How to Grow a Mandala

[SelenaBieberShani]

amazing

[TNTflavor1000]

wen it started to go fast then i saw it said ask,wats next and it was awesome it did not look like his but my body chose wat to right

[seocom]

I amazes me how you can draw straight lines and curves by free hand with such consistency..

[chriswilliamstool]

i love doing these too :) like this one, its different but still a growing picture :) by the way, i think 6 people didnt watch the whole video to se the picture grow ;)

[LiberatingKids]

Thank you! Love the allowing piece, allowing what arises to be a part of the mandala. Also the seed metaphor. Can't wait to get started! I will check out your website for more ideas.

[suethemadmoo]

DEVINE just wondering what paper do you use? especially when using the pens.

[me2910]

Awesome! You have a great eye for proportion and shape!

[rebk1228]

Amazing! I love the humbleness of your attitude. I will try your method. Thank you very much!

[beautyisinsmallthing]

amazing

[smileyface1028]

I will now follow your advice brilliant one (:

[AlCapwn0]

I can fap to this.

[sassycat789]

I love this! It is almost a perfect circle, which is amazing to me! I am going to have to try this :)

[torobailarin]

i love it!!!!!!!!!!

[torobailarin]

brillant!!!! :D

[lucybrz1]

OMG it seems so easy. It's beautiful. I want to try it right now. Thank you so much for posting this tutorial.

[nzeviliix]

Can i ask, Are you a pieces ?

[starheartfaery]

Love it bubi! It came out so precise! You have quite a way with precision...

[anyacreate]

I like this very much. I like that it is not precise. Thank you

[TheOmuur]

I love you...

[xoxo3029dawg]

did anyone else notics cvs.. like if you did

[sk8mike]

Impressive. I need to try this exercise. I drew a mandala a while back, but I used a different method.

[bbblezzed]

LOVE IT!!!!

[TheSentimental97]

can someone explain the connection to meditation and prayer with mandalas

[BaconIsGood7654]

This is beautiful. My teacher was showing us this video in our art class, and I was mesmerized. I knew I had to draw one in this style, so I did. I'm greatful you made this video, and I plan on drawing one with this technique every day when I have time.

[blackdiamondgreg]

8 or 6 lines? ;)

[cosmicartist]

What type of pen & colored pencils did you use???

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@cosmicartist ~ I am using stabilo fineliner pens in this video. When I draw with pencils (as in the other video on my website) I use prismacolor pencils. Have fun!

[cosmicartist]

I LOVE this!!!!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@cosmicartist ~ Yay!

[TheUndeadDream]

this is a very nice peice, and i like your method of how you make the mandala, but there are ways to make it more accurate, with angles and curves

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@TheUndeadDream ~ Yes, definitely -- most of the mandalas I've done are more precise. This video is so that everyone (even those who aren't inclined toward exact detail) can learn the basic idea... On my website there's another time-lapse video where you can see me measuring things out... Blessings to you.

[KangaRubes]

I think it's very Spiritual... the Buddhist Monks make them all the time :)

Thank you for sharing your wonderful spirit through growing mandalas, ExpressingtheSelf!

Ɲαɱα§ɫé, ℒℴѵℯ and light to you!

Rubes (((♥))) XX

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@KangaRubes - Thank you! Namaste beautiful one...

[JonathanAFuentes]

You may easily use the design as a channelling of spiritual energy (just integrate your own symbols into the design, a sun and moon, for example), and who says meditation and relaxation isn't spiritual? When someone meditates on the image of a deity and the energy it radiates, is this not spiritual? Of course it is, for this is a something innumerable amounts of people do to tap into their own spirit...

[orangegold1]

It sounds like a neat artform... But why are you trying to make this spiritual? What you are experiencing isn't spirit... it's meditation and relaxation... If you have really experience the spirit of God you would know this... You would never be the same.. It is nothing like what you are doing... You are just making art... very cool art, but just art.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@orangegold1 Oh. I didn't realize I was making it spiritual. Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you like the art form!

[PsalmLove]

@orangegold1 I don't think the presence of a god or even religion is required for spirituality to exist. Kindly look up the larger mandalas made out of colored sand by monks. They get very large, the more intricate ones take up to about a week. Then before sundown on the day of completion, it is destroyed. This is to teach us the impermanence of beauty in the physical world.

