World Labyrinth Day — on Coochiemudlo Island!
Every year on the first Saturday in May, World Labyrinth Day is celebrated around a world when thousands of people, across many countries, participate in a moving meditation for world peace. The concept involves creating a rolling wave of peaceful energy through the meditation, from one time zone to the next. The meditative walk starts at 1.00pm local time and goes for an hour.
On Saturday 3 May at 1.00pm*, there will be a meditation walk for world peace on Coochiemudlo Island, at the Laurie Burns Oval. There’s also a wet weather contingency at the nearby Rec Club — so if it’s raining, don’t let it put you off!
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*Please arrive at 12.45pm. See the event in the calendar.
The Laurie Burns Oval on Coochiemudlo Island, next to the island’s Recreation Club.
About labyrinths and World Labyrinth Day
A labyrinth is a single winding path that leads to a central point and back out again, used throughout the ages for walking meditation or spiritual reflection. Labyrinths and mazes have fascinated people throughout history, all over the world. Unlike a maze, which offers multiple paths and challenges, a labyrinth has only one path to follow. Labyrithns have been constructed all over the world as permanent structures by planting hedges or using stones. Or, they can be set up to be temporary: the pattern/path etched onto a sandy beach, or positioned with stones, or by laying out some kind of fabric.
Labyrinth example, this one made of rocks, somewhere in Africa.
In recent decades, collaboration and sharing of experiences with labyrinths has been growing. The global labyrithn community is supported by The Labyrinth Society (TLS) through their provision of education, networking, and opportunities to experience personal and wider transformation. TLS first conceived the the idea to organise World Labyrinth Day back in 2008 with the aim to create a wave of peaceful energy around the planet by bringing people together to walk within a labyrinth. People walk the labyrinth slowly and purposefully, guided by the path, to reflect on their thoughts and feelings.
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