WELCOME!
This site offers a circle of grace where each of us is invited and supported in our spiritual growth on our path towards wholeness and holiness. May you risk experiencing the God within and your whole self as well as a community of people who want to join together in creating circles of grace where we will discover the beauty we are created to sustain.
In following the mandala for healing process
developed by Judith Cornell, PhD (Rajita Sivananda), we will reverently and prayerfully be of service to one another as we
You are most welcome! Lisa
The best phrase to describe me is that I play reverently. I have a lifetime love affair with art and with color. I have worked as a teacher, a spiritual director, a psychotherapist, and as a retreat director. From the first moment I learned what a mandala was, I knew I had discovered something I would treasure for the rest of my life.
I have been gifted with a wonderful education---in religious studies, literature, mysticism, and psychology. I began my career in Denver where I coordinated leadership and faith development programs for those aged 14-25. Next I had the experience of accompanying men and women religious through spiritual direction, retreat work, and the process of discernment. I was blessed to have gifted guides and mentors who helped me envision new ways of faith-sharing and discernment. I directed a campus ministry program and taught theology on a secondary level.
I am in awe of our experience of the God who made us in His image. Recognizing and realizing the Divine within each of us usually happens in a circle of grace group of people who are reverent with their own lives and with the lives of others, as well as who are open to each persons experience of God.
In both my personal and professional life I continue to explore the mandala. I hold to the conviction that art is the language of the soul and that the use of the mandala to express each one's unique experience of the Divine within is one of the greatest gifts we have been given.
My journey has been graced by the work of Judith Cornell, PhD, (Rajita Sivananda) author of the Mandala for Healing Kit. Focused on the mandala and its ability to awaken to your truest self, this process touched me at the core of my being. Having been mentored by Judith, I am also grateful to participate in the community and worldwide network of mandala facilitators whom she has personally trained.
I am available for both individual and group work with the mandala, for retreat work, and for spiritual guidance.
Our gift of imagination is one aspect of our being that separates us from all other living things. Using it within a prayer setting invites us to communicate with the Divine in a way that reflects our gratefulness for such a gift. When we image-n our connection with our God, we put an image on the essence of that relationship. Mandala-making---image-n-ing---invites us to awaken to the energy and reverence with which God has blessed us. At the same time, it compels us to deepen that reverence so that we might further our own healing and the healing of the earth.
The mandala for healing process developed by Dr. Judith Cornell involves meditation, centering, and the expression of an image, beginning with an acknowledgment that God is the Source of all Light. Integral to the process is the recognition that God's Light resides within each of us. After a multi-traditional prayer, a period of silent meditation offers the opportunity for participants to reflect on an image that symbolizes the intention and the prayer.
What makes this process connected to the ancient sacred art is that both expressions come out of a deeply meditative experience. Both focus on the energy of the experience of the individual's relationship with the Divine, yet are also mindful of all of creation. This healing process is a mandala itself, for it comes full circle---beginning with the individual experience of their God and ending with giving the light and energy awakened during this prayerful exercise back to the universe.
Mandalas are a form of sacred art that have been used for centuries to express experiences of the Divine. The mandala format provides timely and powerful meditation that brings into intense focus and awareness a sense of being in relation to both the Divine within and with all of creation. Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, and Native Americans have used this art form as a tool for healing and reflection.
MANDALAS:
DEEPENING
OUR REFLECTION
OF GOD
MARCH 11-12, 2011
Understanding the power of intentionality and its relationship to our evolving spirituality is integral to our wholeness and holiness.
For additional information on each
program, click on the circle bearing that title.
CELEBRATING
OUR GRATITUDE
MAY 6-7, 2011
Consider the moments of renewed energy around us. Awaken to the growth of spring and our awareness of life as gift.
CIRCLE OF GRACE
FACILITATION TRAINING
and RETREAT
AUGUST 8-13, 2011
Celebrate the sacred art form of the mandala...deepen the healing process within you...experience reverence, gratitude, wholeness, freedom...GRACE.
Become a certified mandala facilitator.
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The third Sunday of each month is dedicated to
a time of prayerful reflection and mandala making.
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Additional courses are available. Both individual
and group instruction.
