Mandala Workbook

Mandala Workbook: Inner Self Development: Personal Mandalas Protect and Enlighten, Express your subconscious and Return to Your Center. The mandala’s theme is the square within the circular, the containment within the infinite. This theme can be found throughout history and cultures around the globe. Anneke Huyser gives you the unique mandala-making techniques she has learned over the past decade in this entertaining book. Anneke Huyser provides just enough background information to help you make your mandala as a reminder of your journey to wholeness. Anneke will show you how to embroider a mandala using cross stitch. A mandala can be made out of tissue paper, and hung in front of windows. Or you can make a mandala from cloth using the cross stitch method. Anneke gives step-by-step instructions and a list of the materials that you will need. The chapter on symbolism explains the meaning of various shapes, colors, and numbers. This allows you to choose images that you like or analyze a mandala that you have created. After you’ve completed your mandala, she offers suggestions on how to use it. Anneke created eight different mandalas and the book contains eight full-color plates. The last chapter includes relaxation and visualization exercises that will help you to bring your inner self out through a mandala. To create mandalas, you don’t have to be an artist. All you need is this book and a few inexpensive, easy-to-find materials.