After fulfilling our daily obligations, getting home should offer us a break. Building a relaxing environment is essential to dealing with pressures, and this can be accomplished simply: by including plants in the home.
Our most personal space must offer the calm and order necessary to not increase stress more than work life does, and plants fulfill this double function, since they are not only ornamental elements, they are living beings that in addition to helping to clean the air we breathe, they are a symbol of serenity that has a noticeable effect on our mood.
For example, it has been scientifically proven that being surrounded by plants or flowers increases the speed of recovery of people who are undergoing medical treatment. In work environments, various studies reveal that productivity and the feeling of well-being of employees is higher when natural elements are integrated.
On the other hand, having plants at home will help us strengthen our sense of responsibility, and taking care of them also has a relaxing function, since by concentrating on caring for a living being we stimulate the secretion of endorphins.
These benefits are based on the principle of biophilia, which consists of the instinctive affinity that human beings have with the natural world and other living beings.
There is increasing evidence that incorporating natural elements like the plants around us has tangible and specific benefits, so consider this and find your favorite plants, take care of them and enjoy their beauty.