[chiropteran13]

Beautiful mandala.

[random7944]

i fel asleep for dis music!but i loved da madala!!!!

[Selene9816]

Mal para los qe lo qieren hacer, empezas despacio para despues haces todo rapido y no se nota lo qe qeres hacer y las cosas qe le agregas, la verdad qe no me gusto para nada lo tuyo.

[spermwhalesoncrack]

really good idea! gracefully excecuted : )

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@Peaceo0o ~ I love you too! ❤ Happy mandala making :)

[gofiofact0ry]

I loved the tutorial, thank you so much! Which song is this? It's nice for meditating. :)

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@gofiofact0ry ~ Glad you enjoyed it! And the music... The music is my instrumental "Light Waves" included on the Songs of the Heart CD on my website, or as a download on the dharmatunes website. Thanks for asking. ❤

[Zenakaz]

Beautifully done and explained. thanks for sharing.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@Zenakaz ~ You're so welcome!

[fashiondiva5678]

I am practicing drawing this so I can give my mom one of these for mothers day, and my sister one for her birthday coming up.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@fashiondiva5678 How sweet -- I'm sure all that love will come through in your mandalas... Enjoy!

[oshginva]

thank you so much for this beautiful video, and especially - since I am Deaf myself - for making it accessible for deaf and hard of hearing viewers. I would love to share it on my blog, Deaf Pagan Crossroads (google it!) Might I have your permission to do so?

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@oshginva ~ You're so welcome! Yes, please do share this -- it's a basic beauty-making skill we can all enjoy! Much Love, Prema

[Edukah]

thank you for this video! really awesome! I drew it, beautiful!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@Edukah ~ You're welcome! Thank you for growing your beautiful mandala...

[AlchemeyezEarth]

Thank you for sharing such beautiful works with us.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@AlchemeyezEarth ~ You're so welcome... enjoy!

[AlchemeyezEarth]

Thank you for sharing such beautiful works with us.

[romanitza24]

Awesome. Thank you. It really helps :)

[phoenixx75]

Where did you get the music from? Very nice demonstration.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@phoenixx75 ~ Thanks! The music is part of a 20-minute instrumental I recorded called "Light Waves." It is on my CD which you can find if you google "Prema Akasha CD." Thanks for asking!

[RebelOfTheTruth]

N!cE =)

[hanika123]

wow! :) amazing! Thank you!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@hanika123 ~ Oh wonderful! ... You're welcome!

[GixxxerKim]

I never thought of creating mandalas this way. SUPERB!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@GixxxerKim ~ Thanks so much Kim! ... Enjoy!

[eatmyfeet88]

@ExpressingtheSelf

cool! loved it!

1 question, is it always 8 times or just because u started doing it 8 times in this one? and, do u have to move the paper or your around it? thanx =]

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@eatmyfeet88 - Thanks for asking... To repeat it 8 times around the circle is just the easiest way to do it for beginners because it's relatively easy to mark the 8 parts evenly and it fills the mandala better than 4 sides. This kind of mandala can have any number of sides, but 3, 5, 6, or 7 sides are harder to make even. You do want to turn the paper each time you repeat the shape... that makes it easy and meditative.

[eatmyfeet88]

@ExpressingtheSelf thanks! u were really helpful!

now i'm going to grow my mandala!!! =]]]

[jambatian]

hi there, bout a year ago i watched this video.. i wanted to get into drawing mandalas, iv been drawing since i was old enough to pick up a pencil, always drawing the darkness.., mandalas always seemed too complicated for me, but after watching this is video and trying again it was just fun, peaceful and has led me into a new phase of my art, im starting to draw and paint light, and i cant help but think one of the main reasons for the U-turn was your video, thank you ♥ keep creating

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@jambatian - Thanks so much for taking the time to write... I'm so happy that this video contributed to your flow of inspiration... mmmm... may it continue to blossom... You might enjoy this brief discussion of darkness and light and creative expression from Judith Cornell: mandala-universe. com/ judith_cornell.html.

[InterfaceEllipsis]

awesome thank u =}

[bistiknaw]

you are a life savior :)))))

i was really stuck with my mandala & thought that there is no way out

thank you sooooo much :)

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@bistiknaw - You're so welcome!! Yes -- no need to be stuck... thanks so much for letting me know it was helpful for you... Blessings to you...

