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paperturtle the joy of mandalas a tutorial monday december 29 2014 the joy of mandalas a tutorial there s a beautiful mandala painted on one of the walls at the yoga studio where i practice the design captivated my attention and drew me in the first time i saw it in fact i liked it so much that i started looking around for information on mandalas and specifically tips on how to draw my own part of my yoga teacher training graduation package included sharing an example of how i practice yoga off the mat my original idea for that assignment was to compile my yoga blog posts into a booklet but then i drew my first mandala there s nothing like the meditative zone i find while being creative it really is equivalent to yoga off the mat for me patanjali s yoga sutra 1 2 yogas citta vrtti nirodhah yoga is the ability to direct the mind exclusively toward an object and sustain that direction without any distractions i decided to teach my fellow classmates how to draw a mandala for my final graduation project we moved from the main classroom over to the one with the mandala on the wall for my presentation and i loved the way my classmates honored me by participating so intently today i m sharing a brief tutorial on how to draw your own mandala mandala is a sanskrit word that means circle in a nutshell mandalas have been used for centuries as sacred symbols in many cultures they are commonly used as meditation prayer tools by either gazing at a mandala that someone else has drawn or by creating your own my rendition of how to draw a mandala and suggestions for how you can use it are my thoughts and observations after sifting through a whole bunch of mandala information it s optional but highly recommended to think of an intention to hold while you create your mandala think of something you want in your life peace patience a new job and imagine how that would feel if you already had that going on for you grab yourself a circle shape i used a circle punch but you could easily use a bowl or jar to trace a circle and cut it out i folded the circle template in half in a few different directions to provide some grid lines to use as a template you could also use a protractor compass you know fancy tools to begin drawing i trace the circle on my paper and put a little dot at each of the fold lines to mark my sections all the way around once i have a few grid lines and dots on my paper i start filling in the blanks i like to draw lines across the inside of the circle connecting the dots and crisscrossing just letting the lines fall into place wherever it feels right and then scallops or flower petals around the outside edge fill in or color the same shape all the way around the circle just start playing around with pencil lines and shapes resist the urge to think too much about the process let the lines and shapes happen organically continue to remind yourself of your intention as you begin to fill in the blank spaces turning the paper as you go and continuing the pattern all the way around you ll find yourself drifting into a flow drawing lines and coloring in spaces therein lies the meditation aspect of drawing a mandala you become lost within its design and effortlessly drift into harmony and relaxation time was limited as i led my classmates in the mandala session so i created a simple template as a starting point for drawing you are welcome to download print it by clicking here ps the lotus flower watercolor art is mine too i had paperturtle cards printed from moo com for my yoga teacher classmates so they could visit here and read my yoga posts if they choose hi yoga friends xo posted by deb paperturtle at 12 29 2014 08 23 00 am labels crafts artwork mandala love tutorial yoga and the turtle yogaturtle 8 comments stephanie la dolce vita said very cool deb and also very pretty december 29 2014 at 8 53 am fiona staring at the sea said beautiful i like the quote too i ve been mulling over my choices for one little word and one of them is direction funny how it seems to be popping up everywhere today december 29 2014 at 9 29 am susi said love it thanks for the tutorial i could use a little meditation time i will have to give this a try december 29 2014 at 12 24 pm beverly said i love that your creative artsy side weaves so well with your yoga side your mandelas are beautiful great class project december 29 2014 at 3 26 pm maria ontiveros said i was going to say that i don t get mandalas but this has really changed my mind i think i ll give it a try rinda december 29 2014 at 8 12 pm sian said i found this very interesting because it s really not all that long ago since i actually discovered what a mandala is now i know more december 30 2014 at 3 51 am anonymous said that was so interesting i ve always wondered about mandelas and now thanks to your tutorial i m going to try making one january 19 2015 at 4 41 am miriam said thank you so much all printed and ready to play x february 18 2015 at 9 08 am post a 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