Tibetan Monks Mandala, Non Ending
August 31st, 2011Last Weekend was the ending and non ending of the Sand Mandala for Peace created by the eight Tibetan Monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in downtown St. Louis. The Mandala took five days to complete. The intricate and beautiful circular shape was build grain of sand upon grain of sand. It was swept up in […]
Tibetan Monks Mandala-Days 2 & 3
August 27th, 2011The Tibetan Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery continue to create the sand Mandala for Peace in downtown St. Louis at Macrosun. The beauty of the mandala emerges as the Monks carefully place individual grains of colored sand into the design. A special metal tool called a chakpur has a small opening at the narrow […]
Tibetan Monks Mandala – Day One
August 26th, 2011St. Louis is being blessed with a sand mandala for peace created over five days by Tibetan Buddhist Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in Southern India. I attended the opening ceremony on Wednesday, the 24th. It began at noon and continued for over an hour. The eight monks created a blessing ceremony of chants […]
100 Days for Mandalas – The Gifts of Our Soul -Session 5 – Week 8
March 20th, 2015What feels authentic to me? Needing to play, express and go deep within. Needing to share those things with others. Mandalas and meditation are the vehicles that take me on that journey. A mandala is a sacred circle that embraces creativity. It can be any image within that sacred circle.
100 Days for Mandalas – Session Three – Images & Words
August 12th, 2013Welcome to the third session for 100 Days for Mandalas. It is a retreat into creativity that lets a person express their own unique and powerful inner wisdom by creating mandalas
The Center of the Road Trip – Mandala Heaven
May 14th, 2012The main reason for the recent road trip to New Mexico was to experience The Mandala Center in Des Moines, New Mexico. What would it be like stay in this beautiful retreat center dedicated to personal and spiritual growth? Would it be as wonderful as the website photos and descriptions? My friend Kelly Larson and […]
100 Days for Mandalas – Day One – Creativity Retreat
January 14th, 2013Welcome to Day One of the 2nd session of 100 Days for Mandalas. This is a creativity retreat that will hopefully inspire the making of mandalas. It is a retreat in the quiet time, when the warmth of inner creativity burns as a fire in the center of the soul. There are many ways and reasons to make mandalas. Find your way and your reason, then join in.
