What does colouring in have to do with reducing stress? And how exactly could it help you?
They key to all of this is that colouring in is an activity which focuses the mind and the hands at the same time. Active meditation focus on simple, repetitive-motion tasks, and colouring in has the same meditative effects.
Concentrating on colouring in a picture or image:-
- focuses your mind on the present
- replaces negative thoughts
- blocks out intrusive thoughts
- creates a state of peace
- helps you find an inner calm
Colouring in not for you? How about one of the new crazes like dot-to-dot for adults, or paint by numbers?
Still not convinced? We challenge you to try 10 minutes of colouring in for the rest of this week. Before you know it, you'll have switched off and done 30.
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