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Our Labyrinth
Marked with flagstones on our front lawn is a 4 ring labyrinth adapted from the 11 ring labyrinth in Chartrés Cathedral, France. It is available to all 24 hours a day.
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Walking A Labyrinth
These "Guidelines for Walking the Labyrinth" were taken from the web site for Veriditas. You are encouraged to visit it at http://veriditas.org for more information about labyrinths.
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The labyrinth has a single circuitous path that winds its way into the center. The person walking it uses the same path to return from the center and the entrance then becomes the exit. The path is in full view, which allows a person to be quiet and focus internally.
Generally there are three stages to the walk: releasing on the way in, receiving in the center and returning when you follow the return path back out of the labyrinth. Symbolically, and sometimes actually, you are taking back out into the world that which you have received.
There is no right way or wrong way to walk a labyrinth. Use the labyrinth in any way that meets what you need while being respectful of others walking. You may go directly to center to sit quietly -- whatever meets your needs.
To prepare, you may want to sit quietly to reflect before walking the labyrinth?. There are many ways to describe a labyrinth. It is a path of prayer, a walking meditation, a crucible of change, a watering hole for the spirit and a mirror of the soul.
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Diagram of Labyrinth
This design is relatively easy to make and a good place to start when making one's first labyrinth. Draw the four rings first then put in the turn arounds. Labyrinth paths do not have to be complicated or permanent and can be marked out just about anywhere: with chalk on a driveway; stones on a lawn; or in wet sand at the shore.
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