Ice Crystal - Antarctic Mandala

This meditation takes children into the serene and fragile environment of Antarctica. Suitable for students 5-13 and links beautifully to the topic of Antarctica in classrooms. Designed by primary/elementary teachers. Working with rich vocabulary, compelling visuals, and mandala patterns, students will focus and cool whilst sharpening their concentration and memories! Follow-up activities link to snowflake design and shape. Bring some peace and serenity into your day with the Ice Crystal.

Transcript

You Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to Antarctica and see the expanses of white glittering ice shelves,

The untouched beautiful pristine environment.

This meditation will allow you to travel there and use the visuals of the environment for meditation.

Begin by closing your eyes gently,

Inhaling and exhaling rhythmically until you find a still point within.

Before you appear is a majestic large white bird,

A bird that looks sturdy enough,

Like a little white plane,

Able to fly you anywhere you want to go.

This majestic bird gestures to you to hop on board and he flies you high upward into the blue,

Blue sky.

You feel as though you are flying southward toward a brilliant sparkling white continent,

You know instantly to be Antarctica.

This ancient ice formation once joined other land masses like Australia,

India,

Africa,

Once known as Gondwanaland.

Feel how old this energy is,

How untouched this place is.

This majestic bird flies you down to land on the vibrant white ice shelves below.

It's pleasant today,

It must be the warmer months,

There's no wind and the sun's warmth is on your face.

Beside you are hundreds of black and white penguins all huddling and interacting with each other.

You too have fun walking like a penguin.

You hear the sounds of parents calling their young and you can see an expanse of blue ocean ahead of you.

You see whales,

Seals frolicking in this silent open space.

As you move into a lovely meditative space,

The sun hits an ice shelf before you.

You see a beautiful geometrical pattern appear on the ice.

The pattern is like ones you see in snowflakes or water crystals or within diamonds themselves.

This pattern is huge,

It's magnificent.

It holds many 2D shapes,

Circles,

Squares,

Hexagons,

Diamonds,

Cubes.

The 2D and 3D shapes assemble themselves,

Prisms,

Pyramids or glistening like diamond light.

Use this crystal pattern like a mandala to hold your focus.

Gaze into the centre of your pattern.

Follow the shapes,

The structures,

The curves and spirals.

Use the white environment around you to breathe in peace,

Serenity and calm.

It's time to climb back onto the back of your white bird.

Climb back from this southern land,

Feeling inspired,

Focused and ready to create.