Unusual things that you find calming?

nas24
nas24 Posts: 880 Member
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So what are some things that you do or find calming that aren't usually the "norm" go to things that people say to do to relax? I'll go 1st.
1) Washing my hands. Sometimes ill take 2-5 minutes washing my hands because it so calming to me, healthy too ;)
2) The smell of bell peppers. Weird I know, but I can even catch a smell of them in the grocery store and I just become instantly relaxed, lol.
3) Having tea with yogurt pretzels and/or trail mix. It reminds me of this spa I would go to, when while you were waiting for your massage, you could sit in their "den area" in you warm robe and have tea and they had trail mix and yogurt pretzels to snack on Now almost every night before bed, i re-do my spa experience.
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  • karylee44
    karylee44 Posts: 892
    insence... any kind.. earthier the better.
    loud classical music.. so loud that i can FEEL the low notes.. (really comes down to the feeling of the vibrations)
    laying out on the railing on my front porch in the sun.
    smell of cow poo..
  • nas24
    nas24 Posts: 880 Member
    smell of cow poo... me too!! lol
  • Operation_Me
    Operation_Me Posts: 869 Member
    sad songs
  • MellyLikestoRun
    MellyLikestoRun Posts: 83 Member
    Sticking my hand in a pail of bird seed or rice. I find the feeling to be really soothing. I also like to twirl hair, mine or my kids'.

    Melissa
  • 1Kristine1
    1Kristine1 Posts: 697 Member
    Singing in the car
  • andi_everywhere
    andi_everywhere Posts: 36 Member
    Washing the dishes
    Cleaning the pool (when I had a pool)
    The smell of sawdust
    The smell of my dog's stinky belly
    Tweezing my eyebrows

    weirdo... ;)
  • annalee_1
    annalee_1 Posts: 235 Member
    Swimming, I love to swim and how my skin feels after I get out. Heaven
  • BrandiPants
    BrandiPants Posts: 41 Member
    Mowing the lawn. I put my head phones on, just zone out and mow. Its super calming to me and i burn about 700 calories doing it!
  • Natx83
    Natx83 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Watching small children fall over :laugh:
  • nas24
    nas24 Posts: 880 Member
    Watching small children fall over :laugh:

    nice.. i dont find it calming, but it gives me a good laugh for sure. I have a toddler, so i see it all the time :wink:
  • frosty73
    frosty73 Posts: 424 Member
    I get calmed by having my hubby rub a teeny tiny circle on the tip of my nose. Weird, I know!
  • LindaLouLu
    LindaLouLu Posts: 271 Member
    Belting out an Oscar Mayer song. Works wonders!! :laugh:
  • Julz2586
    Julz2586 Posts: 1,330 Member
    Watching small children fall over :laugh:


    ROFL :laugh:
  • Oliviamarie05
    Oliviamarie05 Posts: 528 Member
    Cleaning. If I'm upset or nervous, I tend to go crazy on my house. Especially the dishes. I will hand wash them instead of using the dishwasher.

    I'll take a walk and listen to music. Any kind really. As long as I can zone out.

    I will also take at least a 30 minute shower. I love the water, as hot as it can go, on my skin and I start to feel better and more myself.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Heavy metal
  • futuremalestripper
    futuremalestripper Posts: 467 Member
    Marilyn Manson music. Most find it either terrible or energizing, but I find it really relaxing.
    Everytime I have a test, I listen to a couple songs before hand and it calms me right down.
    It's like my meditation music. =P
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Watching The Joy of Painting. Happy little trees...
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    Stormy weather (wind, rain, thunder...I love it all!)
    Folding laundry
    Classical music
    My feet in warm grass or sand
    Wind in my hair
    The sound of frogs
    Watching my chickens scratch around the yard
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    -Washing my hands

    -Playing in water or just sticking my hand in water..like maybe a tubful

    -Smelling paper (the bible's pages especially or copy paper.. or just smelling the printer as soon as someone finished printing something)

    -Sliding my hand underneath my pillow (or if someone is sleeping beside me, it'll be under THEIR pillow) as I'm trying to sleep.
  • danger_kitteh
    danger_kitteh Posts: 301 Member
    Sticking my hand in a pail of bird seed or rice. I find the feeling to be really soothing

    Have you ever seen the movie Amelie? One of her professed life's small pleasures is immersing one's hand in a sack of grain and I totally agree.

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  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    A combination of the following scents: pine trees, roses, coconut oil. I discovered this from a friend who does aromatherapy with essential oil. The reason? As a child, we had a pool outdoors in the mountains (pine trees), thus the coconut oil, and a rose garden on the border of the pool :glasses:
  • RenVan
    RenVan Posts: 121 Member
    Sitting in the hot tub and staring at the night sky, moon and stars are amazingly bright in the country. (when I lived in the country)
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Thunderstorms.
  • norabeth
    norabeth Posts: 176 Member
    Cooking
    Yoga
    Walking my dogs
    Cuddling on the couch with my hubby
    Shaving my legs
  • greasygriddle_wechnage
    greasygriddle_wechnage Posts: 246 Member
    cleaning my dogs ears
    bouncing my leg
    checking my daughters head for ticks (in summer :tongue: )
  • unsound
    unsound Posts: 31 Member
    The smell of a freshly sharpened pencil. Don't know why, but I love it.
  • ines25
    ines25 Posts: 107 Member
    There's a lot of things for me, the smell of rain which make me want to eat dirt
    Love lavander smell, salt lavender while taking a long hot shower, love to hear classical music specially on cloudy and rainey days, the change of color of the leaves in fall season make happy and relax, teas with rose water classical music and lavander oil burning make my day very relaxing lol
  • 180farm
    180farm Posts: 230
    Going to the dentist. I love the heat of the light and comfy chair. Weird but true.
  • princeza9
    princeza9 Posts: 337 Member
    Tea
    Listening to Dashboard Confessional or Blake Shelton
    Baking
  • nas24
    nas24 Posts: 880 Member
    Also before i go to bed, when im laying there, i rub my feet back and forth with the covers between them. Like a mini foot massage

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