Making Mandalas With The Elderly: The Ennis Court Project

This Gilchrist video outlines the artist's successful strategy for making Mandalas with people who can't quite survive without outside assistance. Includes: (#1) an introduction to the basic concept, (#2) an Open-Eyed Meditation based on Mandalas by the residents of Ennis Court, (#3) details of the process captured live, and (#4) a call to action. This is Art Therapy at the transcendental level.

For more details on Sacred Geometry: go to our very expansive Sacred Geometry website:
http://www.charlesgilchrist.com/SGEO/

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• Charles
• Gilchrist
• Sacred
• Geometry
• Mandala
• Healing
• Art
• Therapy
• Senior
• Elderly
• Memory
• Impaired
• Dementia
• Alzheimer's
• Meditation

[intuitiveart]

I love it. I am about to start working with elderly in Colorado. I will use this.

[CGimaging]

Dear intuitiveart,

Thanks. Yes, try these ideas, they work!

Note: My next SG Workshop will be held at "The StarHouse" in Boulder, Colorado on July 19, 2008.

More details on my website.

Hope to see you there!

[Antspirit25]

My Drum Circle performs at a local nursing home. We bring along extra instruments so that we can all participate. We all have lots of laughs, and we get really loud. I am going to see if I can start an art project there. Thanks for sharing this vid.

Live in Peace

[CGimaging]

Dear Antspirit25

Great Ideas! Keep it up!

I am acutely aware of the spiritual power of drumming and very involved with drum circles. Drums are Mandalas and they can, with the right player or players, make Sacred Sound, meditative sounds which can move us at the deepest levels of our being.

[rster10]

I have used these techniques that I learned from Chuck with my mother, who has alzheimer's. I found them to be very effective. She really enjoyed herself and was more alert and relaxed after every session. Some of the images were amazing. This should be a tool for every therapist to know about.

[CGimaging]

Note from the artist:

Just in case you haven't found them, there are FREE Sacred Geometry Mandala Templates to be found on my SG website which you can download and print on any kind of paper you choose. You can then add color to them in numerous ways: watercolor, colored pencils, crayons, color markers, etc. Anyone can have fun with these Mandala Templates, and I have also successfully used these with Alzheimer's patients.

[asayogal]

Charles, You are an awesome and inspiring being! Thank You for sharing your insight and wisdom!

[ppaisley]

Love the video. I have been coloring, creating etc, mandalas for some time and would like to use it in my work as a mental health worker. One of the things I love about the mandala making is that there is no right or wrong, so individual who do not feel like they are artisitic or creative can still create beautiful mandalas.

[AquariusHope]

... I think this is great,

[Irineosgirl123]

Hello, I would like to know how this has been working out. How have you used Mandala in other avenues. I am interested in moving to Mexico and opening up a Mandala therapy workshop along with a workshop for other things. I would love to have information on how I could use this in varied ways and how I can obtain information as to how to become a Mandala instructor. Thank you for your time. ~ Gigi

[kevinphilipmiller]

More insights from the inspiring mind of Charles L. Gilchrist...

[creativecompanion]

beautiful....

[kevinphilipmiller]

THANK YOU Charles! This is critically important work you are doing! I have posted this on Facebook and Twitter!

[davibe528]

"The practice of art as a spiritual discipline" ; the same goes for music. I have been making mandalas for years just because I enjoy it, but it does seem to have an affect

on my consciousness. I love your work; keep it up!

[lauratobicarcano]

Thanks to your video I have been using this activity with elderly people in a nursing home and rehad center. It has been wonderfull to see how freely they create. It is an activity I go back to with the patients every time, and always new images appear. Thank you.

[jewelindisky]

THANK YOU !!!!!! this is soBeauty fulllllllll <3 Oneness <3

[neroli528]

Beautiful! Thank you.