The Art of Serenity (Blogchain)

Create Your Own Zen

Deepa Natarajan adds to the chain

It started during the Covid lockdown. The pattern of going to office five days a week came to a halt. Work from home took over. That’s precisely when I started admiring my own space.

My room is done in soft pastels. Beige, grey, and quiet shades that never compete for attention. The bed, layered with beige-gold sheets and comfy pillows, doubles up as my workspace. Morning sunlight filters through linen patterned curtains, sketching fleeting patterns across the oak floor before warm lamps gently take over at dusk.

I’ve unconsciously created zones within the same room. One edge becomes my desk, another my reading nook, the side with the backrest my makeshift sofa. A candle flickers nearby. Some days it’s Le Labo Santal, other days H&M Home’s Crisp Cotton. A ZZ plant adorns the space lending some deep green to the pastels, surrounded by little mementos that remind me where I’ve been.

This is my version of zen.

But zen isn’t a colour palette or an interior design trend. It isn’t about beige walls, scented candles, or carefully arranged cushions. It’s simply about finding a space, or creating one, that allows you to exhale.

Perhaps your zen is a noisy kitchen at 7 a.m. Perhaps it’s a balcony garden with herbs, a pottery wheel, a motorcycle ride, a bench in a public park, or a favourite corner of a bookstore. Maybe it’s the first cup of chai after the rain, or ten quiet minutes before the rest of the house wakes up.

This is where my story begins.

What does your zen look like?

Find Your Inner Zen

A Blog by Michelle Sanjana Sathish

Imagine being on a holiday on the beach, near the sea, a nature trail, a place with animals or perhaps near a flowing waterfall with the suns rays shining above you.

What do these scenes bring to mind?

People associate these moments of silence, peace & being calm. Often in life we are caught in the hustle and bustle of constant go physically and mentally.

It’s important to slowdown and breathe. We need to allow our mind and body to refresh / recharge like technology.

Remember: