Mandala means circle, unity, and wholeness.
Mandalas have been and are used as healing and
transformational tools.
Seeing and creating mandalas can bring about a state of self-awareness and inner calm; increase relaxation, reduce stress, induce emotional balance, and have therapeutic health benefits. Looking at mandalas can help heal our sense of spiritual fragmentation, manifest energy and optimism, and reconnect us to our essential self.
Labyrinths are a form of mandala. Walking labyrinths are highly efficient at reducing anxiety and eliciting a state of relaxation This effect has significant long term health benefits, including lower blood pressure and breathing rates, reduced incidents of chronic pain, reduction of insomnia, improved fertility, and many other benefits. Labyrinth walking is among the simplest forms of focused walking meditation.