Why Zentangle?

 

Kids, women, men and seniors 💓LOVE Zentangle

Therapist are telling patients to try Zentangle for therapy.  Zentangle has been proven to benefit, anxiety, depression, chronic medical conditions, bereavement, insomnia, cancer/addiction/anger management therapy, PTSD, ADHD, ADD, essential tremors/Parkinson's Disease (helps eye-hand
co-ordination), self confidence and self-esteem.  In a corporate setting, Zentangle encourages team building and is great for a wellness day.

Zentangle was designed to take the difficulty or "hard" out of art.  The co-founders later found that Zentangle was also meditative. During the process of drawing structured patterns, you relax, focus
and get into a state of well-being - healing art.

While beneficial for all ages (6-100), Zentangle can be especially beneficial for seniors.  Zentangle is a great brain activity while helping to focus and relax.  Zentangle also helps with boredom or waiting in a doctor's office, airport, activity to do with grandchildren, social time with friends to "tangle" and share art pieces.  Zentangle raises self-esteem, confidence and opportunity to bring folks together and meet new friends.  Zentangle is also great for caregivers.  All those long days/nights caring for someone leaves a lot of time on your hands.  You can also tangle with loved ones/patients and bring you closer together.

My name is Janet Masey, Certified Zentangle Teacher since 2014.  I was certified by the founders that designed the art method - Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.  Many folks think art if difficult.  What to draw/paint?  What paper/media do I use? Pencil or pen?  Colored pencils? Markers? What color?  How many colors?  Where do I put color?  Zentangle using simple materials and can be completed in 15-20 minutes.  Zentangle gives everyone a chance to succeed at art. All you need is 3.5 x 3.5 paper, pencil, pen and patterns. So simple, so easy, just "tangle".

The point of Zentangle is to slow down, take a step back from the mad rush of digital society.  
                    
                           Zentangle motto is "anything is possible, one stroke at a time"

Zero art experience necessary - no erasers, no rulers, no mistakes.  If you can draw a circle and a straight line - you got this.  People tell me "I can't draw".  I love to proved folks wrong.  Zentangle
was designed for those intimidated by art.  

Let me describe a typical Zentangle class. 
When students arrive to class, they will hear instrumental Hawaiian slack key music playing softly in the background.  I ask everyone to take a deep breath and start their Zentangle journey.  The rest of the class is quiet as I instruct how to apply structured patterns they will learn.  When you put paper to pen, you get out of your head (healing art).  That's why Zentangle is called "yoga for the brain".

A few reaction from my students:

"ohhhh, this is cool"
"wow, look what I did"
"best cancer therapy I got"

"this helped me thru two knee replacements"

My favorite story is when a 65 year old student finished my Zentangle class and cried.  She said that early in school a teacher told her never to do art because of how awful her art work looked.  Zentangle was the first time she had tried art since then and was so happy to know - that teacher was wrong. 

Zentangle isn't about the results but the process.  Start your Zentangle journey today and see what all the talks about.  Whether young or old, Zentangle is fun and relaxing.  Look on my calendar to find a class for you.  I teach over 50 different classes.  

Tangle hugs!