1. From Regulation to Reflection
After we have calmed the body, we can begin to listen.
The Reframe process is not about forcing positivity, it’s about seeing with clarity and gratitude what was already present.
Stress and emotional pain often narrow our focus to what is missing or wrong.
Reframing is the gentle art of widening that focus again, allowing new meanings, new softness, and new light to enter.
The six mandalas in Reframe: Grateful Radiance invite you to see yourself and your life through this expanded lens, one that includes beauty, gratitude, and connection as tools for healing.
2. The Six Mandalas of Reframing
1) Body, Thank You – Gratitude Toward the Physical Self
Every healing journey begins with the body, but in Reframe, we approach it with appreciation.
By noticing breath, heartbeat, posture, and tension, you restore connection with your inner signals.
Adding gratitude, a quiet thank you to your body for carrying you, transforms awareness into compassion.
Effort becomes support. Safety deepens.
The body begins to trust your care.
2) Room with Warmth – Creating Safe Spaces
Our surroundings constantly communicate with our nervous system.
When the space around you feels nurturing, your body relaxes, and your mind can focus.
This mandala helps you visualize or even create a small “room with warmth” , a comforting corner, real or imagined.
Every stroke of color becomes a signal of ease: It’s safe to rest here.
3) Good Company – Remembering Connection
No one regulates alone.
Human connection is one of the strongest protectors against stress.
This mandala invites you to reflect on the people who offer you kindness or quiet presence.
As you color, let gratitude for these connections soften your chest and slow your breath.
Your body learns, again, that it doesn’t have to carry everything by itself.
4) Work I’m Proud Of – Recognizing Small Achievements
Our minds often minimize progress.
This mandala asks you to pause and acknowledge your small victories.
Each recognition activates the brain’s reward pathways, strengthening confidence and hope.
As you color, remember moments when you acted with integrity or care.
You rewire your stress response through appreciation, not perfectionism.
5) Outside Air – Reconnecting with Nature
Nature has its own nervous system, and it can regulate ours.
This mandala draws you back into the natural rhythm of calm: the movement of air, the cycle of day and night, the quiet patience of trees.
Even visualizing natural textures lowers arousal levels and restores attention.
As you color, imagine each line as wind, leaf, or horizon.
Your body remembers it belongs to something larger than stress.
6) Today’s Bright Spot – Training the Mind to Notice Light
The final mandala of Reframe celebrates the power of noticing.
By holding attention on one good moment, something that went well, felt kind, or brought ease, you teach your brain to store calm and joy.
This small act of savoring builds neural pathways for optimism and resilience.
Gratitude becomes your new lens.
Awareness turns radiant.
3. The Essence of Reframing
Reframing is not denying pain, it’s letting light touch it.
When gratitude meets awareness, even difficulty reveals hidden meaning.
Reframe invites you to practice this shift through color, pattern, and reflection, transforming perception into healing insight.
It is the bridge between the calm body (Regulate) and the engaged heart (Re-engage).
A transition from surviving to appreciating.
4. The Practice of Grateful Radiance
Try this simple practice:
Before coloring, write one thing your body, your space, or your day has given you.
As you color, keep that thought near, let it expand with each shade.
Notice how appreciation transforms tension into peace.
That is the radiance gratitude brings.
Grateful Radiance – Step 2
Step 2: Reframe. Shift perspective and rediscover your inner resources through gratitude and symbolic coloring.