Dear Friends,
We will be walking our beautiful LABYRINTH
this Saturday beginning at 10:30am
Our theme will be “What You Are Seeking, Is Also Seeking You.”
What is a Labyrinth?
Labyrinths are a walking meditation that are often seen as metaphors of our life. The walking meditation can be used for reflection, and problem solving with daily issues.
“Walking the Labyrinth has reemerged today as a metaphor for the spiritual journey and as a powerful tool for transformation. This walking meditation is an archetype, a mystical ritual found in all religious traditions.
It quiets the mind and opens the soul. The potential of the labyrinth is to inspire change, and renew. It serves as a guide to help us develop the higher level of human awareness we need to survive in the 21st century.” From Walking a Sacred Path by Lauren Artress.
A labyrinth is not a maze. A maze is designed to confuse you. A labyrinth has only one path that leads in a circuitous way to the center. It is designed to find your way. This is what makes it a path for meditation.
Science has shown when wearing electrodes, and walking the labyrinth, the walkers automatically experience an Alpha brain state (Meditative state of mind). Even sight impaired people using a raised finger labyrinth exhibit the same Alpha wave.
Benefits of Labyrinths
- Beneficial in reducing stress.
- Helps quiet the mind.
- Opens the heart for prayer.
- Promotes the interaction of the mind, body and spirit.
- Fosters creativity.
- Increases personal and community transformation.
- Promotes Wellness. Helps heal present and past wounds.
- Increases self-awareness.
- Contributes to Spiritual Growth.
- Increases right brain activity. Balances both spheres.