Using Your Senses to Reduce Stress

Using your senses to reduce stress is beneficial for language skills, socializing, and for personal growth. Although, it is something simple that you do every day, your senses are important for building up your muscles and cognitive development. When you are stressed out, it makes it difficult to concentrate. Your immune system gets lower in its defenses. Begin by using your senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch when you are working in your garden.

In the garden or in a park, you can use all your five senses. It is a peaceful place to be when you are stressed out physically and emotionally. Smell the wet grass after it rains has calming effects. Also, touch the grass with your feet and feel the cool sensation of the wet grass. You will feel connected to nature as well to relax from the daily pressures of life.

You can hear nature and touch the flowers growing in your garden. Additionally, in your kitchen you can practice using your senses when you make brownies, bread, or bake. Watch a movie that does not make you nervous at the end of the movie. Watching movies stimulate your brain and helps you release your emotions. Here is a brief list of how to use your senses more throughout the day:

• Review your paper junk mail and tear it with your hands. Use your hearing to hear ripping paper and your touch for the texture of the paper.
• Select a free movie or a DVD movie that will inspire you and awaken your auditory senses. Watch the characters and listen carefully. You will awaken your listening skills.
• Use clay, silly puddy, or dough for your sense of touch. Mold the clay, silly puddy, or dough to build up and strengthen your muscles. 
• Look at the sky in the day or at night. Use your sense of sight to see the stars, clouds, moon, and other objects. Take pictures of what you see. 
• Use your sense of smell in the kitchen, living room, or when you are outside. Light a candle or diffusers to help you relax for thirty minutes. Smell your food before you eat it. Smell your hot cocoa, tea, or coffee before you drink it.
• Use your five sensations of taste: Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, and Savory when you are having a snack or your meal. Ask your children what their favorite snack or meal was to practice the sense of taste.
• Pick up rocks, sand, or anything you see when you are walking. Take pictures of each item. Write in your journal how the items felt when you touched the item. Also, how the item visually looks and how it made you feel.

The more you practice using your senses, you will reduce your stress levels. It will take time to build your skills and to learn new hobbies based on your senses. Moreover, you will be able to listen to your body more. Your brain will help you make better decisions by putting your senses to work. Here are links about using your senses to lower your stress.

 

How to Use All 5 Senses to Beat Stress:

How to Use All 5 Senses to Beat Stress | Psychology Today

Use Your 5 Senses to Manage Stress Levels:

Use Your 5 Senses to Manage Stress Levels (verywellmind.com)

Reduce Stress with Your Senses-Absolute Health:

Reduce Stress with your Senses - Absolute Health 

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