they still have their place in the market for creating beautiful smelling spaces and home yoga studios.
Finally, we have our wax melt range. If you chose to purchase wax melts then you need to check this guide out for getting the best out of your wax melts.
Wax melts are a safer option as you can opt for an electric wax melt burner. However good old fashioned tealights are just such a wonderful way to create a beautiful ambiance in your home yoga studio.
Made from Soy Wax we currently have a collection of 20 wax melts to chose from. Their inexpensive cost means that you van try a variety of fragrances.
Our Wax Melts are long lasting and strong smelling ready to make any yoga home studio smell amazing.
3. Home Yoga Studio Windows & Warmth
Is there anything better than doing a yoga practice with the sun beating its warmth through your windows? We didn’t think so either! Especially the winters sun, it’s just beautiful and blissful.
When creating your yoga home studio, it is very important to consider how warm you want your space to be. Do you like to do your yoga practice in the cold or warmth? Or does it depend on the day? Does it depend on your yoga intentions for the day? We get that we can want different things on different days.
Having access to both ventilation in the warmer months and heating in the winter months is a vital component to a yoga home studio we believe.
Exercising or practising yoga in the heat can improve cardio benefits. It can reduce stress, boost your immune system, detoxification, improve flexibility, energy, clarity and focus. So is exercising in the heat a good thing? It certainly is a test of mental strength and certainly has both physical and mental benefits!
Equally in the summer isn’t is just lovely to open the windows wide and feel the cool breeze of the air surround your body?
If you have any health conditions or if you are pregnant, we advise you to contact your doctor about what is the best environment for you to exercise in so that you can create the best yoga home studio.
4. Home Yoga Studio House Plants & Art
Firstly Houseplants. They can become very addictive! Besides being beautifully aesthetic and instantly improving one’s home, house plants have such a great array of mental health benefits which is why they would be a perfect addition to your yoga home studio.
Houseplants can be known for improving the air quality in your home, reducing your stress levels, boosting productivity, improving your mood and concentration and they may even help you recover from illness faster (2002 study).
Houseplants can also make us feel more relaxed and calm. So what isn’t to love? You totally need some houseplants for your yoga home studio!
Having beautiful house plants can be the perfect refuge from the outside world (along side yoga!) and help you find tranquility in your home yoga studio.
Art is another beautiful addition to your yoga home studio. Support local artists if you can and create character and warmth in your yoga home studio.
Art is unique and individual which will help create a beautiful and unique room which you will love practicing in.
5. Why Music is Good for your Home Yoga Studio
Music makes you feel. Do you play certain songs when you feel sad? What about when you are happy, angry or need to relax? Music makes us feel. It affects our moods, motivations, energy and mindset and will have a big impact upon your home yoga studio.
Music can allow us to experience a sense of total absorption, concentration, action-awareness, distortion of time and overall enjoyment of an activity.
Music can also inspire you to move, to be more in harmony with your yoga practice and to help regulate your nervous system.
When it comes to music and yoga, music can allow a person to enter the ‘flow state’. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi a renowned psychologist and author described the ‘flow state’ as:
“Optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best.”
Think about if you will play music in your home yoga studio. Some people enjoy practicing quietly, whereas other enjoy practicing to music. We are all individual and what matter is creating a yoga home studio where you feel happy and comfortable.
6. Yoga Home Studio - Phone Free Zone
Lastly you want to create a safe haven in your home yoga studio, where you can go and practice. A space which uplifts and connects you. A space free of worldly distractions and that could mean making your yoga home studio space phone free.
Of course we can use our yoga subscriptions to the places like Glo, Gaia, Alomoves or YouTube to practice, but phones, they need to go! They are distracting and take you away from the present moment.
Carving out time to practice yoga is a wonderful thing, so make the most of it and take away distractions in your home yoga studio.
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