Using Mandalas
to Deepen Our Reflection of Our God
This weekend offers additional reflection for those with some experience of the mandala process. Understanding the power of intentionality and its relationship to our evolving spirituality is integral to our wholeness and holiness. Exercises for this time will center on nature and the seasons.
March 11-12, 2011 at Carondelet
Friday evening begins with dinner at 5 pm
Saturday from 9 am to 3:30 pm (lunch included)
ALL are welcome.
Cost : $110
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Mandalas: A Time to Celebrate Gratitude
Join us as we adventure into gratitude and intention as we consider the many moments of renewed energy that surround us. Awaken to the new growth of spring and add you thanks to our collective awareness of life as gift.
May 6-7, 2011 at Carondelet
Cost: $110
Contact Lisa at 314.591.7898 or at
info_MandalaCircleofGrace.com
SECOND ANNUAL RETREAT
AND FACILITATION TRAINING
August 8-13, 2011 at Carondelet (St. Louis, MO)
Enter into a WEEK OF GRACE in the tradition of Judith Cornell, PhD. with Lisa Ann Lazio, csj, PhD. and team.
Spend the week in profound personal reflection as we explore the mandala for healing process developed by Judith Cornell, PhD (Rajita Sivananda). Choose to become a certified mandala facilitator and join the network of facilitators from around the world.
Celebrate this sacred art form which has illuminated and grounded our spiritual traditions. Deepen the mandala process as you awaken to your own experience of reverence, wholeness, gratitude , and freedom.
This professional/spiritual training uses Judith Cornell's Mandalas for Healing Kit.
Cost: Tuition $450* (includes copyrighted materials,
Mandala For Healing Kit, art supplies)
*does not include room and board
ALL are welcome. Registration due by May 15
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LINKS
PHOTOS
Resources come in many shapes and sizes: a book or an article, an inspirational quote, a video, music, or a photo---a gallery showing some of my own mandalas---even links to other sites. Click on the title in each circle to view current examples of each.
VIDEOS
BOOKS
QUOTES
MANDALA
FACILITATORS
MUSIC
GALLERY
Below are photographs of actual mandalas. They vary according to the tradition they represent.
Readings
Mindful now of our own rich tradition of meditation and contemplative prayer and eager to learn what is true and holy in other religions, the time is right for us to learn from one another, from whatever culture and religion, all that is helpful in moving toward a simpler life, a deeper life, and a more authentic life in which the inner experience of God is primary and energizing and centering.
Pascaline Coff, OSB
Good Reads:
Top sources
Cornell, Judith (2005). The Mandala for Healing Kit. Sounds True Publishing Inc., Boulder, Colorado.
Cornell, Judith (1990). Drawing the Light from Within: Keys to Awaken Your Creative Power. Quest Books, Wheaton, Illinois.
Cornell, Judith (1994). Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing. Quest Books, Wheaton, Illinois.
Cunningham, Lori Bailey. (2002). Mandala:Journey to the Center. A Dorling Kindersley Book, New York.
Cunningham, Lori Bailey. (2010). The Mandala Book:Patterns of the Universe. Sterling Publishing. New York.
Fincher, Susanne F. (1991). Creating Mandalas for Insight, Healing, and Self-Expression. Shambala Publications, Boston, Massachusetts.
Fincher, Susanne F. (2009). The Mandala Workbook:A Creative Guide for Self-Exploration, Balance, and Well-Being. Shambala Publications, Boston.
Huyser, Anneke (2002). MandalaWorkbook for Inner Self-Discovery. from Binkey Kok Publications, Holland.
The mandalas here represent many experiences of mandala-making, from the opening sand mandala to those from my earliest work with Judith Cornell (Rajita Sivananda). I share them that you may also receive an invitation to express your most profound experience of yourself and your God.
These CD's are instrumental:
David Lanz Heartsounds.
Michael Jones. Seascapes.
Pianoscapes.
Magical Child.
George Winston. Forrest.
Much of the music I am familiar with comes from a Catholic/Christian background. I hope to expand this section with help from you.
These CD's include lyrics:
Briege O'Hare, OSC. Creation Waits.
