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    • The Labyrinth: Finding Your Center

    The Labyrinth: Finding Your Center

    • Categories News, OLLI
    • Date March 1, 2017
    The labyrinth at the College of Professional Education

    The labyrinth is an ancient wisdom tool used for meditation. The oldest labyrinth design, the Classical Labyrinth, is 4,000 to 5,000 years old. It can be found in many cultures around the world. The path follows a circular design and allows those walking to meander while being led to the center.

    Several years ago, Chris Beam, a certified, Veriditas-trained Labyrinth Facilitator, introduced this course to OLLI students and also facilitates several labyrinth walks throughout the year for the KSU community and the public. Veriditas is a non-profit international organization whose mission is to “inspire personal and planetary change and renewal through the labyrinth experience.” They support labyrinth facilitators around the world by promoting a further understanding of the labyrinth as a tool for personal and community transformation.

    “The labyrinth is also a metaphor for your journey in life, in the present moment,” says Chris. “Only the participant, the walker, knows what that metaphor is for them.”

    Chris Beam Instructor for Labyrinth CourseShe said the labyrinth is seen as a powerful meditation tool. Meditation in general clears the mind and allows the voice within to be heard. It can reduce stress and has overall benefits to many aspects of health, including reducing high blood pressure. Some may even use the Labyrinth as a source of fun for children to run within it.

    Walking the labyrinth clears the mind and engages the right brain where one may receive impressions, creative inspiration, allowing you to become a receptacle for the divine. “Once someone is in the labyrinth it allows for the noise of the day to fade away the closer to the center they get,” Chris said. “Once you reach the center, you spend as much time there as you would like, and then return to the ‘outside world’ with whatever insight or inspiration you have gleaned.”

    The labyrinth is open for walking and meditation on specified dates and is free to the public. During these sessions, Chris is available to answer questions. Those who participate will leave with a better understanding of the history and general knowledge of the labyrinth, along with resources for finding nearby labyrinths.

    “Most of all, they will leave with a sense of peace, acknowledging our oneness — yet uniqueness — on our journey in life. They will leave with a sense of being touched in some way,” Chris said.

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