Nature Mandala

Objectives:

To map the environment and space of the course. To understand the principle of natural cycles and their interconnection with human life.

To create a framework for the programme flow of the course.

Description:

The Nature Mandala can be perfectly done in the beginning of your seminar. You simply prepare a star-shape basis of sticks on the ground, like a big circle pattern, with parts pointing to different directions. Participants are invited to stand in a circle around the pattern. They get familiar with their position and then each person is invited to walk in one of the directions, collecting natural samples on their way and bring themback to the circle and “draw” with them their piece of map. Like this we composed the whole picture, shared our discoveries about the place and brought the idea of wholeness co-created by everybody. After creating the Nature Mandala is a good moment to introduce the concept of Medicine Wheel.