{"id":28397,"date":"2024-09-17T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restonic.com\/sin-categorizar\/smell-of-sleep"},"modified":"2024-09-17T14:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:59:27","slug":"smell-of-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restonic.com\/es\/better-sleep-es\/smell-of-sleep","title":{"rendered":"Sniff Your Way to Better Sleep with Natural, Healthy Aromatherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who doesn’t love a deliciously aromatic bedroom?<\/h2>\n

Between work, family and friends, life can be pretty chaotic, which makes it hard to relax and unwind at the end of the day. With all of these demands, it can be hard to turn off your brain and fall asleep at the end of the day. We know we’re not telling you anything new \u2013 yet!\"aromatherapy\"<\/p>\n

Imagine curling up in bed and inhaling the soothing scent of lavender or slipping into a warm, chamomile scented bath at the end of a long day. Can you say ahhhhh… Aromatherapy methods like these can help you relax your mind and body and make it easier to drift off into dreamland – a beautiful bedroom spa<\/a>. Ready to learn how to create your own personal sleep scented bedroom?<\/p>\n

Your perfect bedroom\/sleep scent<\/h3>\n

While chamomile, jasmine and vanilla can help soothe your senses before bed, lavender is the most popular \u2013 and most powerful \u2013 scent in sleep aromatherapy<\/a>. A study at Wesleyan University by Dr. Namni Goel suggested a scientific basis to lavender’s medicinal properties. The study showed that after smelling lavender essential oil before bed, participants experienced an increased amount of time spent in slow-wave sleep, the restful and restorative sleep phase.<\/p>\n

But how do you choose (and then use) your best sleep scent? After all, the nose knows what the nose likes. Once you’ve determined whether you’re a chamomile or lavender person, the next step is incorporating the scent into your nightly bedtime routine. We suggest a warm bath with lavender oil, spritzing vanilla scented linen spray on your bedding or adding a drop of scented oil to a cotton ball or tissue and placing it near your pillow at bedtime can help you to unwind and doze off to sleep. If this kind of bedtime routine sounds luxuriously pampering, it is!<\/p>\n

But what about an equally beautiful wake-up scent?<\/h3>\n

\"SniffJust as lavender and jasmine can help to soothe and relax you, citrus and cinnamon can be used to reduce mental fatigue, increase energy<\/a> and provide an invigorating boost. Using these scents can be a great way to give yourself an extra boost in the morning when waking up or when that 2 pm lag sets in during the afternoon. Once more, these natural invigorators will help you avoid the caffeine jolt and drop-off of coffee.<\/p>\n

Whether you’re scenting your bedroom at night or in the morning, a diffuser is an effective way to release essential oils into the atmosphere (ranging in price from $25 to $200) but you can also drip oil into a bowl of steaming hot water for a less expensive solution. If you want to practice aromatherapy in your car or at work, simply drop oil onto a cotton ball, put it under your nose, and inhale normally for one to two minutes.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re thinking of trying aromatherapy, check out our favorite scents:<\/p>\n