Making Mandalas For Harmony And Healing

An inspirational exploration of the beautiful and intricate art of mandalas, and their role in spiritual growth and meditation. It includes step-by-step instructions for creating your own designs for traditional and contemporary mandalas, and a guide to natural mandalas such as snowflakes, tree rings and spiral galaxies.

Draws on European, Eastern African and Native American wisdom.

Drawing the traditional circular designs known as mandalas is a meditative practice, a healing exercise in times of crisis, and a pleasurable act of creativity. As a symbol of the Self, the mandala provides a connection to our innermost being. The forty-eight drawings presented here for coloring include designs inspired by forms of nature, Native American and Tibetan sand paintings, Hindu yantras, Turkish mosaics, the illuminations of Hildegarde of Bingen, and the art of M.C. Escher. These mandalas are organized according to the Great Round of Mandala, a scheme of twelve archetypal stages that represents a complete cycle of personal growth. Thus, to do the coloring book from start to finish will carry the reader through a balanced experience of change, guided by the accompanying text.

The Sanskrit word 'mandala' can be loosely translated to mean circle. But it is far more than just a shape. It represents wholeness and the structure of life: a cosmic diagram that shows us how we relate to the infinite. Colouring mandalas has a deeply therapeutic effect, allowing you to achieve mindfulness by focusing on the present moment. With forty intricate, hand-drawn mandalas, this book will transport you to a state of tranquillity. There are inspirational quotations to ponder as you work and journal pages allow you to document your journey. Each journey, good or bad, is part of the story of our lives. Make sure to look after yourself along the way.

Mandalas are circular designs containing lines, patterns, and colors that have been used in personal devotions throughout history and often symbolize a desire to mark or set aside a special time or place. Coloring mandalas is a creative activity that can help us feel connected to ourselves and to the world. In her latest collection of mandalas for coloring, Susanne Fincher focuses on using mandalas as a way to claim our own truths and to find our way in the world. The original designs she presents are associated with being and doing. The “being” mandalas represent a sense of balance, integration, and self-realization. They can be reminiscent of the designs of heraldic shields carried as the emblem of personal power. The “doing” mandalas represent action, energy, and functioning in the world. These mandalas are associated with creativity, ingenuity, teamwork, and productivity. Coloring the mandalas in this book allows you to interact with forms that evoke both steady, centered being, and active, skillful doing. Coloring Mandalas 4 provides a creative and insightful path toward self-knowledge.

Discover the restorative power of mandala meditation Relax your body, calm your mind, and promote overall well-being with The Art of Mandala Meditation. This gorgeous collection features inspirational instruction and more than eighty colorful mandala illustrations that will help you find the comfort, healing, or inspiration you've been seeking. With these mesmerizing designs, you'll finally be able to ease your mind and free yourself from the obstacles that keep you from achieving inner peace. This book also includes customizable blank mandalas to further your meditation and guide you even deeper into tranquility. This beautiful volume is a must-have for anyone looking to live a more balanced life.

Short on time but long on stress? Enjoy the theraputic healing power of mandalas. Using a combination of active meditation and coloring therapy, this coloring book provides a simple way to achieve a relaxed, meditative state. If you can color, you can meditate! Set aside 30 minutes to do something just for yourself or turn a stressful situation, like sitting in a waiting room, into an opportunity to decompress and relax. If you're a late night snacker, now you can keep your fingers busy and out of that bag of chips! Simply choose one of the 30 unique designs from this book and begin. Color a beautiful mandala and bring peace and harmony back into your soul. Namaste.

72 mandala designs that invoke a sense of balance, harmony, and well-being in a portable package--an adult coloring book from the author of the popular Coloring Mandalas series. Coloring the circular designs known as mandalas is a creative activity that brings relaxation, healing, and self-understanding. The seventy-two mandalas in this book were designed to invoke a sense of well-being and harmony. Drawing on the theme of completion, the mandalas here embody peace, joy, and fulfillment, and represent a time of reaping rewards and benefits from the work we have performed; of realizing and appreciating our achievements; of resting in the pleasure of having fulfilled a personal creative inspiration. Spending time with these designs can be relaxing and offer a soothing balance to busy days.