Mandalas

I utilize the practice of creating mandalas in my professional and personal life. Mandalas are relaxing, intuitive, meditative, and grounding. Mandala, a sanskrit word, means "circle". A mandala is any image that resides within a circle or takes a circular shape. There are many religious meanings and methods to creating mandalas and there is so much information out there about all the theories...However, I like to keep it simple. ​

Take a piece of paper. Draw a big circle. Fill in the circle with colors, shapes, images...you can use any material: pencil, pen, oil pastels, paints, collage. When you feel that the image is complete, step back and visually and emotionally take it in. ​

Sometimes a blank piece of paper can be intimidating. Here is a link where you can find two downloadable mandala images that you can print out and  color in. ​ http://www.art-is-fun.com/free-mandala-designs-to-print.html#mandala

​Enjoy!