Meditation art, benefits of meditaiton

Yantras are sacred geometry similar in some ways to Tibetan mandalas, they are used as meditation art.  They are utilized in a type of yoga (yogic) meditation especially as one develops the upper chakras or for energetically affecting the energies of the space around them.  In Wheels of Life writer Anodea Judith list the practice of Yantra Yoga as correlating with the third eye or ajna chakra development.    Yantras  are part of the Indian Tantric tradition of practices.  If you are a yoga practitioener you might find yantra meditation particularly effective.

To a Westerner using art to meditate seems a bit odd.  Bu art as been since the beginning of time deeply intertwined with religion and spirituality in cultures from Africa, Asia to Europe.  In fact artistic expression was a means of connecting- a conduit to Spirit.

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