Bring Coloring Pages to the Next Level with Mandala Coloring

Bring Your Coloring to the Next Level with Mandala Coloring Pages

How Mandala Coloring Pages can Bring you Happiness

What is Mandala Coloring Meditation?

Mandala, color, and meditation are three powerful words that come together into an exquisite process of self-discovery, self-awareness, and self-love. Here’s how the meditative process with mandala coloring pages can become a transformational tool to enrich your life.

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.“- Mahatma Gandhi

What is a mandala?

Mandala, in the ancient Sanskrit language, basically means circle. It’s an organic shape that can be seen everywhere. Just look in your garden or in your home, and you’ll instantly see the circular design of the mandala creating the most intricate patterns. What you may not know is that, through its ancient origins, the mandala has been associated with enhanced states of enlightenment, spiritual consciousness, and the qualities of healing, unity, and harmony.

Color, also, is all around us and enriches our human experience. Color affects our moods, so we often choose to clothe ourselves or surround ourselves in colors that make us feel good. Think about the last time you painted the inside of your home. Did you examine a variety of color swatches and consider how differently each color made you feel? Think about how you might apply this same process to the creation of your very own mandala artwork.

Meditation is often called sitting in silence. It’s that inner, peaceful place you reach when you still your mind and focus on your breathing. I like to describe meditation as the art of listening to one’s inner song or voice.

When these three words are put together—Mandala Coloring Meditation—it reflects an infinitely creative process, which outwardly expresses your inner thoughts and feelings through design and color in a powerfully meditative space. All with a simple mandala coloring page. It’s a totally organic process, which allows your heart and soul to speak without saying a word. And, when you listen to the voice of your inner self and express it by infusing your mandala with color, you’re taking your mandala coloring meditation to the next level!

Color a Happiness Mandala Coloring Page in Just Minutes

“Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

What is the color of “happiness”? I love this question because it engages your intuitive mind and makes you think about what abstract concepts like happiness and bliss look like. And, it’s also a great way to start the process of coloring yourself happy with a mandala coloring page!

So, shall we begin? Think of a particularly joyful event in your life and reflect on it for a moment. How did it feel? Did it make you feel giddy with excitement, or did it fill you with laughter? Maybe it made you feel totally relaxed and loved. Was there a special event that marked the occasion? Were you with family or friends, or did you savor this special moment by yourself? As you reflect on this memorable moment, what colors and shapes come to mind?

Don’t think about it too much. Rather, let it unfold naturally and organically. If that teal marking pen is calling your name, then place that marking pen on your mandala, and just let the color flow. Or, if that hot pink neon crayon is shouting happiness to you, then, by all means, awaken your mandala coloring page with hot pink highlights!

Let this creation be a joyful process, which makes you smile from start to finish. Before you know it, you’ll have created your mandala of happiness. Now, every time you look at your mandala coloring page, you’ll think of the event that made you feel so joyful. You’ll instantly smile and fill your entire being with happiness endorphins. And, by keeping it in a place where you’ll routinely see it, you’ll increase your happiness factor, as well as your health, exponentially!

Mandala Coloring Pages for Meditation: an Instrument of Happiness

“Colors answer feeling in man; ?shapes answer thought; ?and motion answers will.” – John Sterling

To me, the meditative process of coloring mandalas is a tool that can bring me to positivity, or to any positive emotion, like happiness. When I get caught up in the stresses of life, I just sit down in a quiet area and grab my mandala coloring pages. Looking at the circular sphere of the mandala instantly calms me down and relaxes me.

I think of this circle as a total expression of me. Sometimes I color my mandala to express how I’m feeling in the moment, and other times I color it to express how I want to feel, which is happy and peaceful. I also use my mandala and my colors as healing tools—as affirmations of the way I see my future unfolding, which is in a blissful and happy state of being.

What I know for certain is that, when I create my mandala color pages, I am expressing who I am in the subtlest way, and, at the same time, in the most profound way. And, I know that I am healing myself through the process of self-expression – and that others will receive benefits too when they color this mandala.

How to Color Your Mandala and Sing Your Future Story

“When I was in grade school, they told me to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life.” – Unknown

Isn’t living life an exquisite journey? Of course, it’s full of twists and turns, and these unexpected events aren’t always pleasant. In fact, they can be downright challenging. Nonetheless, the beauty of living as human beings is in the richness of our experiences—our stories. And, it’s also in our ability to visualize, dream, and imagine.

So, in your mind’s eye, let’s imagine you’re seeing a snapshot of your future story. It might be fulfilling a passion or a life’s purpose, or simply living a rich and full life that’s filled with happiness. No matter what your future story is, know that it’s a vision of what you desire—of what you hold in your heart.

Now, let’s translate that vision of your future story onto a mandala coloring page. You can start by visualizing every aspect of that moment. Think about the colors and shapes and textures that would best describe the moment. And, don’t forget to use all of your senses, such as feeling, taste, and smell, to capture the essence of your future story. Finally, be sure to collaborate with your coloring tools through this process so they can loudly sing the story that has yet to be told.

Remember that there’s no right or wrong way to create your future story. Whatever emerges through this creative process will be as it was meant to be: a perfect picture of your story—a perfect melody for a song yet to be sung.

After you’ve finished your unique mandala coloring, step back and gaze at it. Know that you’ve breathed life into a heartfelt desire and that you’ve filled it with your energy, positivity, and intention. Finally, know that this future story is possible.

What else do you desire in life? Just create additional future stories for yourself using the mandala coloring process above. In fact, be open every day to the prospect of new possibilities that will bring you happiness. And, take inspired action to realize those possibilities; for it’s by taking thoughtful, yet decisive, action that you create the life of your dreams!

Download your free coloring pages with mandalas to color today. You’ll also find plenty of mandala coloring books, as well, on the website.

And whenever you have any questions, or even if you just feel like sharing a coloring experience, feel free to post a comment at the bottom of this page.

And if you need more mandala coloring inspiration, take a look at my other mandala articles.

All the best,

Steven – Artist, musician, Communication Scientist
Helping you to color your way to happiness