Set up a cozy corner to retreat to

“Though I don't get to spend a lot of time in my nook—mainly, sunny Saturday mornings with my first cup of coffee, and occasionally early on a weekday, before going to work—it's a comforting, grounding space that I love being in. When I was developing and delving deeper into my meditation practice, I would come here daily to devote time to it. Nowadays, my nook is also a cozy space where I water and tend to my plants, and curl up, cat-like, with the gentle morning sunshine and the sweet, vanilla-oak scent of an old book.”

“I first started doing this—creating a little space just for me—when I moved to India in 2019. Everything was unfamiliar: new city, new sounds, new people and new rhythms. Creating a quiet corner where I could feel settled became an anchor. At first, it was just a chair squeezed into an awkward corner. But over time, it grew—a soft blanket, a stack of books that made me feel like myself, my favorite mug always within reach.”