One of my granddaughters gave me The Meditation Coloring Book and a Zen Garden kit for Christmas. Thoughtful presents for a grandma who runs her days at high octane pace.1
Adult coloring, though, has become an anti-anxiety relaxation technique designed to help de-stress mind and body. If heavy El Niño rains keep us indoors – after doing our living room cardio – we may want to break out a mandala2 coloring book and pencils and release our inner therapist. WF!
1. The main source of my high energy actually is a 45-minute-to-an-hour inspirational quiet time every morning, right after waking up.
2. From Wikipedia: Mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Indian religions. In common use, mandala has become a generic term for any diagram, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a microcosm of the universe.
