Color & Breathe

Color & Breathe To Calm

The Not-Just-Coloring Books

for Adults & Children

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Why These Aren’t Your Average Coloring Books

These books were built for WAY more than just pretty pages. Every design is paired with a breathing or meditative exercise to help you access a deeper level of chill, one that sticks around even after you put the book down.

Here’s why it works:

Breathing is your built-in brake pedal. When you’re stressed, your sympathetic nervous system (aka fight-or-flight mode) is in overdrive. Slow, deep breathing activates the vagus nerve, flips the switch to your parasympathetic system (rest-and-digest mode), and tells your brain, “We’re safe. Chill TF out.”

Coloring gives your brain something to hold onto. While your hand fills in patterns, your focus shifts from the chaos in your head to the rhythm in front of you. That repetition grounds you mentally, emotionally, and even physically.

Combining the two resets your entire system. Breath + motion = regulation. It’s like syncing up your heart, lungs, and brain into one steady rhythm. Bonus: it strengthens the neural pathways between your emotion center (amygdala) and your logic center (prefrontal cortex) so you can handle life better.

You’re teaching your brain how to get calm on command. Every time you pair coloring with a breathing technique, your brain links the two. Do it enough, and that technique alone becomes your shortcut to calm, with or without the crayons.

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Here’s why patterns work:

Curved lines = calm AF. Your brain sees smooth, flowing shapes and goes, “Ahhh, we’re safe.” It’s the same feeling you get watching waves or clouds. Your system chills out. That’s not a vibe—it’s a parasympathetic response.

Straight lines = focus mode. Coloring clean, structured lines helps your brain organize chaos. It’s like giving your thoughts a filing cabinet. Great when your head feels like a browser with 37 tabs open.

Tiny spaces = instant mindfulness. When you're coloring small, detailed areas, your brain has no choice but to slow the hell down. It’s basically forced meditation, minus the sitting still and pretending not to think about snacks.

Big shapes = emotional release. Larger areas let you move bigger, breathe deeper, and dump out all that pent-up crap you’ve been carrying. Think of it as emotional exhaling through your hand.

Repetition = regulation. Your hand gets into a rhythm—stroke, fill, repeat. Your breath follows. Your nervous system catches the beat. This is where the shift really starts to happen.

Retrain your nervous system to come down from survival mode, chill The F out, and remember what calm feels like.

It’s Not Just Coloring. It’s Nervous System CPR.

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Kids Not-Just-Coloring Books!

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Confidence for Children (4-6 years old)

A Book To Help Your Child Build Confidence

One Story, One Breath, One Coloring Page, at a Time!

Coloring -AND- a Storybook -AND- Breathing Techniques To Help Kids Build Confidence And Learn How To Control The Big Emotions!

Confidence is about trying, messing up, and realizing you’re awesome anyway! This funny and engaging coloring book is packed with hilarious, heartwarming animal stories that show kids how to tackle self-doubt, fears, and big feelings - all while having a blast. Plus, three simple breathing exercises are presented in the beginning to give little ones a secret superpower to handle stress, overstimulation, and those “I’M SO MAD” moments.

Look at what’s inside!

✔️ Breathing exercises to practice for stress and big emotions

✔️ Stories filled with confidence boosting lessons

✔️ Engaging pictures & thought provoking questions for each story

✔️ Funny & engaging stories with positive lessons & fun reflection questions

✔️ Each story has a coloring page for the child to color when reflecting

✔️ Stories to help children view their strength, uniqueness, & bravery

✔️ Confidence-boosting themes kids can relate to

✔️ Creative coloring pages that bring each story to life

✔️ A lot of humor because grown-ups deserve a laugh too

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