A gentle mindful drawing experience combining mandala, colour and meditation to help you relax, reconnect and find your inner calm.

Switch off. Slow down. Create.

The Art of Presence is a gentle mindful drawing experience designed to bring you out of the noise of everyday life and back into connection with yourself.

During this one-hour trial session, we will use mandala drawing, colour and a short guided meditation to create a personal mandala around a chosen theme.

Drawing slowly and intentionally gives the mind something simple to focus on. As we move from one line to another, the outside noise begins to soften and we create space to simply be.

This is not about artistic skill. It is about what happens within you while you create.

You’ll have space to:

switch off from everyday thoughts and worries

relax your mind and body

reconnect with yourself

explore colour and creativity

create your own personal mandala

leave feeling calmer, lighter and more present

What to expect

We’ll begin with a short grounding and guided meditation before moving into our mandala drawing practice.

I’ll guide you through the process step by step, and there will also be space for you to follow your own creativity through shape and colour.

Everything is provided, so you simply need to come as you are.

No drawing experience is needed.

Trial Session

📅 Monday, 5 October

🕚 11:00–12:00

📍 Vital Village, Thames Ditton

🎨 All materials included

This introductory session is donation-based, giving you an opportunity to experience The Art of Presence before our regular 90-minute Monday sessions begin.

About the facilitator

Polina Davi is a Sacred Geometry Artist and creative wellbeing facilitator with over 15 years of experience exploring drawing, meditation and embodied creative practices.

She has facilitated more than 150 workshops and retreats in the UK and internationally, working with thousands of participants.

Her approach uses creativity not simply to make something beautiful, but as a way to shift our inner state — from thinking to sensing, from doing to being.

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