We Adore You.
Briege O'Hare, OSC. and Marie Cox Woman's Song of God.
David Kauffman. Surrender.
Be Still.
Jan Phillips
Jan Phillips and the Gnostic Gospel Choir Singing for the Soul.
Sara Thomsen Fertile Ground
The Three Altos Cammarata
Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.
Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi Mystic
Jung wrote that the basic motif of the mandala
Is the premonition of a centre of personality, a kind of central point within the psyche, to which everything is related, by which everything is arranged, and which itself is a source of energy.
The energy of the central point is manifested in the almost irresistible compulsion and urge to become what one is, just as every organism is driven to assume the form that is characteristic of its nature, no matter what the circumstances. This centre is not felt or thought of as the ego but, if one may so express it, as the self. (1973b:73)
Divine Mother, Father God, absolute source of my existence, cure the root cause of all my suffering---spiritual ignorance. Awaken within my physical body, spine, and brain the memory of Divinity---my souls true nature.
Lead my consciousness from the outer deceptive ever-changing light and shadows of the physical world to that which alone is real the inner unchanging pure light and joy of my soul.
Help me realize that present within this body temple is your unconditional healing love waiting for my heart and minds recognition. Help your child to become the fully healed and immortal being you created me to be.
Judith Cornell (Rajita Sivananda)
Divine Mother, Father God, absolute source of my existence,
cure the root cause of all my suffering---spiritual ignorance.
Awaken within my physical body, spine, and brain the memory of Divinity---my soul's true nature.
Lead my consciousness from the outer deceptive ever-changing light and shadows of the physical world to that which alone is real---the inner unchanging pure light and joy of my soul.
Help me realize that present within this body temple is your unconditional healing love waiting for my heart and mind's recognition. Help your child to become the fully healed and immortal being you created me to be.
There are many different kinds of knowledge.
The way of the heart and spirit can guide us in a more trustworthy way than the intellect alone.
Buck Ghosthorse, Lakota Sioux Medicine Man
Last recorded words, a prayer following Communion---
Dont change: desire to change is the enemy of love.
Dont change yourselves: love yourselves as you are.
Dont change others: love others as they are.
Dont change the world: it is in Gods hands and He knows.
And if you do that---
Change will occur
Marvelously in its own way and in its own time
Yield to the current of life unencumbered by baggage.
Anthony de Mello, SJ
Making a mandala is a discipline for pulling together all those scattered aspects of your life together, for finding a centre and ordering yourself to it. You try to co-ordinate your circle within the universal circle.
Joseph Campbell
Presented here is a tribute to Judith Cornell, (Rajita Sivananda). When Judith entered her new life last May, those of us who had known her well felt her loss very keenly. The suggestion was made that we put together a video in honor of the many ways in which she had brought light and love into our lives.
Thanks to Succhinta Abhayaratna and Kate Zamarchi, this video contains mandalas from many of us.
Here are some other mandala sites for your perusal. I have found them very helpful.
www.mandalaproject.org
www.mandalas.com
www.centerofthecircle.com
www.jyh.dk.com
www.abgoodwin.com
www.mandalanature.com
www.mandalaZone.com
www.netreach.net/~nhgem/jung.html
www.creating mandalas.com
www.MandalaAssociates.com
I grew up in the shadows of the Colorado mountains and then moved away. At 21, I went back. Looking at the mountains one day, I realized that they had been a sign of Gods presence in my life. It felt like a miracle because I realized that just as they had been there within my view for so many years as I walked back and forth to catch the bus for school---they were there still. For some unknown reason, the thought then struck me that they were just like the presence of God in my life. God had always been there, even when I wasn't aware of Him. God had always been there and always would be.
My job included developing youth leadership programs and I found myself back in the mountains. And I felt a peace and a sense of grace that is still with me today. I began to know that no matter where I went in my life, I could always find God---and God could find me---in the mountains.
Later I worked with adults and their spirituality. It wasnt really much different. Everyone seemed to be looking for God. They looked in Churches and in books and in history. And all the while I worked with people on retreats---I,too, tried many different paths. And I saw many miracles, large and small. I witnessed many people deepening their relationships with their God, with one another, with the earth.
