Blessed day my dear hivers, I hope you are well. Welcome once again to my blog. This time my post is the entry for the contest organized by the community @holos-lotus in which invites us to relax and live an experience different from our usual activities.
A pesar que desde hace algún tiempo están muy de moda en muchas partes del mundo, estas tienen su origen en la India y se han usado desde hace muchísimos años como una técnica de meditación y concentración.
The contest asks us to color a mandala and then write a text about our experience. Most of us have seen mandalas at some time and perhaps we can say that they are very beautiful and striking drawings, but mandalas have a much deeper meaning than a simple drawing.
Although they have been very fashionable in many parts of the world for some time, they have their origin in India and have been used for many years as a technique of meditation and concentration.
Es ampliamente recomendada para trabajar la psicomotricidad en los niños y la concentración en chicos con déficit de atención. En las personas mayores es sugerida como terapia de liberación de estrés y también como una actividad que ejercita el cerebro y por tanto ayuda a prevenir la perdida de la memoria.
Mandala means "Sacred Circle" and is represented by a balance of visual elements and the harmony of colors. Lately the technique of drawing and coloring mandalas is widely used as therapies that stimulate relaxation, meditation and concentration.
It is widely recommended to work psychomotor skills in children and concentration in children with attention deficit. In older people it is suggested as a stress release therapy and also as an activity that exercises the brain and therefore helps prevent memory loss.
However, in Eastern cultures, mandalas have a spiritual meaning and are used in a very different sense. But I will not delve into this aspect as I am not familiar with these spiritual practices.
My experience with this activity was very enriching. Although it is not the first time I color a Mandala, this time the experience was different, I worked in a different way than usual. I am usually a very objective person, but this time I decided to do the whole process in an intuitive way, without thinking too much, just letting myself go by my hunches.
Luego busqué colores y marcadores finos para iniciar el coloreado ,finalmente decidí quedarme solo con los colores.
Antes de iniciar a colorear, me encontré pensando en los tonos que debía usar para el corazón. Me di un pequeño pellizco para recordarme que no debía pensar mucho solo divertirme coloreando.
The first thing was to choose the type of mandala to print, for this I searched several models on the web and took the model that most caught my attention. In this case, the model chosen was a heart with many leaves and flowers.
Then I looked for colors and fine markers to start coloring, finally I decided to stay only with the colors.
Before I started coloring, I found myself thinking about the shades I should use for the heart. I gave myself a little pinch to remind me not to think too much just to have fun coloring.
This is how I gradually added colors to my Mandala without thinking too much, just using the tones that caught my attention. By doing it this way, maybe I didn't achieve a nice visual harmony of colors, but the harmony and feeling of peace and liberation I got I wouldn't change it for anything.
After finishing my drawing, I felt really good. But it was time to write, so I decided to learn a little more about this technique. I discovered that each shape and color used in a Mandala has a particular meaning. It was very interesting to try to interpret what my drawing means, here I share with you the meaning of each element and color used in it.
Doing this drawing was a very relaxing and comforting activity, I enjoyed sharing this experience with you. I take this opportunity to invite @linita and @creacioneslelys to participate in the contest.
