When you’re in creative flow your work is more innovative, your mood is better, and you finally have the energy and ideas to turn your dreams into reality. But it’s easy to lose touch with your creative side. People even start to believe they don’t have one. We are all creative beings, but stress, overwhelm, hectic schedules quickly block our potential. Scent uses the limbic system to unlock creative and innovative thinking. Read on to find out how.
Scent is a powerful way to stimulate the brain. Your sense of smell affects the limbic system and this emotional center of the brain affects your mood. By intentionally using scent for relaxing and uplifting your emotions, you can unlock the creativity hiding behind stress, sadness, and overwhelm.
Scent is just one way to spark inspiration, but you can increase creativity in a variety of ways. Some of these popular, science-backed tips can help.
Move your body: Taking a walk, working out, or some gentle cardio exercise all get the blood pumping in your body, increasing your energy and boosting creativity.
Look for inspiration everywhere: Looking at the world as a muse lets your brain focus on what is interesting, not what is stressful. Take inspiration from people, places, and even pictures in magazines. Spending a few minutes journaling each day helps your mind organize your inspiration.
Practice meditation: Mindfulness and meditation clear your mind and reduce self doubt, helping you reach a flow state of creativity much more easily.
Get enough sleep: Stressed and tired minds don’t have the capacity for creative work. Protect your creativity and foster your imagination by getting enough sleep and going to bed at the same time each night.
Brainstorm: Letting ideas naturally flow during a brainstorm without worrying about next steps or whether they will work can boost your creativity and make it more likely that you hit on that winning idea.
Creativity is unlocked when your stresses are soothed and your mood is uplifted. For people looking for a boost of energy, citrus based scents spark inspiration. When you feel too stressed to use your imagination, relaxing, grounding, or spicy scents can calm your mind enough to connect with inspiration. Below, we explore a few best selling incense options to help reconnect your creativity.
This citrus and herbal mix gives you an uplifting boost of creativity while creamy notes of vanilla offer comfort and familiarity. Helping you tap into ideas and channel them into art or work, this is a great scent to choose while “shooting for the stars.”
Grounding is a good foundation for new, innovative ideas and deep reflection and frankincense is one of the not ancient ways to connect with the inner self. Centering your energy and increasing confidence, the sweet scent of frankincense resin inspires ideas and dreams that were hiding in plain sight. Unlock your best plans with this traditional go-to for new ways of understanding.
Rich, spicy, and comforting, Satya Cinnamon Incense stimulates the body and invigorates the mind. The warm, grounding scent creates a safe feeling to explore new ideas, while the deep, woody notes reduce sluggish feelings to activate your thinking. Choose cinnamon when you need inspiration for deep work, want to revitalize old patterns, or want to stimulate a create brainstorming session.
Floral, creamy, and filled with the scents of nature, Forest Dew encourages whimsy, new thinking, and child-like creativity. Connect with your inner child and think outside of the box with the creativity boosting scents of honeysuckle, spicy bayberry, and warm vanilla.
A traditional incense for meditation and mindfulness, Satya Patchouli Incense is a great choice for intentional me-time. Sometimes you want to be more creative, but you don’t know how. Patchouli opens up the inner artist and helps you connect with your real hopes and dreams. An ideal match for relaxing artsy hobbies, patchouli encourages calm, creative inspiration rather than energy-filled brainstorming.
If you can’t even imagine being creative again due to overwhelm and stress, Lavender Wild Berry Incense can help to break down the barriers. We can’t find inspiration while we’re panicking, so let the scent of lavender calm your mind and soothe your soul to open the door for the inspiration underneath. Get better rest, change your attitude toward self-care, and enjoy the sweet feelings of possibility with the help of this ancient aromatherapy trick.
Brainstorm, craft, or create with abundance with a Magic Garden approach to inspiration. Tapping into child-like whimsy, this fan-favorite incense helps with conjuring new ideas, seeing new possibilities, and even taking action on plans. This sweet, summer garden scent is grounded by warm, woody notes that help you to put your ideas into practice.
When you’re used to thinking in rigid ways, being creative might not feel easy right away. Try some of these tips to get the creativity flowing and reconnect with your potential.
Draw something: Anything. Even if it’s on the back of an envelope with a fading ball point pen. Intentionally draw something for no reason. It won’t be a picasso, but intentional acts of creativity feel uplifting to the soul.
Stand up while working: We know movement increases creativity, but moving around while brainstorming can help with new ideas.
Write: A list, a journal page, or half a book. It doesn’t matter what. The flow of creativity starts with a single drop, so start writing your thoughts and see where it takes you.
Gratitude: Feeling gratitude for even the smallest thing boosts your mood and puts you in a better frame of mind. Feel thankful for a moment and enjoy a better foundation for ideas all day long.
Creativity is a major source of happiness, nervous system regulation, and unlocks your potential at work and home. If you don’t feel connected to your inner inspiration, scent can kick start your journey.
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