Yasuragi is Japanese for the gentle feeling of inner peace. Through this workshop series, students will learn how to draw simple to advanced mandala structures to build calm, ease and harmony into their mindful practices. This is a course that combines the practical aspect of mandala making with the creative expression of design, making this a great learning experience for personal growth, stress reduction and mental harmony. It is an enjoyable process of self-discovery, and the student develops their own unique expression and style through a variety of media techniques and tools. The advanced class helps the student create their own choice of mandala and learn about crystals to create their very own crystal manifestation grid and activation.

The tools used will be a protractor, compass and ruler. The student will experiment through use of pencils, black and white liner pens, watercolor paints and pencils, acrylic paint and markers. Students will be provided with a variety of crystals and stones to choose from to create their grids and a personalized consultation of the stones that are good for the manifestation.

After learning from this series, the student can continue mandala making as a meditative and restorative process, exploring new designs and mediums of expression. The takeaway from each class will be a framed piece of the created mandala to hang on the wall!

Class 2: Intermediate Design & Flow

The student will learn about complex grids and experiment on inverse mandala design using white and black backgrounds.

More advanced patterns will be practiced and ‘flow’ patterns introduced to allow for student creativity.

Complex patterns will be selected and applied to create the mandala with the use of colors.