48 portable mandala designs to color that provide a pathway to deeper meaning and personal growth--from the author of the popular Coloring Mandalas series. Coloring the traditional circular designs known as mandalas is a meditative practice, a healing exercise in times of crisis, and a pleasurable act of creativity. As a symbol of the Self, the mandala provides a connection to our innermost being. The forty-eight drawings presented here for coloring include designs inspired by forms of nature, Native American and Tibetan sand paintings, Hindu yantras, Turkish mosaics, and the art of M. C. Escher. These mandalas are organized according to the Great Round of Mandala, a scheme of twelve archetypal stages that represents a complete cycle of personal growth. Thus, to do the coloring book from start to finish will carry the reader through a balanced experience of change, guided by the accompanying text.

72 mandala designs that invoke a sense of balance, harmony, and well-being in a portable package--an adult coloring book from the author of the popular Coloring Mandalas series. Coloring the circular designs known as mandalas is a creative activity that brings relaxation, healing, and self-understanding. The seventy-two mandalas in this book were designed to invoke a sense of well-being and harmony. Drawing on the theme of completion, the mandalas here embody peace, joy, and fulfillment, and represent a time of reaping rewards and benefits from the work we have performed; of realizing and appreciating our achievements; of resting in the pleasure of having fulfilled a personal creative inspiration. Spending time with these designs can be relaxing and offer a soothing balance to busy days.

42 mandala designs that promote confidence, energy, and purpose presented in a portable package--from the author of the popular Coloring Mandalas series. Coloring mandalas is a creative activity that can help us feel connected to ourselves and the world. The forty-two designs in this book focus on using mandalas as a way to claim our own truths and to find our way in the world. The coloring templates evoke both a feeling of steady, centered being (through designs that represent integration and self-realization) and a feeling of active, skillful doing (through designs that represent action and functioning in the world). As a whole, Coloring for Insight provides a creative and insightful path toward self-knowledge.

An adult coloring book featuring 50 mandala designs that invoke a sense of the sacred feminine. Coloring the circular designs known as mandalas is a relaxing and meditative activity that can be a pathway to personal growth. This book is a celebration of the sacred feminine in all its forms, from gentle and motherly to fierce and challenging. Using the archetypal imagery of the circle—appearing here in the form of organic shapes of nature, the curves of the female body, the womb and childbirth rituals, the circular turning of cosmic rhythms, and geometric designs conveying the primal energy of the goddess—these mandalas provide a creative encounter with the Divine as a female presence.

Learn to use floss like a boss with these twenty original embroidery art projects, from the bestselling author of Doodle Stitching and Patchwork Embroidery. Create one-of-a-kind embroidery art using simple techniques! Bestselling author Aimee Ray of Doodle Stitching fame is back with the fresh motifs and contemporary inspiration her fans have come to love. With Aimee’s help, you'll move beyond the pattern to reflect your artistic self?making hoop framed embroidery art, decorative keepsakes, pillows, patches, charms, and fabric scrapbooks. Create artwork you'll display in every room of the house! Mix and match motifs and personalize wall art with lettering and numbers. With twenty projects to personalize, Doodle Stitching Embroidery Art will intrigue both beginners and seasoned embroiderers. Sew 20 original embroidery art projects with bestselling author Aimee Ray Express your individuality with exciting ideas for beginners and skilled stitchers Personalize your projects with fun embroidery motifs, words, and dates

This 5" x 8" mini coloring book is the perfect gift for on the go! 45 Detailed and intricate Mandalas to color in this delightful, stress release coloring book that will easily fit into your bag. Take it to work, on the commute, drop it in your coat pocket for the wait at the doctor's office. Relax your mind, have fun choosing colors to create vibrant and brilliant mandalas. Use them for relaxation or use them for your sacred spaces. Color with paints, pencils, chalks or colored pens! Coloring books are for adults also.

