The science and practice of mandala-making for anxiety If you have ever found yourself doodling circles - concentric rings, spirals, repeated curves - you were probably doing exactly what your nervous system needed. There is something very old in the human impulse to draw in circles. Across cultures and centuries, the mandala - a circular design radiating from a central point - has appeared in Tibetan Buddhism, Hindu ritual, Indigenous art, and medieval cathedral floors. Carl

A gentle introduction to art therapy for complete beginners Let's start with the thing most people say when they hear 'art therapy': "But I can't draw." That's fine. Actually, that might even help. Art therapy is not about making something beautiful. It is not about talent, technique, or producing anything that belongs on a wall. It is about the act of making - and what that act quietly does to you while it's happening. "Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect

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