MCC Daily Tribune

Adult Coloring Benefits and Pages

Think spending hours coloring is only for kids? Think again!

Did you know that coloring can reduce stress and anxiety?

Coloring has the ability to relax the fear center of your brain. It induces the same state as meditating by reducing thoughts of a restless mind. This in turn generates mindfulness and quietness, which then allows your mind to get some rest after a long day.

Coloring  improves motor skills and vision

Coloring goes beyond a fun activity for relaxation. It requires the hemispheres of the brain to communicate. While logic helps us stay in the lines, choosing colors generates a creative thought process.

It can improve sleep

We know we get a better night’s sleep when avoiding engaging with electronics at night, because exposure to the emitted light reduces your levels of the sleep hormone, melatonin. Coloring is a relaxing and electronic-free bedtime ritual that won’t disturb your level of melatonin.

Improves your focus

Coloring requires you to focus, but not so much that it’s stressful. It opens up your frontal lobe, which controls organizing and problem solving, and allows you to put everything else aside and live in the moment, generating focus.

Each week the Wellness council will provide you two sheets to color so break out those colored pencils and markers and get creative! Finish a sheet and share your masterpiece on our Facebook page here.

Attached Files:
coloring-heavenly-landscape.pdf
coloring-whimsical-background.pdf

Sarah Benedict
MCC Wellness Council
05/11/2022