One day I had an idea. I knew that I needed to know more about mandalas. I don't know where the idea came from. It was a grace. I searched and searched, I needed to know more.
Today I know that I will always hold mountains close to my heart. They are a sacred place for me, not only because I found God there, I also found myself. I began to understand that God, the Divine, resides in my heart. This is the greatest grace I have ever known. I recognized that gift through many moments of grace and through the reverence that others showed me.
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Mandala Facilitators...
ARIZONA
Jane Hendrickson, PhD, MFA
Licensed Holistic Healer
Tucson, AZ
Mandala retreats, individual, and one-day sessions, addictions, personal growth, self-care, and grief/loss. English/Italian.
www.MandalaInnerLight.com
Barbara Lonien, RN, MSW, LCSW, LISAC
Design & facilitate mandala retreats/workshops, sand mandalas, and labyrinth meditations for groups and individuals. Specialty focuses: addiction, seniors, cancer survivors and caregivers, grief/loss, chronic illness, adults, and families.
www.luvnlight2010.info
CALIFORNIA
Patty Cashman, RN
Debbie Laxague, RN
Mount Shasta, CA
Three-day retreats and drop-in programs for those touched by cancer or chronic illness (including caregivers). Renewal retreats for nurses. CEU’s for nurses.
www.thecirclesofhealing.org/
Laura DuBois, MA
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Mandala retreats and workshops for personal growth, awakening, healing and deep soul work. Community Sand Mandala offerings and individual consultations.
www.awakeningmandala.com
Patricia Waters, MA, ATR-BC, REAT
Cotati, CA
Mandala workshops and retreats. Individual consultations focusing on personal growth and self-care; adults, seniors and womens groups.
www.creativeartstudio.com
Caterina Martinico, MA, ATR-BC
Santa Rosa, CA
Sharon Murnane, RN, HN-BC, CHTP
Board Certified Holistic Nurse
San Diego, CA
Mandala workshops and retreats for
personal/professional growth and self-
care, WomenSpirit Drum Circles,
Individual consultations.
www.mandalaheartofwisdom.com
CONNECTICUT
Lisa Sherwood, MS
Westport, CT
Mandala workshops and classes for
Groups, individuals, adults, teens.
www.SacredSymbolHealingArt.com
HAWAII
Kaho Koinuma
Honolulu, HI
Japanese/English
Mandala workshops and retreats in support of all beings to discover peace, love and true happiness. Exhibits, slideshow events(concerts, meditations, talks)
www.mandalasoftheheart.com
ILLINOIS
Susan Burton
Marseilles, IL
Mandala workshops and retreats to support the awakening of souls wishing to discover. I invite you to visit my website and explore!
www.artexplorations.com
Claudia McFarlane, MA
Chicago, IL
Mandala Programs, Healing Art workshops, retreats, individual sessions for self-empowerment: cancer survivors, support groups, womens retreats, Intuitive Painting, Sand Mandalas.
www.mandalainnervisions.com
More Mandala Facilitators in the U.S.
International Mandala Facilitators
ILLINOIS (cont.)
Joan Zabelka, BA
Spiritual Director, Christian Life Coach, Reiki Master
Mandala workshops for adults or children with a focus on teacher institutes, youth ministry, religious retreats or Reiki retreats. Individual consultations are also available.
www.Reikiworkz.com
KANSAS
Sara Claire Curran
Fairway, KS
Mandala facilitator for groups, adults,
and individual consultations.
www.WingsToSee.com
MARYLAND
Mary Ellen Steveling, ERYT
Lusby, MD
Mandala retreats and individual sessions to enhance personal healing and spiritual growth; group and individual sessions to support those facing cancer.
http://www.satyayogamd.com
MISSOURI
St. Louis, MO
Mandala retreats for those seeking spiritual growth, religious communities, those challenged by serious illness or loss. Individual consultations and instruction.
www.MandalaCircleofGrace.com
OHIO
Sara Goldsberry, MD, MA
Cincinnati, OH
Mandala facilitator in medical settings for those challenged with illness and grief. Womens groups and mandala retreats.
