In "Meditating with Mandalas," David Fontana talks about how you can incorporate your experience of meditation with mandalas into your everyday life. You can better realize love and practice kindness as well. Prior to reading this book, I did not understand the point of mandalas, and I have read other books on the subject. What really attracted me to the book was its original, colorful and intriguing mandalas. These are not typical mandalas one may be accustomed to seeing. Some include dolphins, an octopus, a waterfall, and a water garden. A truly beautiful book of mandalas that makes sense of this meditation practice. I highly recommend it.

This isn't a book of blank mandalas to color. Instead, this is 52 different mandalas already printed in color for meditation. A short discussion of each mandala and some ideas of what to notice and think about are included for each picture. Some of the madalas are traditional ones we are already acquainted with, and some are modern interpretations of ideas in mandala form.

They are all beautiful, and one could use this book in many ways. With 52 mandalas, one could cycle through them, giving each a week, either in order or randomly. Or find a favorite that matches your mood of the day. Stick with one till you are tired of it and move on at your own speed. Who knows?

I love looking through each of them. To be honest, I also use their colors as inspiration for coloring my own mandalas I have bought from other books.