WHAT HAPPENS AT A MANDALA WORKSHOP?
Susanne’s engaging lectures are interspersed with group activities that teach mandala principles experientially. Susanne speaks on the history and psychological significance of mandalas, the meaning of color and form in mandalas, and shows examples of mandalas created by individuals during cancer treatment, individuation, and psychotherapy. You will have several opportunities to create your own mandalas using chalk, oil pastels, markers, and paint. Susanne will guide you through steps she has developed for interpreting mandalas.
Group discussions by those who wish to share their mandalas allow you to take part in the journeys of others, to learn from their exploration, to ground your own mandala experience in the shared wisdom of the group, and to celebrate your personal insights in a gathering of like minded souls. Other mandala activities offered include meditative circle dancing, chanting, Native American medicine wheel teachings, guided imagery experiences, group mandala making, and labyrinth building. Under Susanne’s guidance, a mandala workshop allows the group itself to become a mandala, a container for healing and wholeness.
Mandala workshops are designed to provide professional development, personal growth, and spiritual enrichment. Susanne offers mandala workshops in different formats from brief, introductory sessions of one to three hours, to extended formats of one, two, or five days.
The five-day Mandala Intensive offers all of the experiences described above. Susanne is sometimes joined by a co-leader for the five-day workshops.
Shorter workshops include basic introductory information and brief experiential segments. Workshops are based on Susanne’s mandala work as described in Creating Mandalas (Shambhala, 1991).
WHAT OTHERS SAY
"Informative, creative…"
"How very fruitful they [mandala workshops] have been for me."
"The process was very helpful to me."
"Thank you for introducing me to this new way of experiencing
what’s within me –and in life."
"I really enjoyed your workshop!"
WILL THIS HELP ME PROFESSIONALLY?
What you learn at a mandala workshop will deepen your self-understanding, enhance your clinical skills, and give you resources to enrich your work. Activities at a mandala workshop can be adapted according to your level of training for use with individuals and all kinds of groups in treatment programs, churches, hospitals, schools, and nursing homes.
I CAN’T DRAW!
Children draw mandalas naturally, without being taught. Every one of us has the inborn ability to create mandalas. Mandala workshops help you re-discover your natural creative ability.
WILL SUSANNE PRESENT TO MY GROUP?
Susanne is available a few days each year for presenting lectures and workshops to groups. Please contact her for scheduling and honorarium information.