How Beauty Can Support a More Wholesome, Meaningful, and Integrated Life
Beauty may appear in our relationships, work, artistic expressions, and aesthetic experiences.. People who spent at least two hours a week in green spaces were more likely to experience good health and well-being than those who did not. Beauty encourages an integration process, encouraging present moment awareness, attunement, and emotional sensing between people and objects
It could be anything from the sunset on your way home to the budding magnolia in your driveway.
It could even involve a creative act you’re engaging in at work such as a project that gives new opportunities to homeless youth or a new system that better supports your employees and their families.
Beauty’s Benefits
In our often hurried lives, it’s easy to pass right by objects and experiences of beauty. Taking the time to appreciate and find beauty can actually promote our health, relationships, and well-being in several ways.
- Research shows that when we engage in expressive outlets such as music, dance, poetry, and art, we can experience improved physical and mental wellbeing.
Beauty and Interpersonal Neurobiology
From the perspective of interpersonal neurobiology, the mind is able to flourish when its’ domains are differentiated and linked, a process described as integration
- Beauty encourages this integration process, encouraging present moment awareness, attunement, and emotional sensing between other people and objects
- Engaging in expressive, artistic, aesthetic experiences supports our mind’s ability to flourish
- This is amplified when we can engage in such acts in the presence of a larger community and relationships with others
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