What is the history of Sandplay?
Sand rituals were used centuries ago and still are, to this day, in Tibet and by Native Americans for contemplation, meditation, healing, and toward harmony with nature and the universe as a whole. From The Transpersonal Sandplay Therapy Center: Sandplay, Sand Tray Therapy, and The World technique are all names given to a non-verbal therapeutic tool developed by Dr. Margaret Lowenfeld in London, England in the 1920’s. Today the term Sandplay is most widely used to denote this method of the use of sand and water in a tray in which toys or miniatures are placed.
