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 A labyrinth is a walking path in an ancient design. For thousands of years many different cultures have been creating these walking patterns that lead inward. They have been found pictured in prehistoric cave etchings, on 3rd century Greek coins, throughout northern Europe and in early North American artifacts.
Labyrinths are being rediscovered in the modern era, with their benefits in stress reduction, meditation and insight. The walk releases our imagination allowing creativity and intuition to be heard. They are being used in nursing homes, hospitals, prisons, churches, schools, community centres and parks.
 A labyrinth is a walking meditation. A single path winds along, turnin g but never crossing, moving by an ingenious and balanced pattern from the entrance to the centre of the labyrinth, a place of quiet. Labyrinths are not mazes; they have no dead ends to trick the walker. Their lines are laid into the ground or marked on a floor so the walker can tread thoughtfully through the path.
The Talmud says that every blade of grass has it’s own angel
that bends over it and whispers, ‘Grow, grow’.
The Labyrinth beckons to each one of us: Come, Rest, and Grow.
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