In the school Mandala very popular with both children and teachers. This is especially true for primary schools, where mandala coloring has become a permanent fixture in the educational toolbox.
Not without reason, because looking at or coloring mandalas calms the mind and promotes concentration.
And that's the purpose of a mandala.
The word "mandala" comes from Sanskrit and means "circle". Mandalas are (mostly) circular, geometric diagrams that are concentrated around a center point and have been used for thousands of years in Far Eastern culture as a means of contemplation and as an object of meditation.
And because looking at and making a mandala calms your mind so nicely, you can also use it to escape stress-inducing brooding attacks and relax again.
And this can also be done wonderfully in nature!
For this exercise, simply find a central object around which to group your mandala on your next walk in the woods. This can be a stone, a particularly beautiful leaf or even a plant that stands in a beautiful place and around which you "build" your mandala.
Then look for the same things on the forest floor with a common characteristic: These can be spruce cones, leaves of the same tree species, leaves of the same color or whatever you can think of.
Then place these objects in a circle around the center of your mandala.
Then you look for new things for the next row. Continue until your mandala is ready.
It should go without saying that you should not pick parts of plants or even tear out entire plants. We should always treat nature with respect and esteem.
By placing the objects in a concentrated manner when creating the mandala, you will very quickly forget the world around you and be completely in the here and now.
When you're done, take your time to look at your mandala and let it sink in.
You may also want to take a photo that you can look at again and again at home to remember the moment.
Or you can even print out the photo and hang it on the wall as a poster. So your gaze falls again and again on the mandala and the relaxing feeling associated with it.