Today is National Coloring Book Day. What used to be known as a simple, fun activity for kids now is a tool for practicing good mental health. Coloring has increased in popularity recently, especially for adults. But what makes adult coloring so popular?
Coloring can improve your health by:
Promoting mindfulness. Since you’re focusing on color choice and staying inside the lines, you’re only thinking about the present moment.
Relieving stress. It calms the brain and helps your body relax. This can improve sleep and fatigue while decreasing body aches, heart rate, respiration, and feelings of depression and anxiety.
Embracing the imperfect. There’s no right or wrong way to color.
In honor of National Coloring Book Day, please enjoy this FREE gift of coloring pages from Taking Flight: The Peregrine Falcons of Mayo Clinic. Just download and print these pages, and grab some colored pencils. Whether these are for your child, grandchild, or yourself, we hope you enjoy them! Taking Flight is more than a coloring book – it’s a tribute to the resilience of the birds who inspired it.
A coloring and activity book
Your creativity will soar through coloring and other activities as you discover how the peregrine falcon is a force of nation – and healing – at Mayo Clinic.
