20 Photos That Can Feel as Soothing as a Hot Bath

In an ideal world, stress wouldn’t be a significant part of our lives. But when that’s not possible, you can still take your mind to a “happy place” — at least for a few minutes — by simply gazing at some pictures that have the magical power to bring you instant calm.

We at Bright Side enjoy finding effective stress busters, so we’re sharing this collection of relaxing images that your brain will thank you for.

1. This endless lavender field from the South of France

2. A wall made of trees in Paris

3. These aligned handles in the Taipei metro

4. Perfect lemon meringue pies

5. Hundreds of crows roosting in the snow at night

6. This pile of flour

7. The way these bubbles are aligned

8. Art in a fruit tart

9. How the veins of the leaf align on the creases of the hand

10. Red/green color blindness simulation on a gradient puzzle

11. This toasted marshmallow

12. “My coffee with milk was the same shade of brown as my mug this morning.”

13. “I kept on passing this, so on the third night I decided to take a picture.”

14. This neatly stacked box of pencils

15. The view in Trinity College Library from Dublin

16. This painting

17. The way these pumpkin seeds settled in a pot of water

18. The progressive color banding in this latte

19. This snowy street in Ireland

20. The view of these perfect rows of tulips

Which of these images had a calming effect on you? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below!