Dear readers! Today I want to share with you a unique discovery that I discovered and have been actively using in my practice since 2010. One of the areas of art therapy is meditative games and exercises. The purpose of these exercises is to relieve psycho-emotional stress, develop the ability to concentrate and self-knowledge. A good “helper” in this matter for me was the use of the “Mandala” method. A mandala is a pattern that is created in a circle. The nature around us already stores its endless diversity in mandalas: a lacy network of cobwebs, annual rings of trees, bird nests, radiating rings from a stone thrown into the water, a unique pattern on the fingers of each person, a sunflower flower and many other surprises of nature. Mandala is a symbol of the wheel of life, cosmic processes, earthly seasons and galactic cycles. In the tradition of the East, Mandala is mainly a means of concentrating the mind, a means of overcoming one’s usual boundaries. Mandala is that movement in a circle that returns to oneself. Games with a mandala are fascinating. They are unusual, new for the “player”. They are adapted for our mentality and there are many options for such games. I would like to introduce you to one of the options. It is interesting to use the creation of mandalas with a mirror plane. The mirror plane is made in such a way that it seems to create a kaleidoscope effect during the work process. Pay attention to the photo. It’s easy to make a mirror plane yourself. To do this, you need three pieces of chipboard 30x30 cm and mirrors, which are glued after assembly. I determined the dimensions myself. I think that they are optimal for practice with students. To make the effect more intense and evoke an emotional response, I use glass colored pebbles that I found in a pet store (drainage for aquariums), crystals, large flat beads, shells of different shapes and sizes, buttons, waste , natural material, etc. It turns out quite spectacular. Not only children, but also teachers like it, and parents are generally delighted (when working together). Now it’s just a matter of small things - practice. Your own imagination will help with this. Ideas will come, believe me! I use a mirror plane with a different age range. The goals were also expanded. For example, the technique “works” well with pupils with the “I can’t draw” complex, with squeamish children who are afraid of getting dirty with paint, anxious, insecure, hyperactive, aggressive children, with children with speech disorders. You can invite the children to choose the material they will work with on their own. In order to create a mandala (they work on a horizontal surface), they need to be shown how to lay out the outline of a circle. Then they fill it out on their own, review it, transform it, which is not unimportant. Children can create a good mood, “express” joy on a plane, or simply flowers for a forest clearing. For the latter, it is enough to place a green cloth on the table. With small children, for example, a plane is suitable for fixing the color and shape. The child himself lays out shades of colors or shapes and “peeks” in the mirrors. At the same time, the concept of “one” - “many” is being worked out. The mirror plane, decorative material serve as a good help for concentrating attention and, therefore, the assimilation of the material occurs better. And how many emotions... surprise, interest, delight... How nice it is to hear children's laughter, agree) )) Try it and have fun))) Literature that will increase professional competence in this matter: Diagnostics in art therapy. “Mandala” method / Ed. A.I. Kopytina. - St. Petersburg: Rech, 2002. – 80 pp. Meditative games / comp. Waldemar West. – Rostov n/a: Phoenix; Kharkov: Torsing, 2005.- 215, (Psychological workshop).