Coloring Yantras 24 Sacred Symbols for Meditation, Healing, Abundance, and Creativity

by TOMLINSON, SARAH

• ISBN13: 9781611804959
• ISBN10: 1611804957
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-10-31
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

A sophisticated and unique adult coloring book featuring 24 Yantras--sacred Indian geometric symbols--that can be used for meditation, contemplation, healing, and personal growth

Bring meditative, healing, and creative power into your life with this coloring book of 24 sacred geometric symbols known as Yantras. Yantras are often associated with Indian deities, and each one contains its own specific energetic power--like protection, healing, wealth, and success.

Sarah Tomlinson, a Yantrika (Yantra teacher and practitioner), yoga teacher, and artist offers these intricate Yantra archetypes to color for mindfulness, centering, stress-relief, empowerment, and for the joy of it. She briefly unpacks each Yantra--explaining the archetype, how it should be used, what energy it offers, what colors are associated with it, and where the mandala should be displayed for maximum power. She also offers a mantra or intention for each archetype.

Author Biography

SARAH TOMLINSON is an internationally recognized Yantrika (Yantra teacher and practitioner), and is a yoga teacher and artist, and the author of Nine Designs for Inner Peace: The Ultimate Guide to Meditating with Color, Shape, and Sound. She is a pioneer in the fields of yoga, ayurveda, and maternal care and healing with Yantras. In 1993, she became one of the first teachers certified in the Jivamukti Yoga Method by David Life and Sharon Gannon, and subsequently went to India to study the spiritual practice of painting Yantras. An authority on Yantras, Tomlinson shares her wisdom through ayurvedic counseling, teaching, and leading clients on pilgrimages to India. She has led countless trainings and Yantra painting workshops and classes in the US and internationally, including at Jivamukti, NYC, Laughing Lotus (NYC and San Francisco), Yoga Union, the Asia Society, the Rubin Museum of Art, and the esteemed Johari residence in Haridwar, India. She has appeared in numerous publications, including Yoga Journal, FitYoga, LA Yoga and Ayurveda, and Huffington Post. Tomlinson was featured at the 2013 Yoga Journal Conference, NYC, for her Ayurvedic Astrological Yantra consultations.