Looking for ways to make your home more relaxing? Calming interior design can have a big effect on your wellbeing and can be created by rethinking how you use a space — by adding more light or by including certain textures or materials known for promoting a relaxed atmosphere. One material that adds some of nature’s calming properties to your home is wood. Here are just a few ways that adding a handmade wooden cuckoo clock to your home can make your space more relaxing.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BIRD SONG
If we travel back thousands of years, to a time before the metropolises and modern-day societies, humans would have lived in the countryside or small settlements. These would have had one common soundtrack — birdsong. If there is a threat, loud sound, or unexpected movement within the vicinity, birds will quickly flee, meaning birdsong is only heard in calm, safe environments. Over the ages, humans have evolved to have deep-rooted psychology around birdsong, as these sounds often meant they were able to relax without the anxiety of potentially being hunted. This has created a positive connection with this sound that has stayed with us through millennia.
That is partly why walking in nature amongst birdsong can be so beneficial to your mental health. And, as cuckoo clocks bring a little burst of nature’s chirpy joy into your home, this could help bring the calming effects of the outside in.
THEY CAN HELP FOCUS MEDITATION
The calming effect of cuckoo clock sounds can also be applied to the “tick-tock” of the swinging pendulum, a feature across a host of designs, including the 1 day cuckoo clocks.
The calming effect of meditation is well known across the world, but at first, it can be tricky to keep your mind clear of pesky thoughts. This repeated “tick-tock” sound, if used as a “concentration point” during mediation, can help prolong the state of meditation, allowing for an extra boost of calmness.
TANGIBLE CONNECTION TO NATURE
On top of adding birdsong to your home, the material of a cuckoo clock can also have a calming effect. The hand-carved wood of a cuckoo clock, created by a master craftsperson in Germany’s Black Forest region, can conjure feelings of positivity and calmness, inspired by having a direct and tangible connection with nature in your home.
Investing in a handbuilt cuckoo clock can also calm worries about the effect of mass production. By buying a hand-carved wooden cuckoo clock, you are supporting a finely-tuned skill that uses regenerative materials, as well as investing in a quality heirloom that can be handed down through generations to come.
MAKES A DIGITAL DETOX EASIER
The negative effects of increasing levels of screen time are endemic, and there’s undoubtedly a connection between low mood and high-screen time. Having a traditional clock can make time away from your screen easier. If you’re constantly tapping your phone to check the time — which can easily lead to a scrolling session — it could be positive to buy a traditional wall clock. Purposefully altering your behavior to check the time on a wall clock could help you lessen your screen time or even lead to periodic digital detoxes. Making a concerted effort to adjust unhelpful behaviors, such as doom-scrolling, can help create a calmer state of mind.
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