Create Your Own Sand Mandala

Mandalas are sacred symbolic images traditionally used as meditational aids in Buddhism and Hinduism. This kit provides everyone from the beginner to the professional artist with the materials and know-how to create beautiful mandalas to aid meditation, relaxation and personal growth, as well as for use in prayers and healing rituals. Sand mandalas are scattered once they have been made, symbolizing life's impermanence. Many people find the dismantling and scattering ceremony very moving. templates and a base of constructing sand mandalas. The accompanying book gives all the background history and spiritual aid the reader needs. This step-by-step guide to creating sand mandalas, from preparatory meditation to scattering, is based on traditional methods used in Tibetan Buddhism and other cultures. Make Your Own Sand Mandala provides a wealth of history, tradition, spirituality and art, while reminding us that life is as beautiful and transitory as a sand mandala.

These richly designed mandalas break away from the traditional Eastern format, which typically depicta the divine architecture of the Cosmos; instead, they reconnect us with Earth, and essential experiences of self-awareness, simplicity, and harmony. In-depth instructions explain how to meditate on the images, and why the particular patterns draw us in so intensely.--From publisher description.

You're no idiot, of course. Sometimes you just want to relax, clear your head, rest your aching muscles, and rejuvenate your weary soul. You've heard meditation is a great stress reliever, but sometimes it seems so complicated it makes you downright uptight. Relax! Meditation is easy to learn-especially if you rely on The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Meditation, as you follow the path to inner peace. In this Complete Idiot's Guide®, you get: --Zen techniques, including guided imagery and mindfulness, to help you meditate effectively. --Tips for learning how to use meditation in daily life, including stressful situations, exercise, and fatigue. --An easy-to-understand explanation of the connections between meditation, sleep, and dreams. --Expert advice on how and when to meditate and detailed drawings and diagrams for breathing, positions, and more. --Techniques for meditating to music or modern chants.

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The road to a balanced and meaningful life is different for each of us, and in such a busy world we can often lose sight of what that actually means. In The Art of Simple Living, you'll find a collection of exercises that will show you how to simplify your life, and reflections that will help you to appreciate the "little things" that often pass us by. From tips on letting go of negativity, to appreciating the relaxation of a warm bath, this book will be your gentle guide to a more manageable and meaningful life.

The Life-Changing Magic of the Mandala A story, workbook and adult coloring book in one. This book will drastically change your life and bring you back to your creative self. Back to who you really are. Read this book and follow the simple instructions to doodle your own mandala, and open doors to creative avenues that you may not even be aware of. You will find peace and serenity with a way to turn off the crazy amped up world we live in. Activate Divine Creativity is a story, workbook and adult coloring book in one. Activate Divine Creativity illustrates a woman's journey of experiencing a dark night of the soul and finding her way out and into a bright shiny world through the power of the mandala, grace, love and community. This is a simple, fun read with follow along instructions on how to doodle your own mandalas. Weaved within the story is each step the process and encouragement to be creative in all aspects of your life.

Mandala will guide readers of all levels through simple mandala exercises and easy-to-follow drawing techniques, incorporating meditation and guided visualization with lavish illustrations. By exploring the tradition of the sacred circle, readers will learn how to create their own unique and powerful works of sacred art and use the mandala symbol as a self-transformative tool that manifests and enhances their own spiritual consciousness. The new edition also includes a CD with meditations set to music and guided exercises.

Sacred living for each season Celebrate life: What is sacred living? It is aligning our living with the rhythms of the Earth and recognizing that those rhythms are deeply meaningful. It is living in the knowledge that we are part of something larger than ourselves. It is being grateful for life while we live it. The key to celebrating the abundance of life lies in the recognition that we are surrounded by all that is sacred. Organized by season, Rituals for Magic and Meaning offers a suggested ceremony for each day of the year and includes hundreds of simple rites, suggestions, meditations, and holiday celebrations that can make the ordinary extraordinary. Personalize your scared rituals: The culmination of a life’s work, author Cerridwen Greenleaf has poured her years of study into this guide to creating meaning in daily life. Rituals for Magic and Meaning fully explores the hows and whys behind ritual ─ allowing readers to truly master the art of creating personalized rituals. The author provides readers with a clear understanding of what makes up a ritual as well as detailed instruction on how to actually create rituals for personal growth. This book also gives readers a deeper awareness of the uses and applications of the art of rituals. Rituals for Magic and Meaning includes detailed information on: holiday rituals; seasonal rituals; designing original rituals; rites of passage and even life events such as birth, baby-naming, healing circles before surgery, “letting go” divorce rituals, graduation and weddings. Rituals for Magic and Meaning is an empowering and thought-provoking book that guides readers to the next level of their journey towards personal and spiritual growth.