A mama is a nurturer, a grower of life, a caring presence, and a source of nourishment. Whether an actual mother to children, a caregiver to plants, animals, other humans, or an artist, a writer, a dancer, a musician, we all nurture something. 

We are embodied, and therefore invited to mother our creative inner life, as well as who we are being in the world. 

The word mandala in Sanskrit means a circle. The configuration of geometrical shapes represent the universe, or different aspects of the universe (a god or a goddess). Drawing a mandala is a sacred ritual in several different traditions within Hinduism and Buddhism. Meditating with a mandala is considered to be a way into, or a way through, the vastness of the cosmos. 

A mandala is an unbroken continuum - one thing leads to the next, one thing becomes another. It is the cycle of life and all the cycles within life. It is the recursion of nature, the repetition built into existence. Mandala is the infinite unfoldment of the universe. Life holds us in the folds of its cycles, and invites us into the empowerment of making every breath meaningful, every season cherished, every day a gift. 

Mama Mandala is grateful for the wisdom that came from India, honors the stories, concepts, and practices, and holds the traditions and the teachings with deep respect.

We are held by the Mother, by a spinning planet, by the process of living. As we cycle with her, we are invited to create the life we desire, the self we want to be, and to turn recursion into a sacred ritual.