www.gracefullblessings.com
OREGON
Bozena Palmquist
Gold Beach, OR
English/Polish
Mandala retreats, group sand mandalas, adult and individual consultations.
www.mandalahealingart.com
PENNSYLVANIA
Rosalie J. Skakum, ATR-BC
Erwinna, PA
Mandala Workshops for growth & self-care, Weekly Open Art Studio, Individual and Group Art Therapy Sessions, Art Classes.
http://www.rainbowmandala.org/
VIRGINIA
Caroline S. Garrett, MFA
Williamsburg, VA
Mandala retreats, individual consultations, those challenged by cancer, other chronic illnesses, grief and bereavement.
www.mandala-lotus.com
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kate Zamarchi, RMT
Portsmouth, NH
Mandala workshops and sand mandalas focused on connecting with nature and inner creative spirit ? ages 3 and up. Art the Reiki Way!
www.ZamarchiArt.com
NEW YORK
Eileen M. Rose, MA (a.k.a. Rosie)
Long Island, NY
Mandala retreats and classes for awakening and healing, for all ages, groups and organizations, group sand mandalas, QiGong, and drumming.
www.mandalaillumination.com
www.illuminatedrose.com
NORTH CAROLINA
Nancy David, MA
Winston-Salem, NC
Group sand mandalas, retreats, children, adults, and individual consultations.
www.mandalabliss.com
Martha Kiger
Asheville, NC
Blends QiGong with mandala programs for spiritual communities, yoga centers, churches, and conscious movement groups and retreats.
www.mandala-chi.com
Mandala facilitator in medical settings for those challenged with illness and grief. Women?s groups and mandala retreats.
VIRGINIA (cont.)
Sonja Stoeckli - RYT-500
Moseley, VA
Mandala workshops with restorative yoga or pranayama. Supports spiritual growth and awareness, helping you find peace, love and light in your life.
www.spiritualflowyoga.com
WASHINGTON
Laurie Bell, BME
Seattle WA
Mandala workshop, retreats for all groups, aiding personal growth/healing, spiritual growth/self care. Community/group Sand Mandala. Also Healing Touch & Reiki.
www.DarknessIn2Light.com
WISCONSIN
Laural Virtues Wauters, BA, BSW
Shamanic Practitioner
Green Bay, WI
Mandala retreats, classes for all ages, private sessions for individuals and couples.
www.mandalashaman.com
Mandala Facilitators Outside of the United States...
CANADA
Esperanza Miura, Life Coach
Calgary, Alberta
Spanish/English
Mandala workshops, meditations, and retreats for personal and spiritual awakening, healing and growth. Service in English & Spanish for all ages, individual, group & organizations? sessions.
www.innerworkspace.com
DENMARK
Lars C. Schmith
Copenhagen
Danish/English (Spanish)
Programs: healing sessions with sacred circles, sand mandalas and vocal toning.
www.Embraced-by-nature.com
KENYA
Suchinta Abhayaratna, ThD
Nairobi
Mandalas for holistic self-care: In-person and online ? Individual and group sessions/workshops: adults, teens, children, community/family sand mandalas.
http://www.chisuchinta.com
JAPAN
Tokyo
Mandala workshops and retreats in support of all beings to discover peace, love and true happiness. Exhibits, slideshow events (concerts, meditations, talks).
NEW ZEALAND
Rae Holloway
Auckland
Mandala Workshops for for personal and spiritual development.
www.noeticmandala.co.nz
SPAIN
Dr. Pedro Molina, PhD
Valencia
Mandala programs: adults, children, group sand mandalas and individual consultations.
www.astromandalas.com
SWITZERLAND
Sonja Stoeckli
Mandala workshops with restorative yoga or pranayama. Supports spiritual growth and awareness, helping
you find peace, love and light in your life.
UNITED KINGDOM
Jan Mojsa, MA, Med
(UKCP reg psychotherapist)
Bath and Wiltshire, England
Mandala facilitator working with life threatening illness; personal and spiritual development: creativity, and group sand mandalas.
www.insightfulcompany.co.uk
VENEZUELA
Esperanza Miura, BA
Mandala workshops: individual, group & corporate team sessions; adults, teens, children, therapists
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