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My turtle mandala
I love to see and share the mandalas created during my mandala workshop. I am always amazed at what is created. Here are the rest of the mandalas that were created at the April 20th workshop.
Mandala by Lisa Pieper
This is part two of the encore of 100 Days for Mandalas. My last blog post tells the story of how Gail Haverdill sent this beautiful book of 18 Mini Mandalas a few days after the end of 100 Days for Mandalas. Here are the other mandalas in this lovely book.
MONDAY MANDALA INFORMATION – FLOW, RHYTHM, PATTERNS, DOODLING
(it is really Wednesday, I tried for Monday, oh well)
MANDALA INSPIRATIONS & MEDITATION
MANDALA PROMPT – FLOW, RHYTHM, PATTERNS, DOODLING
Making mandalas is a meditative experience. It allows us to easily get in the flow, that space where time seems [...]
MONDAY (actually Tuesday) MANDALA INFORMATION, INSPIRATION & MEDITATION
Sacred Elements of Life: Air, Earth, Water, Fire mandala – by Sister Corlita Bonnarens
MANDALA PROMPT
This beautiful mandala by Corlita Bonnarens is the inspiration for this week’s mandala prompt. As we enter the middle of 100 Days for Mandalas (today is day [...]
MONDAY MANDALA INFORMATION, INSPIRATION & MEDITATION
MANDALA PROMPT
This week become aware of the living colors of life. Colors you see in flowers, in animals, in stones, in all parts of creation. Realize you are living color and the colors you choose in your creations are living colors. And [...]
MONDAY MANDALA INFORMATION, INSPIRATION & MEDITATION
MANDALA PROMPT
This week bring an intention, or purpose, into the creation of your mandala. An intention is a thought and feeling about something that you would like to give attention. This could be a wish, or a desire for help with [...]
The main reason for the recent road trip to New Mexico was to experience The Mandala Center in Des Moines, New Mexico. What would it be like stay in this beautiful retreat center dedicated to personal and spiritual growth? Would it be as wonderful as the website photos and descriptions? My friend [...]
I’ve been busy having lazy art days. These are days when I feel wrapped up in the present, in a flow of creativity that guides me along like a river.
I call these days lazy in that I sometimes work all day in my pajamas, don’t answer the phone, leave the [...]
Some days I need the beauty and quiet of holy places. One of the places that calms my soul is the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica.
The air is rich with the light of the magnificent mosaics. I look for the mandala patterns.
I met Christine’s husband at Shaw Nature Reserve years ago. We went to a ceremonial prairie planting with Native American drums that sang to the seeds as they drifted to the receiving earth. Christine and her family used to live inside this magical place, and now have a country [...]
Monday was the new moon. A new moon is the time to plant intentions and wishes. Like seeds in the ground, or babies in the womb, they germinate and grow during this time of darkness.
My monthly mandala making get together took place on Sunday, the eve before the new [...]
Last Weekend was the ending and non ending of the Sand Mandala for Peace created by the eight Tibetan Monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in downtown St. Louis. The Mandala took five days to complete. The intricate and beautiful circular shape was build grain of sand upon grain of [...]
The Tibetan Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery continue to create the sand Mandala for Peace in downtown St. Louis at Macrosun. The beauty of the mandala emerges as the Monks carefully place individual grains of colored sand into the design. A special metal tool called a chakpur has [...]
St. Louis is being blessed with a sand mandala for peace created over five days by Tibetan Buddhist Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in Southern India. I attended the opening ceremony on Wednesday, the 24th. It began at noon and continued for over an hour. The eight monks [...]
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