Benefits of colouring books for adults

Posted by pooja late on January 18th, 2019

The fast paced life of today demands one to always keep up with it, causing a lot of stress. Though the direction the world is taking cannot be changed, you can definitely make some changes in your daily life to pace yourself down, thereby providing you with much needed relief.

Life is always going to throw some type of a road block in front of us. It is in our hands to either face the problems or run away from them. A good way to go about life is to find ways to cope better with difficult times and deal with stress in the most productive ways we can find.

One way to reduce stress in your life greatly is suing colouring books for the same. It has been proven that colouring books for adults actually has a positive effect on their life. Being an activity most of us indulged in during childhood, there may be a perception that colouring books are only for children. The truth could not be further than that!

That being the case, to know that colouring books are also meant for us adults is a reason to rejoice! There are several benefits of colouring using colouring books for adults.

While colouring, one enters a meditative state. Meditation can help in reducing stress greatly as it teaches one to gradually shift their focus from what is bothering them to other subjects that are more pleasing to think about. Once this is mastered, you can progress into the next stage of mindfulness where you can practice the state of no thoughts. Moreover, your brain will enter a state of relief by entering a meditative state.

Colouring also helps potentially reduce the levels of anxiety one may experience in daily life. While colouring, allow your thoughts to simply come to you and go with the flow. Don’t try and intentionally stop them. Focus on colouring and you will find that your negative thoughts will be expelled while you allow positive vibes to enter your mind.

Mindfulness is the act of being conscious and mindful about what tou are thinking. Focusing the present moment – you colouring, will help you achieve a state of mindfulness.

Another major benefit of colouring books for adults is experiencing the beauty of creativity over passively consuming data via technology. For a while, through colouring, you can unplug from the rest of the world and simply enjoy a moment by yourself.

Colouring doesn’t have to be the hobby of an artist – anyone can colour. You don’t have to be a professional! Pick the type of colours of your choice – be it oil pastels, colour pencils or water colours, grab a colouring book with your favourite imagery in it and start colouring!

Perhaps in the beginning, you may colour outside the lines, but when that happens, simply brush it off and continue colouring. That is how you will practice and get better.

If you can’t seem to focus at home, grab your colouring book and oil pastels or any other colours of your choice and head out to a café! Sip your favourite concoction and colour to your heart’s content.

Therepists today recommend adults to practice colouring in colouring books as a means to get over their anxiety and heal it. Some therepists even recommend adults in using colouring books as a means to heal their inner child. The inner child is basically a younger version of you which is always going to be a part of your mind that is closely connected to the memories of you from your childhood. Some people may have had to face difficult situations during childhood that may have caused them pain – a pain that they didn’t know how to heal as a child and a pain they can’t seem to get away from even as an adult. For such instances, using a colouring book to healing your inner child is a great practice.

Author’s Bio:

In this article the author Mia tries to make the reader understand that no matter how old we get, there are always going to be problems we have to face. Life doesn’t get easier with age but if we are mindful, they we can find ways to cope and even enjoy life. Colouring books with oil pastels, water colours or any other form of paint is a great way to re connect with the creative side of our personality and can help in many positive ways in our daily life.