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  1. Mandala coloring benefits are older than you think. Tine Steiss looks at the advantages – such as relaxation and increased creativity – and traces the history of the mandala. You've seen them everywhere. In line at the supermarket, the bookstore, paying for petrol when you fill up your car; the list is infinite. Recently, mandala coloring books have inundated almost every aspect of printed media. But why? In fact, there are many great benefits of mandala coloring for adults. Some of these rewards are quite surprising, and others are more obvious. Here's a quote for you: “Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.” (cited in Neihardt, 1961:32-33). Colour your life: the benefits of mandala are many A quick history of these fantastic circles reveals humans have been fascinated with them for all of recorded time and perhaps even longer. Nature is full of circles. The moon, flowers, the cycles of seasons and movements of wind. Every culture on earth has some connection with circles. Whether it be from the way they construct buildings and temples to methods of meditation or dance. The symbol of a continuous life cycle, circles travel far and wide, yet remain visible in everyday life. Various religions and philosophies look to circles and more specifically, mandalas, as a journey to the true self. Each layer of the mandala represents a different part of life. Ultimately a mandala is infinite and supports the Buddhist and Hindu claims to reincarnation. What do they have to do with happiness? Often times mandalas are used for meditation. Some practices involve tracing the lines of a mandala with one's eyes, creating a high level of concentration and sense of present-moment-awareness. Similar to the meditation technique of staring into the blue of a candle's flame. Other times they represent prayers or gods. Like a visual mantra, offering peace of mind to the believer. This stillness and awareness mandalas can create is what scientists want to learn from. There are many studies proving the benefits of using mandalas for gaining self-awareness, self-expression and even conflict resolution. How these 'reflections of the self' (Carl Jung) help us achieve greater happiness is simpler than you might think. Drawing circles brings us back to our center. The circle is everywhere in nature: it brings stability to an unstable situation or mind. Once balance returns, the mind and body can begin to function properly again. Thus resetting the purpose and goals one has or finding new ones in a time of uncertainty. Here are only a few of the top benefits of mandala coloring: Helps to stabilize blood pressure increases creativity and self-awareness art therapy reduces anxiety and relaxes muscles self-confidence: freedom to color outside the lines if you want If you're unsure how to start a mandala on your own, there are lots of good resources to find out how. Our writer Tine Steiss has tried her hand at drawing mandalas and found them beneficial. She's created a heart mandala for you to print out. ● happiness.com | The fine art of being: learn, practise, share Are you a happiness.com member? Sign up for free now to: ■ enjoy our happiness magazine ■ share and support in our happiness forum ■ develop with free online Academy courses Self-care | Meditation | Painting and drawing | Crafts Written by Tine Steiss Tine is part of the happiness team. She's an artist, meditator, media engineer and MBSR teacher. If she's not traveling she's working on turning her rooftop terrace into a garden paradise. Find out more about her on Instagram.
  2. Laura Aleksandra created this fantastic poem, 'Landscape of Dreams', and the beautiful beach mandala you can see in the image above. We hope you enjoy it. “I play out a role as a person you see, but I am myself, thyself and a reflection of thee. Search for me in the landscape of dreams, where memories play out, flowing downstream. There is pain in illusion, in maya's separateness themes, is the answer to everything found in our genes? Am I a pawn or a leader, or something in between? Am I Innocent, wise or just callous and mean? I gather I'm all of it, but you maybe are too, And that all of these parts in time must make their debut. So I am me, and you are you- all of this we simply assume to be true. But could it be you are also me too? I live life through your eyes and take walks in your shoes; I bend and accommodate to your wishes and views. Are these desires of yours just reflections of me? What exists between the interactions we have and the objects we see?! Is it meaningless space or purposeful code, twisting and turning the agendas we hold? A wrinkle in time? A dimensional fold? Reflection brings clarity and a unified mode, where nothing is given, and nothing is owed. Belief in duality is all we've been told, but our hearts have a deeper truth that all of them hold. In you I find me, and in me I find you. How could we have ever believed we were two?! Let's bid farewell, goodbye, and adieu, to all that is separate, unreal and untrue. Our whole of identity lies within me, but it's ALSO in you. We say we understand this all through and through, and its universality is not anything new, yet it seems that tomorrow this cycle could all start anew and we find with dismay we again feel like we're two, where I am just me, and you are just you.” _______________________________ Laura wrote this wonderful and inspiring poem (her first attempt at poetry btw). She also publishes beautiful beach mandalas made out of natural materials she finds. Often those posts are accompanied by very personal and touching stories. ● © Laura Aleksandra Written by Laura Aleksandra We're happy to publish articles by guest authors that will broaden the perspective and bring new insights. If you're interested in publishing an article on happiness.com, please contact us.
  3. Here's your free mandala printout so you can start coloring and feel the benefits, such as relaxation and heightened creativity! We've already explored the benefits of mandala colouring for adults. Here's a free printout for you to give it a try. Just click on the mandala and print it in high quality, or save the file for later. Tine Steiss drew this mandala in November 2016 with happiness.com already in her mind, months before we started working on it. The mandala is hand-drawn, only with the help of a compass, a pencil and an eraser, and took me about five hours to finish. I hope you enjoy coloring it in! You can share the results with our hapiness.com community by sending your colored mandala to [email protected] or by sharing it over on our Facebook page. Enjoy mandala coloring! You can use this printout for mandala coloring as often as you like and also share it with friends. Commercial use is not allowed, though. ● Written by Tine Steiss Tine is part of the happiness.com team. She's an artist, meditator, media engineer and MBSR teacher. If she's not traveling she's working on turning her rooftop terrace into a garden paradise. Find out more about her on: Instagram.
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