Relax, create and connect with mandala art. Do you love coloring mandalas? You're not alone! Adult coloring books are gaining in popularity every day. Do you want to learn how to draw and color your own mandalas? In The Mandala Guidebook, Kathryn Costa shows you how with easy instructions perfect for the beginner. You'll find a wide range of projects, each with beautifully illustrated step-by-step instructions covering more design styles and artistic mediums than any other book out there. Simply put, a mandala is a circle with a design in the center, but psychologists and spiritual leaders have used mandalas as a tool for self-reflection and self-exploration through the ages. Mandalas have intrigued cultures around the world, from Celtic spirals and Indian mehndi to medieval church labyrinths. And now it's your turn! If you can write the alphabet, you can create beautiful and expressive mandalas. Journey with Kathryn, creator of the "100 Mandalas Challenge," to create spontaneous and spirited mandala art: • Enjoy prompts and questions to practice self-discovery, gratitude, relaxation, meditation and explore your unique talents and artistic path as you create • Discover 24 demonstrations with clear and colorful step-by-step instructions to master the mechanics of making mandalas--both freehand and geometrically symmetrical designs • Explore mixed media and textural painting techniques within the boundaries of a circle using everything from a simple pen and paper to watercolor, collage, acrylic and stamped Gelli plate • Get pattern inspiration and discover how to play with color using common palettes from the world around you Set your intention and learn how to use mandalas to solve problems, let go of fear, lean into love and gain clarity and insight as you create!

Expressive Arts Therapy is a constellation of modalities which, when used as directives in conjunction with an Expressive Arts Therapist, is a powerful tool through which self-discovery and healing can take place. This workbook includes some of the exercises that my clients have found helpful as we have worked together. Due to the constraints associated with a printed book, this workbook is limited to visual arts and writing exercises. Expressive Arts, however, include music, play, dance, movement, and drama.When using Expressive Arts Therapy modalities, it is the process, not the product, that is illustrative and healing. Therefore, this workbook cannot and is in no way meant as a substitute for work with a trained practitioner. Instead, it is meant to be a thought provoking introduction to some of the Expressive Arts and, hopefully, a starting point from which your own process can evolve.

Art Therapy Directives: An Intervention Toolbox is an all-inclusive manual of art therapy directives designed to be a comprehensive and organized resource for art therapists and other trained mental health professionals. Art therapy directives are directions for creating art and often require use of specific art media, both of which are tailored to the client’s particular need. Using this book, art therapists will be able to search by population, themes, and art media to find just the right project for their session whether working with individuals or in groups. Comprised of a compilation from traditional art therapy directives, the author’s own experiences, and other published practices, a wide range of mental health topics are included such as depression, self-esteem, life transitions, and trauma. Special consideration is given to populations like adolescents, older adults, veterans, and the LGBTQ+ community. This manual is the answer that many in the field of art therapy have been missing for an all-encompassing, organized reference book to guide art therapy sessions with a wide variety of client populations. .

POCKET SIZED VERSION - NOTE: these are the same images as the full 8x10 sized version. As a result, some of the details in the more complex images may be very small. For the full 8x10 sized version, search for ISBN 1517038448. * * * This fourth book of digital mandalas celebrates circles. The circle of life, the circle of the mandala, the circle of friends, of community, and of the world we live in. A circle is completion, it's continuity. As a solid sphere, it's fullness. And when it's 3 dimensional, as in a spiral, it becomes a symbol of growth and expansion. The mandala is a spiritual and ritualistic symbol in both Hinduism and Buddhism. In general, it is a microcosmic representation of the Universe. The mandala is used to help focus attention on spiritual guidance, and for mindful practices such as meditation. Most mandalas, especially today, are circular in design. The circle has long been a spiritual symbol of wholeness. But the use of mandalas isn't just spiritual. Therapists as far back as Carl Jung have often used mandalas with their patients. For the past 30 years I have used mandalas in my watercolor and silk paintings, as well as my glass jewelry fabrication, my cloth fabric dying, and the quilts I design and construct. Psychologists claim that coloring is the next best thing to meditation. I find mandalas are nearly as therapeutic to create as they are to color. Pick up a coloring book today and enjoy your own inner expansion and wholeness.