Why pottery is therapeutic

Why Pottery is Therapeutic

Using a lump of moist clay, you put it on the potter's wheel and you shape into your very own creation. As the wheels spin and the clay begins to form, both your mind and body are synergized with your

surroundings and with the universe. It is here where you can find the therapeutic benefits of pottery.

Mental Health Implications

For adults who live with depression and bipolar disorder, the use of pottery therapy seems to show promising signs in alleviating symptoms and providing a non-threatening environment in which therapy to not only relax but also encourage creative energy.

Pottery is useful for the Treatment of Depression and Bipolar Disorder

When treating depression, pottery therapy promotes the use of care, attention to detail, and the use of both water and heat to create a final product.

For individuals who live with depression or bipolar disorder, pottery therapy alleviates perceptions of pain and seems to promote a sense of calmness and slows blood pressure and heart rate - all vital to assisting a bipolar and depressed patient into transitioning through elements of talk therapy as well.

Because the molding of clay and the creation of pottery requires concentration, many depressed patients report enjoying their pottery therapy classes because they provide a distraction of issues, thoughts, and activities that may otherwise exacerbate or complicate their bipolar or depressed thoughts and behaviors.

Often, with just a few sessions of pottery therapy, many depressed adults report an improvement in mood and can even taper back the medications used to treat depression or bipolar disorder.

Each year, millions of adults struggle with bipolar disorder and depression - often looking for non-medicated ways to gain control over their mental health complication

Pottery is therapy for all ages

Nursing home residents that participate in pottery have shown improved measures of self-esteem, and reduced depression and anxiety.

Pottery has therapeutic benefits for senior citizens as it helps to maintain

cognitive, emotional, social and physical fitness.

Pottery is highly enjoyable and it gives an opportunity to express ourselves creatively. For those who have arthritic hands, working with clay can be therapeutic. It can offer physical therapy by increasing hand-eye coordination along with mental concentration.

POTTERY HAS NUMEROUS HEALING BENEFITS FOR BOTH YOUNG AND OLD