Class Stories

Inspirational Stories From Those Affected by the Mandala’s

Class Stories

I have been painting and teaching watercolor mandala making for over 25 years. There are endless stories of ways that mandalas have affected those who have created them. I have taught in spiritual programs, the Elder Hostel Life Learning program, a Montessori school, the local Y, many community education programs, as well as private workshops. I have taught children as well as seniors, proving that no school-age child is too young, or senior too old, to learn and benefit from both painting watercolor and creating mandalas. The following personal stories are just a small sample of the many who have deeply benefited by making mandalas.

29
Nov

My Mandala Journal

The Story about Jan Johnson Jan was a Montessori teacher and my granddaughter’s teacher for 3 years. She asked me to teach a mandala class to her 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students. Then, with no real instruction herself, other than what she observed in the classroom with the students, Jan went home and tried...
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29
Oct

Revealing the Inner Child

The Story of Sara Kritikos Sara’s mother was taking my class and asked me if she could bring her daughter to class so she wouldn’t have to be alone. Sara had had encephalitis at birth and carried the scars physically and developmentally. I suggested that perhaps she would be interested in trying mandalas and her...
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29
Oct

Life Altering Mandalas

The Story about Wendy Hawkins Wendy was a regular at Lane Cara Shaw’s drop-in classes, and took a class or two from me as well. She was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis as a baby, requiring her to have numerous surgeries through the years. Her body caused her so much pain and suffering. She found...
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29
Oct

Healing Power of Mandalas

The Story of Lane Cara Shaw Petite, British Lane Cara Shaw attended my mandala class when she was a young 83. After her first session, she was hooked! Following the 6-week class, she began teaching a weekly drop-in class herself, teaching the mandala as a tool for self-healing and encouraging and teaching others to teach....
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Thank you for the inspiring class. You attract the most interesting people and you bring the best out in everybody. I have plenty to take with me back to Denmark, and I hope it will help me stay creative. Thank you for what you do.

– Vibeke VDH.

Such a gift you have given me through your teaching and love.

– Shirin H.