2.25.24 … “Solvitur Ambulando” – It is solved by walking, 2024 Labyrinth Walks, 2024 Lenten Labyrinth Walks (10/40), Virtual Labyrinth Walk (Classic Labyrinth)

Slow reflective pace … I need that.

I have never particularly liked the classical labyrinth. Instead of becoming calm, I usually become a bit out of sorts. But as I walk  them more frequently as a ginger labyrinth, I have accepted that being out of sorts is not a bad thing.

“As Lauren Artress puts it in her book Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice, “Labyrinths are unicurval. They have one well-defined path that leads us into the center and back out again. There are no tricks to it, no dead ends or cul-de-sacs.” …

Furthermore, the labyrinth is a widely-known prayer and meditative tool, dating back to 2600 B.C. Using this overtly spiritual image emphasizes that the work … is holy work. It is intentional collective spiritual discernment. Thus, the metaphor of a labyrinth heightens and deepens expectations while inviting a slow, reflective pace.“

The interim labyrinth - The Presbyterian Outlook

https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/the-interim-labyrinth/

Slow reflective pace … I need that.