Need to Relax? Mow Your Lawn

While many people grumble about having to mow the lawn, doesn’t the smell of freshly mowed grass catch your attention? If you walk down the street, you can smell the grass as the scent lingers, often bringing back memories for some people.

Dr Nick Lavidis, a neuroscientist at the University of Queensland in Australia believed that the scent could be used to our benefit, in a way that other scents are used to help ease pain (peppermint) or promote sleep (lavender). Aromatherapy is an increasingly popular form of alternative therapy – as we can tell from all scents sold today, from bath products to candles to linen sprays.

According to this article, Why mowing the lawn relieves stress and boosts your memory,

[T]the aroma worked on the emotional and memory parts of the brian known as the amygdala and the hippocampus.

‘These two areas are responsible for the flight or fight response and the endocrine system, which controls the releasing of stress hormones like corticosteroids. The new spray appears to regulate these areas.

Would you try something like this?

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