Coloring Care : How a Coloring Book and Crayons Can Help Dissolve Stress .

Remember when you used to be a child, lying on your tummy on the floor, coloring book open, crayon in hand with the other crayons spilling out of the box? Do you remember the sense of peace and enjoyment you felt while you were coloring? Why not consider revisiting this fave infancy entertainment to help during those times when you end up feeling on edge.

Coloring is one of the best forms of meditation

For many of us, when we think of coloring, we connect to the innocence of childhood and a point when we weren?t burdened by responsibility and expectation. Picking up a crayon once more can help us reconnect to a sense of simplicity we have momentarily lost.

You could think of coloring as letting your inner child come out and have a fun time, or you might think of this activity as a kind of meditation. Selecting colours and the peaceful, repeated motion of your hand as you bring color to paper helps quiet your mind--bringing your usual rapid-fire thoughts down to a much slower pace.

Not only can you now give yourself permission to color outside the lines, you can keep your coloring as easy, or get as classy, as you want.

There is nothing like the scent of new crayons and getting reacquainted with your fave color as well as opening a fresh coloring book and looking thru all the chances before selecting your first page to color.

You may find that you have outgrown crayons and want to color using something with a different texture and a different feel. Pencil crayons and felt pens are a reasonable alternative. But you may wish to spend a bit of additional cash and try colored pencils, Conte Crayons, oil pastels, pastels or watercolor pencils.

These days, many coloring books are used to market and promote children?s movies or TV cartoon characters. Finding books containing basic illustrations of flowers, food, animals, etc are a bit more difficult, but not unlikely.

Want to get a little risqu? There are adult-themed coloring books as well.

To make coloring a true meditative and non secular experience seek out a pre-made mandala design or create your own to paint. Many religions use mandalas as a means of connecting the self to a higher power. Inside Buddhism, mandalas are made as sacred places which, by their awfully presence, remind a spectator of the vastness of sanctity in the universe and its potential with in their own life. Creating a mandala is alleged to be a very powerful and sacred experience.

Think of coloring as a creative quick-fix

However, for some of us, painting and/or drawing is not our forte. And for people that do enjoy painting and/or drawing, infrequently it?s tricky to find time time to begin a project. It?s a time to experiment with color and to express your moods with color in an easy, convenient and cheap way.

Coloring alongside children can be inspiring. How about inviting a pal or 2 over for tea and some coloring time? And for any artists who are feeling a bit burnt out working in their usual medium, why not use coloring as a method to rejuvenate your creativity?

More than just as a stress reliever

Coloring is being used in formal healing settings such as eye-hand coordination development and to help in healing victims of trauma. Regardless of your needs, there is so much to be gained by spending some time coloring.

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