HYGGE – A SENSE OF COMFORT, COZINESS AND PEACE
6th December 2019Would You like to sit with a warm cup of tea and cake, huddled up in a cozy blanket and feel the feelings?
Then TIS the Perfect season to write about HYGGE ( pronounced hue-guh)
This Danish concept cannot be translated into one single word.
Hygge is a concept originated in Danish culture that focuses on living with a sense of comfort, coziness, and peace. It has been described as, “creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people.” It’s a feeling of cosiness and well-being.
It has also been called “the art of creating intimacy,” to “coziness of the soul,” and even, “cocoa by candlelight.” It’s about that feeling or this moment.
What I absolutely love about Hygge is that one can apply it in our lives anywhere and everywhere. It’s just a way of being. When we are out with friends or alone at home – it’s just always being and feeling Hygge.
Let me share a few simple, easy and wonderful ways we can live a Hygge lifestyle.
The biggest thing the Danish people talk about when discussing a Hygge lifestyle is CANDLES.
Light some candles in your home to give yourself that warm feeling… do dim the lights please 🙂 Ask any Danish person, and they’ll tell you that the easiest way to create a ‘hyggelig’ atmosphere is with candles. I personally love candles and anyone and everyone who been to my home will account for that. One of my favorite gifts to receive are candles.
These are the candles from my box – My Hygge box below :
https://www.anjanashamballa.com/product/happiness-in-a-box
Now spending quality time with friends and family is also something that puts you in that lovely cosy space. When I say spending quality time, I mean actually sitting and talking and discussing life and laughing and being there together for each other.
Hygge is about not depriving yourself of anything in life. Indulge yourself a bit. Don’t be too harsh on yourself – Yes, even eat a piece of cake or pastry or anything else you normally deprive yourself of.
Put on Comfy Clothes – Ok this is me for sure. There is nothing like a pair of comfortable pajamas, warm socks and a big loose scarf around me during the winter months. It makes me feel so cozy and cuddly.
And what is also HYGGE is a big, warm, cozy, comfortable Blanket.
Pick up a book you know you will enjoy and relax reading.
We do not get too many options, But setting up a fire and sitting around a beautiful roaring fire is Hygge too.
Keep things simple ( and soak it all in )
Indulge in a bath , with lavender and light a few candles.
Put your favourite photographs on the wall.
Bake some bread or cookies, Go out for a walk, stretch and chill and then ..
Make sure you put away your phone Please. Experience the moment, feel the feelings, enjoy the warmth, cherish the coziness.
Hygge is about togetherness – so meet your friends for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and have a few laughs.
Its about relaxation – Curl up in your comfy clothes and blanket and enjoy it.
Indulgence – Yes, go ahead .. have a piece of cake or cookie or that glass of wine or whatever else You feel you would like to indulge in at this moment.
Comfort – A cup of tea, phone on silent, lying on the sofa with candles lit all around You.
Hygge is not just about doing all of these .. It is about feeling good, feeling present, feeling happy and spending quality time with yourself and all your loved ones.
So Simple right? I guess that’s why they say the Danish people are among the happiest in the world.
As I wrote this, I lit some candles around, sipped a lovely cup of coffee and put on my twinkly lights which I absolutely love, as they always put me in a happy space.
I Always have little thinking, fairy lights on .. through the year.
What are you going to do today?
.( You can read more about this in the wonderful book:
The Little Book Of Hygge by Meik Wiking )