In my most personal YouTube video yet, I share my history with chronic anxiety, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and how a regular practice of creating things with my hands has helped me profoundly to regulate my nervous system. Watch as I paint a Watercolor Folk Art pattern in my art journal as I review my history with anxiety throughout my adult life and how this condition has informed my life's work and my passion for my artistic hobbies (watercolor for relaxation, mixed media collage art, hand lettering and calligraphy, wheel pottery, knitting and crochet, sewing and slow stitching, handmade book making, scrapbooking, card making).
The most surefire way for me to achieve flow state and relaxation quickly, and work toward healing my nervous system from overstimulation is to pull out my watercolor supplies and my art journals. Whether I'm painting a floral pattern or a graphic pattern of repetitive shapes, my designs are NOT complicated. This is easy, stress free art once you know how to do it. It is simply the act of putting brush and water to paint and pallet and then to paper that creates the relaxation response.
DISCLAIMER: This is not medical or scientific advice. I'm just sharing my personal experience.
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