Zentangle® is known to many artists and craftivists as a way to create structured designs through drawing various patterns. Sometimes mistakenly called “Zendoodling” or “tangle doodling,” Zentangling ...

I have a confession: even though I'm a yoga instructor, I'm not a fan of meditation. It's not that I don't want to revel in the present moment, reduce stress, embrace calmness, and and all that good ...

Reverend Dr. Christine Isham was at a spiritual renewal retreat at a Benedictine monastery in 2012 studying spiritual practices used to calm the mind for meditation and prayer when she encountered a ...

Not long ago, Nancy VanRooy sent me an invitation to visit a class she was teaching at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center. When I arrived on a Thursday morning, the room was beginning to fill with ...

Zentangle is a unique art form that combines creativity with mindfulness. Developed by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas in 2004, it involves drawing intricate, structured patterns, called 'tangles', ...

Create art inspired by exhibitions at YBCA in this series of drop-in art workshops for all ages. Materials will be provided, and you can take your artwork home as a souvenir. During this workshop, ...

It was just another day in 2004. While creating patterns on a manuscript, veteran lettering artist Maria Thomas experienced feelings of complete relaxation, focus, well-being, timelessness and ...

The hall where Simran Wahan is conducting her Zentangle workshop is absolutely quiet. Heads are bent over sheets of paper; hands hard at work. At first glance, I wonder if the men (this is a men-only ...