Welcome to this week’s Inspiration Mandala called “Move into Joy”.
This week’s mandala continues the asymmetrical theme, and follows Jacinta Cubis’ urging to break patterns in the latest The Creative Life Interview. It also shows how diverse a mandala can be.
Enjoy this small moment of joy. Move into it. Accept it and welcome it in. It is yours for the taking, no matter your current circumstances.
No matter where you are, or what you are doing, joy is only as far away as your next breath. So choose with this next breath to move into joy,
to move into peace, and to move into love. You only need to decide and joy will be yours.
Curious about mandalas?
Mandalas are an ancient and sacred art form that involve creating patterns and shapes within a circle. Mandalas have been around for centuries. They have been used in various cultures and traditions (ranging from Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas, Native American medicine wheels, and rose stained glass windows in Gothic cathedrals). Mandalas have also been used by psychiatrist Carl Jung with his patients after he discovered that drawing within a circle could be used as a tool for self-expression.
There is power when you create a mandala with an underlying intention. The act of sitting down and drawing a mandala also creates an opportunity to be still and totally absorbed in the task at hand. Drawing a mandala can be relaxing and form part of mindfulness practice. Its calming effect can ground and centre us. It can also provide us with a tool for self-expression and reflection.
Mandalas can also be used as part of a meditation practice. You use the mandala to settle your mind and provide a focus point for your eyes to rest on during your mediation. Whenever your mind gets distracted then bring back your focus to the mandala. For more information on how to mediate on a mandala.
Looking for more Inner Creative mandala inspiration?
Then head over to previous Mandala Inspirations (see some more links below), or the Mandala Play Adventure series where I created a different mandala each day from the same colouring page for 30 days.
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