Join us to walk the labyrinth at Heritage Farm on Thursday 2 May to get closer to the earth and feel into the Beltane energy. It is an amazing labyrinth with breath taking views, which will likely positively shift your energy field (my aura doubled walking the labyrinth last year) and help you connect with your truth on a deeper level, and support your healing.
We will meet at 6pm and walk the labyrinth in silence, maybe taking a few contemplative minutes in the centre, before walking back out and taking a few more minutes to sit and reflect.
I’ll bring my rods in case anyone wants me to dowse their aura before and afterwards - anyone else with rods is welcome to do the same!
** Keep scrolling for more detailed info on the Labyrinth below **
Where: Heritage Farm (see directions below)
When: Thursday 2 May
Time: 6-6.45pm but allow flexibility depending on how long it takes you to walk the labyrinth and you are welcome to leave when you like
How much: A minimum cash donation of £5 each please to go to Heritage Farm towards the cost of animal feed - no online transfers to me please.
What to bring: Maybe something to sit/lie on afterwards
Booking: Please below to book. if you change your mind nearer the time please cancel as soon as you can.
Directions:
You take the turning to the left just past Beaucamp School. Then through a sandy area containing old farm implements, where you can park, and then into the field containing the labyrinth. Please see Google Earth images. Please do a reccy beforehand if you are not sure where to go as you won’t be able to contact Emma on the night for directions.
What is a labyrinth?
A labyrinth is a walking meditation representing a journey or path to our own centre and back out again. It has only one path that leads from the outer edge in a circuitous way to the centre. There are no tricks to it and no dead ends, and unlike a maze where you lose your way, the labyrinth is a spiritual tool that can help you find your way.
The practice of labyrinth walking integrates the body with the mind and the mind with the spirit. The experience can be very calming and clarifying for your thoughts. Intentionally walking in a quiet place in nature on a set path allows a level of focus that can be difficult to find in a busy life.
The labyrinth weaves back and forth and takes you seemingly close to the destination at the centre and then sends you off on many more zig-zags before you once again appear to be nearing the centre. This can bring to mind expectations about goals and how unpredictable tangents can arise in our lives.
Using this time to reflect on expectations about goals and letting those thoughts arise without judgement, may offer you peace or a different outlook and perspective on life. Bringing to mind a problem, issue or worry at the beginning of the walk can also be beneficial, as the labyrinth will help you to work this through so that by the end, you might have more insight and less concern.
As others are walking the labyrinth you will at times approach them on your path and then be sent farther away. This can bring to mind how people enter and leave your life, allowing you to process those thoughts and feelings.
In short, the labyrinth is a metaphor for life. You pause, take a break, charge forward, become annoyed if someone is ‘in your way’ or even experience loneliness if you are walking alone. Alternatively, you may feel a sense of solace from being alone.
Why walk the labyrinth?
Labyrinths are used world-wide as a way to heal, quieten the mind, calm anxieties, recover balance in life, enhance creativity, encourage meditation, insight, self-reflection and stress reduction.
The history of labyrinth
The labyrinth is an ancient pattern found in many cultures around the world. Labyrinth designs were found on pottery, tablets and tiles that date as far back as 5000 years. Many patterns are based on spirals and circles mirrored in nature. In Native American tradition, the labyrinth is identical to the Medicine Wheel and Man in the Maze. The Celts described the labyrinth as the Never Ending Circle. One feature labyrinths have in common is that they have one path that winds in a circuitous way to the center.
How to Use a Labyrinth
Before entering: Consider a contemplative question, an issue or concern in your life, or a prayer to hold in your mind before you step into the labyrinth and begin walking.
While walking: Just follow the path. As you concentrate on your steps, everything else can melt away.
Upon reaching the center: Sit or stand with your eyes closed or looking downward. Take three deep breaths, and in silence ask yourself: What am I feeling right now?
Walking back: Bring to mind again the contemplative question, issue or concern in your life or a prayer you began with.
After walking: Take a moment to let the experience settle. Perhaps try journaling about your labyrinth experience. What did you discover? What changed from the time you entered to the time you exited the labyrinth?