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Do Scented Candles Give Positive Energy?

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Scented candles can definitely help you relax and bring a sense of calmness to your life. Scented candles can help you feel relaxed, improve your mood and uplift you. Therefore scented candles are an excellent item to have at home whenever you’ve had a particularly long and upsetting day.

What Brings Us Down?

With the covid pandemic and the pace at which the world is going, we have many stresses constantly on our minds. We worry about work, our families, finances, social commitments, sick family members, new illnesses and viruses, and the everyday stresses of life. If, on top of everything, we get stuck in bad traffic or have a bad day at work, we feel super upset and frustrated with our lives and wish we could catch a break. We have all been there at some point in our lives.

 How amazing would it be to take a holiday as often as we wanted and if it were possible to leave all our worries behind? No work stress, no worries about disappointing anyone, and to get far away from your routine and mundane life.

Unfortunately, that is not possible. What is possible is to try other methods to de-stress, relax and calm your mind. Refocus your energy on your body and the present. This is extremely important to do every single day. You must take out thirty minutes to an hour of every day just for yourself. This is the time you will give only to yourself and clear your mind of everything that went on in the day.

It is important to manage your stresses and invest time and effort into doing things that can help relax you. Relieve all your stresses and bring your attention to your breath, present, now, and body. Whether lying down or meditating, you must take slow, deep breaths. Deep breathing can have magnificent effects on your body and help calm you down instantly.

Can Scented Candles Have A Calming Effect?

Scents play an important role in how we feel and can instantly affect our moods. A pleasant scent can stimulate the limbic system in our brain, which is then triggered to release serotonin and dopamine. Both these hormones are better known as ‘happy hormones’ and almost instantaneously help in improving our moods, making us more relaxed and happy.

Lighting a scented candle can go a long way in uplifting our mood, even though it may seem like a small and insignificant thing to do. It helps to create a calming environment. When lighting a scented candle, ideally, you want to make sure it is not noisy, you are alone, and you are willing to accept good vibes and rid yourself of stress, unnecessary thoughts, and ill feelings.

Inhaling a pleasant-smelling scent can cheat your brain into releasing happy hormones and helps you think more clearly. It helps improve your mood and think about your life from a fresh perspective. There are many other methods that people use to achieve a similar effect. These include exercise, eating healthy, and undergoing therapy. Lighting a scented candle is the easiest method and can instantly fill up any room with a gorgeous smell.

Other Ways That Can Help Uplift Your Mood

It is no surprise why when we enter the lobby of a hotel on holiday; we are greeted with a whiff of a pleasant smell. It immediately makes you happy, calm, and excited about your upcoming days of relaxation.

Many people associate scents with memories. These can be memories of lost loved ones, places they have visited, and even childhood memories. Reminiscing about  pleasant memories can bring about feelings of happiness and calm.

While scented candles have a way of immediately calming your nerves, uplifting your mood, and helping with anxiety, combining this with one of the following activities can help reduce stress even more:

● Exercising every day

● Going for a run

● Writing in your diary

● Drinking a cold glass of water in sips

● Eating healthy

● Going to bed early and waking up at the same time every day

● Meditate

● Spend time with your child or a loved one

Managing your stress is very important to continue getting on with the day. Long-term anxiety and stress that are not managed can lead to depression and other negative effects on your health.

Benefits Of Stress Management

Managing your stress has the following benefits:

● You perform better at work

● You are more aware of your surroundings

● You are able to think with clarity without negative energy clouding your mind

● You have better relationships with your partners and your family

● You feel healthier mentally and physically

● You have a more positive outlook on life

● You become more ambitious about life and want to bring positive changes in your life

● You are able to sleep better and with ease

The goals mentioned above are what everyone should strive to achieve to lead happier and healthier lives. As we grow older, we are burdened with more and more responsibilities that come with adulthood. It is essential to take some time out for TLC. Without loving yourself, you will not love anything you do or around you, and frustrations will continue to build.

Scented candles come in various flavors, and you can choose the one that you like best. Scents are personal, and you might not experience the same calm with a scent that someone else might. You can try different scents to see which one you love the most.

You may place your favorite scented candle in your living room or your bedroom, wherever you spend the most time relaxing. Light it when you come home from work while you brew a cup of tea for yourself or before you begin yoga for the day. You may light a candle when expecting guests, or you can light it when you are enjoying your favorite book.

The Bottom Line

Our sense of smell is very powerful and should not be underestimated. It has incredible psychological effects, which can trigger happy hormones that can boost your energy and reduce feelings of depression and fear. While a scent can not heal you, it can assist you in the healing process by calming it down and triggering positive energy to deal with periods when you are feeling low and depressed.