Coloring for Mental & Emotional Health
Coloring Strengthens Our Mental, Emotional and Intellectual Health
Check out this great article by the Huffington Post discussing the health benefits of coloring.
Some benefits we knew:
- stress relief
- relaxation benefits
- meditation properties
Things we did not realize:
- Coloring was prescribed as early as Carl Jung
- Coloring helps train the brain to focus
- Coloring uses both the left and the right sides of the brain
- Coloring calms fight/flight response of our amygdala
- Coloring eases severe anxiety issues such as PTSD
