MAINTAINING CURTAINS

Curtains can really add or take away visual appeal of any room. Curtains are used for protection against weather and to ensure privacy in your home.

Choose a thick fabric for curtains to make sure that excessive sun rays do not bother you. Thick curtains can help you make sure that your home is protected against extreme weather. Also, thicker fabrics are more durable. However, thicker fabrics may be tough to wash. These can be dry cleaned though. There are a wide variety of designs, colours and patterns available in case of thicker curtains too, to pick from. Lighter fabrics are used for aesthetic purpose more than for functional purpose.

Since, curtains are hung against windows, they are bound to catch dirt and may even suffer discolouration due to exposure to heat. The dirt and dust around the house and even from the outside gets accumulated and make the curtains dirty. Due to exposure from the outside, curtains catch dust and dirt; therefore, they need to be maintained against the dirt.

Cleaning your curtains regularly is the key to beautiful rooms. Generally people wash curtains in the washing machine. However, too much detergent and wrong kind of washing powder may take away the colour and shine of your curtains, making them look old and damaged. In order to protect curtains, you can also use dusters and even vacuum cleaner. Steam cleaners are also available to protect and maintain curtains. Maintaining curtains is as important as choosing and hanging them. No matter how pretty your curtains are; if you do not clean them properly and do not maintain them well, your room is not going to look pretty.

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COLOUR MEDITATION

In city life there is never a moment when you can shed off all the tension and let your hair down completely! Right from the morning, when we get up we rush to get dressed, get ready and be on our way in time to reach our work places, schools, colleges etc. for homemakers and other people who stay at home its all about finishing chores at home, while, the people who go out to work or study are the ones who are absolutely on the go right from dawn! The roads are full of noise, chatter, honking that surrounds us. Amidst all that hustle and bustle there are tempers flaring, people shouting, shrieking due to traffic and all the stress that is a part and parcel of city life.

Amidst the crazy hectic life of city, take time off and meditate. Concentrate on the being of yourself. Think inwardly and just relax breathing deeply. Life’s never going to give you time. It will always be about chasing, reaching, achieving and going forward! It is you who will need to calm down, choose your own pace, take your own time and love yourself.

When you’re in stress, when you feel strained, emotionally tired, tensed and drained… just close your eyes and feel/ imagine that you are taking a ‘light shower’. Imagine that light enveloping and swirling around you, penetrating your whole body! Light has vibrations, it gives you vitality, vigour and gives you a new energy to refresh and recharge. When you imagine light showers on you, you immediately are giving way to a new life and a new energy which will help you distress and feel good about yourself.

Try to just sit and relax, imagine a ball of golden light above your head. Imagine that the golden ball of light is slowly descending on your head and is slowly entering into your body. While you imagine light entering into you, you tend to relax your nerves, feel the colour vibrations. Every colour in the spectrum of light has its own vibrations and when you meditate, thus, with colours you are filling your being with vibrations that revitalize, rejuvenate and recharge you! You can repeat this activity of imagining balls of different colours until it completely relaxes you. Every individual has a colour that has a profound and special effect on him/her and causes a certain emotional stimulation etc. Due to repeated practice of this exercise, one is able to understand one’s balance between physical, emotional or mental state. Then you can go ahead with colour meditation using that colour. The more you practice the better the effect on your overall health is!

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