Activity
Zen-doodling
![A drawing made with black marker and pencil using the e method to separate patterns shows a square filled with four different patterns. There is a pattern of leaves, a pattern of pyramids, a pattern of concentric squares, and a pattern of half circles and dots.](https://avid.scrippsoma.xyz/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/ZenDoodle1-720x693.jpg)
![A drawing made with black marker and pencil using the e method to separate patterns shows a square filled with four different patterns. There is a pattern of leaves, a pattern of pyramids, a pattern of concentric squares, and a pattern of half circles and dots.](https://avid.scrippsoma.xyz/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/ZenDoodle2-720x730.jpg)
How To Do It
- Supplies: Plain square paper (3-4 inches square), a black fine-tipped marker, a pencil.
- Use a pencil and make four dots in the corners of the paper and connect them to create a border/frame.
- Use a pencil to draw a letter āzā or lower case āeā to divide up your square into four areas.
- Choose the first area and use the pen to draw the first pattern (lines, dots, spirals, half circles, squiggly lines, zigzags, etc.).
- Continue filling out the other three areas using a different pattern for each area.
- Use the pencil to add shading.
- Sign your tile.
Questions
- Do you doodle? If yes, when do you doodle and how does it make you feel?
- Did you find this activity relaxing?
- What do you do to relax?
- Are you interested in doing meditation? Why or why not?
- What other forms of relaxation practices would you like to learn? Why do you want to learn them?