| Meditating helps a person to center spiritually. | | | | come to you. Let them float in and then away. |
| Meditating while walking the winding path of the | | | | When you reach the center of the labyrinth, enter |
| Labyrinth integrates the whole person, mind, | | | | the restfulness that awaits you. The labyrinth is |
| body, and spirit. Here are a few ways of walking | | | | for resting in the connection with your deeper self |
| the labyrinth in meditation. Preparation. Stand at | | | | and all that is good in the universe. Leave the |
| the entrance to the labyrinth and center yourself. | | | | center when you feel drawn to return to the |
| What is your intention for walking the labyrinth at | | | | outside. Take time to write down your |
| this time? | | | | experience. |
| 1. Do you have a breath prayer? Walk the | | | | 3. Walk with an empty mind, a Zen walk. Be |
| labyrinth using your breath prayer. Match your | | | | aware of the bottom of your feet and how they |
| in-breath and out-breath with your steps. On the | | | | contact with the surface on which they walk. Be |
| in-breath, listen to the first part of your breath | | | | aware of what your senses perceive - the |
| prayer. On the next step, listen to the end part | | | | sounds, the scents, the viewing eye, and the |
| of your breath prayer. You will be walking slowly. | | | | skin's perception. In the center of the labyrinth, be |
| Stand still when you are drawn to do that. When | | | | present and open. Walk in the same manner as |
| you reach the middle. Sit down, kneel, or lie down. | | | | you wind your way out from the center. Write |
| Just be there. Be open, rest. You will know when | | | | your experience in your journal. |
| you are ready to follow the winding path out. | | | | 4. Do you have a set of prayers - rosary, worry |
| What do you experience? When you leave the | | | | beads, prayers in Hebrew, Arabic, or other |
| labyrinth, you might want to journal what you | | | | languages? From the tradition of your people, |
| experienced. | | | | what do you bring? Use the labyrinth to |
| 2. Do you have a quote or a short passage from | | | | accompany you in praying. There are many ways |
| sacred writing that you would like to focus on? | | | | to walk the labyrinth, each one with intention, |
| As you prepare yourself to enter the labyrinth, | | | | being focused, resting in the center, and then in |
| focus your intention. Walk slowly, pause, and be | | | | returning to the outer world. Be in the world with |
| open to the thoughts, insights, or memories that | | | | a peaceful heart. |