[TruthSeekingElf]

This is stunning, thank you so much for sharing. I've been looking for something like this forever. I'm sooo inspired and you have given me the confidence to actually start instead of sitting in fear of making a mess or a 'mistake'. Thank you again

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@TruthSeekingElf  ~ How beautiful that you are inspired! Yes, do make some mandalas... this can open beautiful doors of creativity and surrender... You may also enjoy what's on the mandalas page of my website... including another video. Much love to you...

[TruthSeekingElf]

@ExpressingtheSelf Yes, I checked it out, stunning! But I have no idea about calculations with compass & ruler etc so I'll use the first one and go with that for now. I'll let you know how I go, thank you again and much love to you too!

[victorialove360]

wow! thats beautiful!

[voluptuousvegetarian]

How beautiful and exquisitely simple.  Thank you so much for teaching me.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@voluptuousvegetarian ~ You're so welcome! Enjoy!!

[noale15]

All I can say is~ WOW! Thank you!!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@noale15 - Wonderful! May you grow many of your own!

[JoJanGJ]

This is awesome! :D I just tried it out! I liked how mine turned out :D 

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@JoJanGJ ~ So glad to hear it! Keep at it!

[BavneetKaurHeer]

coooooooooooool

[DawnsRays]

That was great!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@DawnsRays ~ Thanks, Dawn! I hope you enjoy growing some of your own!

[Jtrip2133]

I like! nice work = )

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@Jtrip2133 ~ Thanks, J!

[JuzztCarol]

I am in love with this !! I'm gonna try it :-D Thank you !

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@JuzztCarol ~ Yay! You're welcome! Let me know how it goes...

[jtherrington77]

Since we watched this video, my wife and i have been doing these every morning over coffee. It's like a chess match where everyone is a winner. (cheesy, but true).

=)

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@jtherrington77 ~ I love that! Thanks for letting me know... how sweet...

[Intotheorchard]

 Amazing.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@Intotheorchard -- :o)

[Shorteststuff123]

Near the completed design, It looks like the center piece is popping out! Great job!!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@Shorteststuff123 - I hadn't realized that, thanks!! :o)

[jbgreeneyes]

Wow! This was a true blessing to find this video! It's a meditation and an inspiration and much more... all in one. :-) Thank you so much! Much Creativity, Peace, Joy & Light to you and all!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

Thank you for letting me know. So glad you enjoyed it!

[francescorengifo]

thank you for sharing this

[caroko1]

Please make more videos, you are so talented !! blessings

[caroko1]

AWESOMEEEEEEEE !!! Thank u very much!!!

[ExpressingtheSelf]

@caroko1 Thanks! I'm so glad to know you enjoyed it! Would love to know how your mandalas grow!

[caroko1]

No, thanks you !! you are so talented !!! i need to practice more and more, i can't even do a circle hahaha !!! please make more videos :))) blessings, love and light just for you !!

[Cosmoctopus]

Great Technique. The music and the vibe of this video are so grounding and heart opening.

Thank You. ∞

[ExpressingtheSelf]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting me know...

[mocai01]

Prema,

a very nurturing practice indeed

[ExpressingtheSelf]

The idea with drawing the lines/shapes on the side in the video was just instructional -- so you can see the very simple elements that are used in creating a mandala.

[mocai01]

@ExpressingtheSelf a very nurturing practice.

[mocai01]

@ExpressingtheSelf - a very nurturing practice

[Booklvr777]

why do you draw them on the side too?

[dreamdoodles]

asking and accepting what comes - I agree. I love to draw mandalas! This is so cool that you've posted the process.

[sidsthirdeye]

nice one!!! this is a meditative expierience!

[1karazi]

hehe u are left handed like the most famous drawers da vinci and so on im left handed too and is a pretty good drawer and ur work here really helped me alot thanks

[ExpressingtheSelf]

So glad you found it helpful!! Thanks for letting me know, and may your garden of mandalas continue to grow!!

[jambatian]

thanks ♥ im sitting here about to draw my first mandala, this helped alot.

[ExpressingtheSelf]

Wonderful! Let me know how it goes!