Power Mandalas

I have been mostly pleased with this book. The quality of the paper is good - not the newsprint type that some books have. The designs are on one side of the paper. There are explinations of each mandala and colour suggestions. My only complaint is that some of the designs are very simplistic

I am awed by the designs in this book. Each design comes with a short meditation as well as a description of what it is for exactly (such as crown chakra or power) and a suggested coloring sequence (but rules are meant to be broken, the author is the 1st to say). One design to a page so they are suitable for framing--if you don't mind having fewer designs to use & color, but I believe there are 42 or 46, plenty! These are HIGH quality, super powerful designs meant to get the reader out of one's head, and body for that matter. While coloring, I transcended all concepts of time. I suffer from chronic pain and almost immediately upon starting the 1st design, my pain faded away until I no longer even felt the discomfort of sitting in a chair. This particular book has a design for each chakra, one for power, energy, 2 for healing and so on. A few are bewitching to the eye just to look at in B & W! The concept is to color from the outside in to focus inward and concentrate, or color from the inside out to open oneself up and expand one's awareness outside of self.This book is well worth the price and I hope it is just the first in a long series of such books by this author. WARNING: Coloring mandalas can be addicting--in a healthy way :-) Especially using TomBow(R) brush markers (they are like a paintbrush in a pen, with a fine-line marker on one end and a TRUE, high quality brush tip on the other, colors FLOW like an extension of the soul...). Enjoy.