Photoshop tutorial showing how to create an ornate mandala using only letters of a name. Mandalas are designs that represent ...

Just as a bouquet of flowers is meant to brighten someone's day, a mandala of flowers is meant to balance a person's energy. For proof, just ask New York City's master of mindfulness Kelly Morris, who ...

How to make wire jewelry make flowers in principle are essentially the same. You just need to change the number of petals, ...

Tibetan monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery came to the University of Massachusetts to begin creating sand mandalas in the Old Chapel on Tuesday, April 17. Sand mandalas are formed from millions ...

When visiting a stretch of Pacific coastline, there's a ritual that I often partake in. Sourcing whatever materials are available on the beach—seaweed, shells, rocks, feathers—I create the form of a ...

Tibetan Buddhist monks visited San Luis Obispo this week to create a colorful sand mandala. Visiting from the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialects in India, the monks started building the mandala at ...

In addition to the mandala, the monks are hosting discussions, slide shows, pujas — chants and prayers — and lectures during their tour, which is sponsored by the Fields Center and Community House.

When creating mandalas out of nature, you are consciously balancing your energy and centering your mind so you can focus on your meditation practice. Just as a bouquet of flowers is meant to brighten ...