Working with your hands is one of the best ways to soothe anxiety and eliminate stress. This second pocket-sized colouring book from illustrator Emma Farrarons offers a practical exercise in mindfulness that draws upon your creativity and hones your focus.
Like the first book,The Mindfulness Colouring Book: More Mindfulness Colouring offers delicately hand-drawn scenes from nature and the decorative world for you to mindfully and creatively fill with colour. Take a few minutes out of your day, wherever you are, and colour your way to peace and calm.
We all lead busy lives, rushing around on autopilot, charging from place to place, multi-tasking at work, taking care of our families and trying to stay in touch with friends. But we now know that taking a moment to pause and be mindful can dramatically improve our well-being, making us feel calmer, less stressed and more at peace with our emotions.
Being mindful is about paying attention to the present moment, clearing your mind of distractions and focusing on simply being. Pretty much any activity, done right, can be an exercise in mindfulness – walking down the street, eating a piece of chocolate, or simply breathing in and out. But the act of colouring in – carefully and attentively filling a page with colour, the feel of the pencil in your hand as you meditate on the beauty of the whole illustration – is particularly suited to mindful meditation.