Your Favorite Spring Scents Can Also Bring You Total Relaxation

Your Favorite Spring Scents Can Also Bring You Total Relaxation

The stress and strain of constantly being connected can sometimes take your life -- and your well-being -- off course. GPS For The Soul can help you find your way back to balance.

GPS Guides are our way of showing you what has relieved others' stress in the hopes that you will be able to identify solutions that work for you. We all have de-stressing "secret weapons" that we pull out in times of tension or anxiety, whether they be photos that relax us or make us smile, songs that bring us back to our heart, quotes or poems that create a feeling of harmony, or meditative exercises that help us find a sense of silence and calm. We encourage you to look at the GPS Guide below, visit our other GPS Guides here, and share with us your own personal tips for finding peace, balance and tranquility.

Now that it's officially springtime, it's only a matter of time until we're outside reaping the season's beautiful benefits. The spring season can lift us out of our winter blues, open our minds and encourage us to spend more time being active outside. But one of the best parts of spring isn't just the sunshine -- it's the relaxing scents that come from the change in weather. If you weren't happy enough that the winter is finally melting away, the five spring scents below should definitely do the trick.

Lavender
Getty
As one of the most popular scents for relaxation, lavender can do wonders for stress and anxiety relief. One study also found that the scent can help treat insomnia.
Roses
Getty
Aside from a rose's aesthetic appeal (which also holds psychological benefits), the flower's scent can also keep you calm. In a 2009 study, researchers found that the use of rose oil had a relaxing effect on participants, causing a decrease in their breathing rates.
Fresh-Cut Grass
Getty
Break out that lawn mower -- it could make you a more joyful person. Research has found that the chemical released from the grass after it's been freshly cut can actually induce a sense of calm and make you happier.
Jasmine
Getty
One study found that participants who smelled jasmine oil experienced elevated moods. The flower's scent also has the potential to ease the effects of depression.
Fresh Linen
Getty
Could the smell of a clean house lead to a happier you? The smell of home -- including those fresh sheets -- is tied directly to our emotions and happy memories.

For more GPS Guides, click here.

Before You Go

Cinnamon

Health Benefits Of Five Holiday Spices

Popular in the Community

Close

HuffPost Shopping’s Best Finds

MORE IN LIFE