May 18 2019 1pm - 2:15pm Experience the connection between visualization, guided meditation and art making during this gentle two-part experience. Jas Milam will lead a relaxing guided meditation/visualization exercise. Following this inner journey. participants will have the opportunity to create a torn paper mandala recreating the experience. This finished mandala can serve as a map back to this safe place or a reminder that peace is within. ONLINE REGISTRATION will be here, when … [Read more...] about Torn Paper Mandala and Guided Meditation
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Centering Through Art
April 20, 2019 1pm - 2:15pm Centering through art and art makingis a meditational or devotional practice designed to quiet the mind and tune in spiritually. Coloring mandalas is a perfect way to do this. The benefits may be seen immediately and are helpful in reducing stress, beautifying your surroundings and maintaining conscious contact with a Higher Power. A variety of easy to keep on hand media – markers, colored pencils, crayons and gel pens – as well as circle templates, straight … [Read more...] about Centering Through Art
Aboriginal Dot Painting – mandala river rocks
March 16, 2019 1pm - 2:15pm The Aboriginal people of Australia believed that their souls traveled outside their bodies during sleep to a Dreamtime parallel universe. Their dot paintings were maps of this created during an altered state generated through sound (didgeridoo) and repetitive process (dot technique). Participants will borrow this idea and make a couple of these dot mandala stones to native music after viewing a presentation on these Indigenous Australians. ONLINE … [Read more...] about Aboriginal Dot Painting – mandala river rocks
Sri Yantra – the oldest mandala
February 16, 2019 3pm - 4:15pm A Yantra is the visual equivalent of the Mantra – a meditation “tool” for the visually oriented practitioner. The first mandala of the series is the oldest mandala we know of. Join Jas Milam, artist and art therapist in this informative look at the Sri Yantra mandala, learn how to use yantras in your Daily Practice and make a Yantra of your own to take home to your home altar or favorite meditation spot. REGISTER HERE … [Read more...] about Sri Yantra – the oldest mandala