Join Special Guest Instructor, Vedic Astrologer and Artist, Lakshman (John Fontaine) for this workshop on the sacred art of drawing Yantras!
"Yantras are visual tools that serve either as centering devices or as symbolic compositions of the energy pattern of a deity as seen by Tantric seers in their visions." - Harish Johari
"The process of drawing a yantra is a practice in itself. One can visualize an energy or support that one wants to bring more strongly into their life. Drawing the yantra while also doing a mantra that is associated with the deity of the yantra, can infuse the yantra with the energy that both the yantra and the mantra represent. I have often felt this strongly at the completion of the drawing. It seems to be a kind of blessing for doing the yantra. And the yantra can continue to have a positive affect, indefinitely, if it is used." - Lakshman
Pictures of the yantras of the nine planets and of Ganesh, Laxmi, Saraswati, Durga, Kali, and the Ten Wisdom Goddesses (MahaVidyas) will be available for you to view so you can choose your favorite yantra to draw.
In our class, we will go step by step through the construction (or drawing) of a yantra, and you will be able to apply the knowledge from this workshop to creating more yantras on your own as you please. You are welcome to enjoy coloring your yantra, with paint, colored pencils, markers, etc. on your own after the workshop as you will likely use most of your workshop time for drawing.
Materials will be provided and will mainly include a hard pencil, eraser, ruler, compass and the type of paper you want to use. For example, the yantra drawing can be on watercolor paper for watercolors or acrylics. Or it can be on drawing paper for coloring with pencil.
We hope you can join us for this special event!
$50 per person
**Pre-registration is required.
BIO:
Lakshman loves to teach astrology, teach yantra painting and lead discussions on spiritual growth. He is a skilled artist with a specialty in the drafting and painting of classical Indian yantras.
Lakshman has also been practicing Vedic Astrology for over twenty years and has had many wonderful astrology teachers along the way. He has also been a student of Sri Shambhavananda, founder of ShambhavAnanda Yoga®️ for forty four years. Lakshman enjoys using Jyotish (Vedic Astrology) as a tool for spiritual growth, as well as for growth in any other areas of life. In doing astrology readings, he likes to emphasize how each person can more consciously work with, or dance with, the energies and situations that one experiences in life in order to live a happy, creative and growth oriented life on all levels. Vedic Astrology is a branch (Vedanga) of the ancient Vedas. As such, it was a tool for one's spiritual growth. As a yogi, Lakshman likes to see how any situation one attracts in their life can be an opportunity for growth.
****Lakshman will be offering a limited number of Vedic astrology readings as well while he is in Chicago. He also offers readings via Zoom and in Boulder, Colorado. For more information on Vedic astrology readings in Chicago, contact us at info@chi-townshakti.com
For Zoom and readings in Colorado, contact Lakshman (John Fontaine) at 720-373-6602 or john108fontaine@gmail.com. Lakshman's new website, under construction, is johnfontaine.net.
