Nourishing Our Spiritual Lives

Through the Healing Labyrinth

April 13th – 16th, 2012

Presented by: Lauren Artress

• Lecture and book signing – Friday, April 13, 2012 7-9pm $35
• Labyrinth Workshop – Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:30 am – 4:30 pm $95
• Labyrinth Facilitator Training – Sunday, April 15, 2012 1 pm – 8:30 pm,
   Monday, April 16, 2012 9 am – 5 pm

Hosted by: Avondale Presbyterian Church

What is a Labyrinth?

The labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool – a single path of prayer and meditation leading to a center and returning back. Labyrinths are thought to enhance right brain activity. Unlike a maze – there are no dead ends, only a clearly defined path. The labyrinth journey quiets the mind as it removes us from the distractions of daily life. In so doing it allows us to reflect – receive – and to be renewed.

Reflections from the Path

Excerpt: About 4am the next morning I was awake thinking about what the ”washing”  could  mean. The mother was awake too (we were texting each other.)  One of the concerns we had both had was that our center line was off 6”.   So I got up, went back to  the emails and websites, and sure enough we were off 6”.  I emailed her and we started a lengthy discussion about what the meaning of the “washing away “was.  This was a miracle “before the path was built” and speaks of the power of the labyrinth…