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- Herausgeber: Efalon Acies
- Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020
There are many basic ways to meditate, and this guide surely talks about those. However, as a bit more of an alternative consideration, the book shows you different forms of Meditation you may have never thought of. Examples are:
Coloring mandalas for stress relief and Meditation
Using a fidget spinner to remove some tension
Art therapy and drawing
Bathtub Meditation
Are you curious about how you can make these creative Meditation methods work for you? Then go ahead and start reading or listening to the book.
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Meditation
Relieve Stress through Art, Coloring, and Bathtub Meditating
By Athena Doros
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: How to Use Coloring Mandalas as a Meditation Method
Chapter 2: Art Activities for Tension Relief
Chapter 3: Meditation Strategies to Experiment with
Chapter 4: Using Fidget Spinners for Stress Relief
Chapter 5: How to Eliminate Stress with Art Treatment
Chapter 6: Drawing, Art Therapy, and Tension Relief
Chapter 7: How to Relieve Tension with Bathtub Meditation
Chapter 1: How to Use Coloring Mandalas as a Meditation Method
The easy act of coloring a picture can be rather advantageous in eliminating stress and anxiety. One popular way to do this is to color mandalas and use it as a type of meditation.
This form of art treatment has become popular among adults as well as children just because it is a relaxing exercise that can take your mind off of other things. Research studies have revealed that the geometric circles referred to as mandalas can be especially helpful over other types of illustrations.
What Is a Mandala?
In Sanskrit, the word mandala means "circle." Circles are an effective sign found in each culture. We see them in halos, prayer wheels, and other spiritual symbols and also architecture and nature.
Mandalas are spiritual circles that have long been used to assist in meditation in the Indian and Tibetan religious beliefs of Hinduism and Buddhism. Many other faiths, including but not limited to Christianity and Taoism, have integrated mandalas into their spiritual practices as well.
Mandalas could be real drawings or paintings. They could also be short-term creations, like sand mandalas, which are usually ceremoniously taken apart after completion. The primary circle shape of a mandala is filled with a range of geometric shapes and symbols. These are usually repeated in symmetrical patterns using strong color designs.
The process of creating mandalas is as essential as viewing the finished work. The intent of both stages is to focus the body and mind, which is precisely why they're an ideal tool for meditation.
Mandalas as Art Treatment.
Mandalas can also be used as a healing tool for meditation. Meditation itself has been revealed to lower stress, battle depression, decrease pain, and lower blood pressure.
It might also enhance the body immune system and stimulate the release of melatonin, a hormone believed to slow cell aging and promote sleep. While it is uncertain what effect visual mandalas might have, people might find that they're a useful tool for their meditative practice.
Mandalas aren't just something to look at or contemplate. There are now mandala coloring books that can be useful to anyone. Coloring a mandala using pencil crayons, crayons, paint, or pastels integrates the advantages of meditation and art treatment into a simple practice that can be done at any time and place.
People who color mandalas often experience a deep sense of calm and wellbeing.
It's an easy tool that does not require any competence, but it can be incredibly calming and nourishing. Mandalas not only focus your attention but also enable you to express your creative side, which tons of us overlook in our daily lives.
They can be especially useful for:
Kids: Coloring mandalas can help children deal with emotions and deal with health problem. Instead of verbalizing their emotions, many children show themselves through color and art. Psychologist Barbara Sourkes, Ph.D., has used these "color-feeling wheels" for children with cancer and their brothers or sisters. She notes that it can be used with kids as young as 3-years-old and that it is a workout in which they don't fear distributing their emotions as a normal kids' drawing may.3.
Individuals with a terminal health problem: The University of California at Irvine Cancer Center and the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center are just two cancer centers that have offered mandala workshops to cancer survivors.
People who want to quit smoking: For the same reason that many smokers use up knitting when they quit their habit, coloring mandalas can keep your hands occupied and help alleviate stress. You can bring your mandala book with you so you can pick it up for some min. at a time anytime you feel the urge to smoke.
Still, mandalas aren't for everyone. Coloring a mandala includes repetitive movements and grasping. This can worsen the pain of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis in the fingers. It can cause pain in individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome, lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow), and other forms of recurring stress injuries as well.
How to Color a Mandala.
There is not that much to coloring a mandala for meditation purposes. It needs just several easy steps and a bit of time when you can be alone.
You will really need crayons, pencil crayons, chalks, pastels, paint, or markers in a variety of colors.
Print a mandala or use a mandala coloring book.
Find a quiet and comfortable place where you can work comfortably without diversions.
Start coloring.
