Nowadays there are people who get mandalas tattooed on their skin because they feel that just by looking at them they already improve emotionally. Mandalas have more power than you can imagine and it is that just by looking at them, it is true that they can make you feel much more pleasant.
Its round shape and all the shapes they have inside, drawn in a geometric way, will make your brain instantly accept that image as pleasant.
But it is still much more pleasant and beneficial for people to paint mandalas. Painting one from the inside out, with the colors and choosing those that you consider that at that moment are best with your emotions, they will be perfectly painted. In addition, the fact of painting them will help you to relax your body and your mind, and what is better, to meditate almost without you noticing. See how the color fills in the white part of the mandala and immersing yourself in your mind while you paint, it has an ideal therapeutic power for many.
What is a mandala
Mandalas have been around forever and you may have around you without realizing it. A mandala is a circle that is considered sacred. The word mandala comes from the ancient Sanskrit language and loosely means "circle" or "center."
It is a simple geometric shape that has no beginning and no end. Within its circular shape, the mandala has the power to promote relaxation, balance the body's energies, enhance creativity, and support healing. The good news is that you can achieve all of these benefits while having fun with coloring pages.
Where do mandalas come from?
If you look around you, you may see your surroundings. You just have to look for geometric shapes in all aspects of life. The sun in the sky, the cells of the body, the wheel of a car, a snowflake ... you just have to know how to look to find the beauty of a mandala anywhere. In fact, according to the ancient science of Sacred Geometry, it is the pattern created by interconnected spheres that forms the matrix of all universal matter.
Mandalas were used in indigenous practices around the world, so knowing this you can understand why it is such an important part of our planetary culture. For Tibetan monks the mandala represents spiritual awareness and the state of enlightenment. For the Native Americans, they had a medicine wheel shaped like the circle of life and they always had a space reserved for it for sacred ceremonies. The mandala in any culture symbolizes unity, harmony, wholeness and healing.
The benefits of painting mandalas
When mandalas are painted, people can enter a state of mental relaxation that helps them meditate. They are used to promote the healing of the self. Your own design is responsible for achieving this. The mandala is a circular matrix with a central point from which all design is possible.
From the center come many drawing possibilities and the potential is endless. Human creativity is what makes it special by creating different shapes and then being able to paint them all. When mandalas are used to paint, people express their wishes for healing and well-being, in addition to being able to enhance their more creative and artistic profile, something that we all have inside although sometimes we resist accepting.
The mandala is a means to be better
When you paint a mandala you can experience it as a means to be better with yourself, to better understand your being and so that through relaxation you find the way to your inner well-being. You yourself choose the state you want to feel: if you want to relax, have inner peace, just express your art, paint just to evade thought or have more mental control you decide how you want to enjoy the practice of painting mandalas. Because also, if you make it a habit, you can have "your time of day", in which you feel with your colors to paint ... and feel really good.
It will help you to have a great connection with yourself, a deep connection with your being. And in addition, it will provide you with the following benefits:
- It will improve your internal balance
- You will have more peace and tranquility in your life
- Just looking at them will give you a feeling of calm
- You will have a better concentration
- You will improve the ability to be attentive
- You can put aside the thoughts that bother you and let your creativity flow
- You will improve your self-expression
- You will expand your creativity
- You will make a spiritual connection
- You will connect and balance your body, your mind and your spirit
- You will improve your meditation
- You can have fun painting
How to paint the mandala for maximum benefit
Imagine a mandala that is in front of you and all you have to do is awaken your creativity to fill it with color. It's very exciting! You just have to look for pages that are made to color your mandala. On the internet you will find many models, but in any bookstore you can discover wonderful paper books to have a wonderful collection ready to paint. It's a great activity to do regardless of whether you are 4 or 104 years old. Remember the following tips:
- There is no right or wrong way to paint a mandala
- You can paint it where you want and how you want
- You don't have to finish it on the spot, paint at your own pace, according to your emotional needs
- Wake up the child in you every time you paint one
- Don't follow any rules while painting
- Start from the center out, the colors are chosen by you
- Share this experience with your friends and family
Are you ready to start enjoying painting mandalas? When you already have yours to paint, then you can begin to express who you are and where you are at this moment in your life. The colors you choose will tell a lot about how you feel at any given moment. Now you can enjoy painting them and all the benefits that they have prepared for you! It has never been so easy to be so well and have so much inner connection!