Art of Yantra
Retreats and workshops on creating and using Yantra, Mantra and Mandala as tools for inner-focus and transformation.
Upcoming Events
Hanuman Jayanti, Yantra and Mantra online session, 11th April 2025
Join us for an online celebration of Hanuman’s birthday with mantra chanting and yantra drawing and painting. This year, we celebrate Hanuman’s birthday (Jayanti) during a Mars year (2+0+2+5 = 9), a time of completion and new beginnings. The number 9, connected to Mars, represents cycles of endings and renewal, guiding us to embrace the closure of old patterns and summon the courage to begin anew. Mars and Hanuman are deeply interconnected, with Hanuman considered a deity of Mars. By aligning with the energy of Mars through Hanuman, we learn to channel our inner fire with clarity and wisdom.
Planet Mars – Completion and new Beginnings, 29th April 2025
Join us for an online session dedicated to the qualities of the planet Mars, featuring insights from Vedic astrology with Sara, as well as mantra chanting, yantra drawing, and painting with Antarshuddhi (Nadeshda). In Vedic astrology (Jyotiṣa), 2025 is considered a Mars year – a collective energy guided by the planet associated with the number 9 (2+0+2+5). The number 9 represents completion, paving the way for a new beginning in 2026. Mars’ influence is strongest on Tuesdays, which is why we have chosen this day for our session.
Hanuman – The Hero’s Journey Retreat, 25th – 31st July 2025
Join us for a 6-day-long immersive retreat dedicated to Hanuman – the fearless hero. His journey is the ultimate Hero’s Journey – one of strength, devotion, and self-discovery. Born with immense power yet unaware of it, Hanuman embarks on a path of awakening, courage, and unwavering faith. Step into Hanuman’s journey – and into your own power in the serene landscapes of Tuscany. Together we will explore Hanuman’s aspects, energy and transformative power through creating, chanting, practicing and sharing this special time together.
Our Aim
Our aim is to offer the opportunity to explore the practice of mantra and yantra in an accessible, systematic and meaningful way. Through day, weekend and longer retreat courses we wish to create an environment where these ancient and powerful tools of transformation can be explored and experienced as part of one’s spiritual practice and personal development.
Mantra and Yantra are tools of Tantra. Tantra is the root of yoga, through their practice one can
heal and harmonise, integrating head, heart and hands; thought, feeling and expression.
The whole process of creating the yantra goes beyond one of simply drawing and painting a beautiful image, it is a process of worship. An open attitude is more important than ability and we have experienced on many occasions participants amazing themselves with what they are able to create, express and discover.
Fine Art Prints
The Yantras and Mandalas are not only beautiful images or patterns, but they are also meditation objects and powerful tools of self-enquiry and transformation. They appear as maps of consciousness – helping us to focus, expand our consciousness and activate our creative potential.
The pictures presented here have been painted in a gouache and watercolour technique, which requires a lengthy working process in which the paint is applied layer by layer to create the depth and the smoothness of the nuances and gradients. They are available as high quality art prints.
