How colouring is helping adults de-stress
It’s an activity we associate with children but there’s a growing number of adults picking up coloured pencils, pens and crayons to spend their time colouring in. Why? Not only is it hours of fun but expert says colouring has a number of therapeutic benefits. It helps de-stress and clear one’s thoughts by focusing attention on a specific activity rather than sources of anxiety. It also stimulates brain areas related to creativity, motor skills and the senses.
Adult colouring-in books have become bestsellers in the UK, Europe and America. Here are five of our favourite adult colouring-in books that you can grab here.
1. Animal Kingdom by Millie Marotta
2. Secret Garden by Johanna Basford
3. Colour Therapy – An Anti-stress Colouring book
4. Color Me Happy by Lacy Mucklow
5. Colouration by Dr Stan Rodski