Facilitated by Marna Cascadia
We’ll learn a bit about the history of labyrinths and contemporary research on the benefits and vibrant practices of walking labyrinths. And together we will share a contemplative experience of walking a labyrinth together. In the process of moving through a labyrinth, the act of pausing and slowing opens a field of imaginal expansion and kinship. We incubate a question to travel with, in the wheels of the labyrinth. To pause at the turns is to notice pivoting the body and literally changing perspective. We arrive at the center of the labyrinth, pausing to reflect, often noticing what insights have been gifted. Then we turn and make the great journey outward. Our attention might be drawn to fresh perspectives, connections, integrations, and possibilities as we arc and twist.
Often, folks open to or incubate an intention during the quiet, open-focus experience of walking contemplatively through the arcs and turns of the labyrinth. Here, at the glimmering time of possibility as winter winks into promises of spring, let us incubate and open. We each proceed at our own pace. Labyrinth walking can help us to:
-Sustain states of experiential flow
-Cultivate a deeper relationship with self
-Share an experience of opening within the larger wheels of becoming
-Catalyze creative contemplation.
With thanks to Richard Poudrier from Salem who has loaned us a 20-foot, Chartres-pattern, cloth labyrinth. Please note – during the experiential portion of the service, we will walk in socks as we move through the cloth labyrinth. Cloth shoe-cover booties will also be available. We will share a link to a finger walking labyrinth for those attending via zoom. Join online at 10 am -
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