INTRODUCTION

The 30 mandala meditations in this book have been specially devised to address the meditator’s relationship with his or her own body, and with symptoms such as pain, fatigue and anxiety. Hence they depart in imaginative ways from traditional mandala patterns. However, the basic principles they follow are long-established: the idea of using visual imagery for focusing the mind through mindful awareness; and the increasingly known connections between meditation and healing. This Introduction looks at such important contextual topics as well as describing the chakras – since each chapter of the book begins with a chakra mandala meditation. To conclude, there are helpful suggestions about how to use the book most effectively.