Want to create your own Circle of Love? This is a step by step process to show you how to make one of your own. These are instructions for how I did the one shown, but you can do one however you want. To begin, gather your materials.       You Will Need the...Read More

I created the Seed Exchange Project many years ago and it is reprinted from my book below.  I have always had a fascination with the potential within a seed. The project was to paint and make “seeds” of ourselves and exchange them in class with each other. We then incorporated the seeds into our mandalas....Read More

When the members of our mandala class heard about the events in Connecticut we wanted to do something. We began making small mandalas of love, light, peace and healing for the victims and families.  We took inspiration from the small “seed” mandalas we do in class which are painted mandalas representing our individual positive seed...Read More

I had a class in which 5 of the 8 participants were breast cancer survivors. But Yoriko’s cancer had metastasized, although she looked healthy and happy. She enjoyed coming to the next mandala class announcing that after she’d started painting mandalas she went off all her heavy medications. She said she was doing mandalas for...Read More

I was finally able to visit Prague where both my grandfather and great grandfather were born. Besides connecting with my ancestry, I wanted to heal an old wound they suffered from the church. My dad had told me the story of how my great grandfather, Josef, who was a blacksmith, was asked by his priest...Read More

Welcome to my blog. Wow, there are so many stories to tell! Having always been a person who has never been at a loss for words, this is exciting. No one can tell me to sit down and be quiet! I always liked “show and tell” and I don’t think you will be bored. So...Read More