40 Wild Horses… And A Donkey – Mandala Art Therapy Coloring Book For Grown Ups: 41 Original Adult Coloring Designs For Meditation & Stress Relief Paperback – 24 October 2018

Coloring Can Change Your Life…

It has been psychologically proven to de-stress, promote relaxation and reduce anxiety. And it’s just plain fun!

The acclaimed psychologist Carl G. Jüng used to be one of the crucial first to utilize coloring back in the early 20th century, and his pattern of choice used to be the mandala.

According to psychologist Gloria Martínez Ayala, when coloring we activate different areas of our two cerebral hemispheres, and when we focus on a particular activity, don’t seem to be concentrating on our worries. She goes on to say, coloring “brings out our imagination and takes us back to our childhood, a period in which we most certainly had a lot less stress.”

Still Not Convinced?

The American Art Therapy Association say that creating artwork can be utilized to “explore feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior and addictions, develop social skills, fortify reality orientation, reduce anxiety and increase self-esteem.”

Marygrace Berberian, the Clinical Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Graduate Art Therapy Program at NYU says “Coloring definitely has therapeutic potential to reduce anxiety, create focus or bring [about] more mindfulness”.

Groundbreaking research in 2005 proved anxiety levels dropped when subjects colored mandalas, which are round frames with geometric patterns inside. Simply doodling, though, had no effect in reducing the other subjects’ stress levels.

She went on to say “It may be particularly effective for people who don’t seem to be comfortable with more creatively expressive forms of art. My experience has been that those participants who are more guarded find a large number of tranquility in coloring an image.”

What Are You Waiting For?

• 41 unique designs ranging in detail for the beginner to coloring expert
• Single page designs backed with a plain page to reduce color bleed-through
• Coloring pencils really helpful for the most productive results and maximum stress-relieving relaxation

FREE BONUS WITH EVERY BOOK!

30 Free downloadable kaleidoscopic mandala pattern coloring pages with every copy! These original designs range in complexity and detail from beginner to expert-level.