What happens when Tibetan philosophy, cutting-edge psychology, and world-class art collide? You get the Mandala Lab - a hands-on experience that transforms the way you relate to your own emotions.

Strike a gong. Submerge it in water. Watch your anger become patience.

The Mandala Lab works through direct, sensory engagement: smell, sound, breath, and movement become tools for recognising that we are not prisoners of our habitual responses. We can choose differently. That realisation, when it lands in the body rather than just the mind, is quietly revolutionary.

Serious Fun

Rooted in Tibetan philosophy and anchored in contemporary science, the Mandala Lab has featured contributions from an extraordinary range of artists and thinkers, including Peter Gabriel, Sheila E., and Dame Evelyn Glennie; perfumer Christophe Laudamiel; filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul; and artist Laurie Anderson. Science advisors including neuroscientist Prof. Richie Davidson ground each experience in rigorous psychological insight.

At The Creativity Conference in Iceland, we're bringing a localised version of the Lab directly into the programme - an intimate, participatory workshop that invites you to engage with your own emotional landscape in ways that are playful, profound, and genuinely surprising.

Come ready to be a little changed.

Facilitated by Tim McHenry

Author, Curator and Impresario,
The Rubin Museum