Emotion Mandalas: Finding Feelings Through Art - Paperback

by Karen White Porter (Illustrator), Martha Joseph Watts (Author), Karen White Porter (Author)

Mandalas that express emotion can give us time to pause and reflect on our feelings. Emotion mandalas are artistic renderings of feelings that take into account our inner and outer life. It is a fun way to process what is going on in your emotional life and gives us a chance to become more aware of how we feel. This is a jumping off point of expressing our feelings.Mandalas may vary, but there are a few things about them that are constant.They are circular, symbolic, spiritual, and focus on unity. We use these mandalas as a way to look at your inner life of feelings. Although, the mandala may be viewed as a religious symbol, here it is used as a tool to encourage social emotional awareness.Our tech focused world may distract us from awareness of what we feeling. These mandala sallow us to take time to contemplate our emotional life so we can better cope with the outside world.It is our hope that these mandalas will be a step to help us pause to feel, and acknowledge feelings so we can express what we feel.