Katie Darden

Round & Round: 48 Mandalas for You to Color & Enjoy Katie Darden

Publisher Marketing: This fourth book of digital mandalas celebrates circles. The circle of life, the circle of the mandala, the circle of friends, of community, and of the world we live in. A circle is completion, it's continuity. As a solid sphere, it's fullness. And when it's 3 dimensional, as in a spiral, it becomes a symbol of growth and expansion. The mandala is a spiritual and ritualistic symbol in both Hinduism and Buddhism. In general, it is a microcosmic representation of the Universe. The mandala is used to help focus attention on spiritual guidance, and for mindful practices such as meditation. Most mandalas, especially today, are circular in design. The circle has long been a spiritual symbol of wholeness. But the use of mandalas isn't just spiritual. Therapists as far back as Carl Jung have often used mandalas with their patients. For the past 30 years I have used mandalas in my watercolor and silk paintings, as well as my glass jewelry fabrication, my cloth fabric dying, and the quilts I design and construct. Psychologists claim that coloring is the next best thing to meditation. I find mandalas are nearly as therapeutic to create as they are to color. Pick up a coloring book today and enjoy your own inner expansion and wholeness. Contributor Bio:  Darden, Katie Katie Darden is a Business and Career coach, Trainer, Speaker and Internet Marketer with over 20 years experience in Human Resources, including Personnel as well as Training and Development. She's held several different roles in government and private industry across a broad range of organizations, from small business start-up through City, County, State and Federal governments. Her vast experience includes working as a consultant for businesses such as Microsoft, Intel, Continental Airlines, Alcoa, Johnson and Johnson, Applied Materials, MCI, British Telecom, Glaxo, Hewlett Packard, Honda, Ontario Hydro (Canada), Syncrude Canada, US West, Department of Veteran's Affairs and several California State Agencies. Katie has built and managed several small businesses since the 1970s, enjoying all the benefits of being a serial entrepreneur. She loves working with creative people and small start-ups. For several years she focused on working with women entrepreneurs, winning awards for website design and managing local and national business networking groups. In 1999 she received National recognition when she designed and managed the first online virtual network for the National Association for Female Executives. She is a 1997 graduate of Coach U, a founding member of Coachville and the Graduate School of Coaching, a certified Handwriting Expert, a registered and certified hypnotherapist and Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Katie is an artist in her "spare" time, designing and creating award-winning fused glass jewelry and painted fabric items for her etsy stores. She considers herself fortunate to live on the far Northern Redwood Coast of California and to spend the rainiest 4 months every year in San Felipe, Mexico, on the Sea of Cortez. Katie enjoys creating environments and opportunities for people to discover and express their natural gifts and talents.