Labyrinth walk: Sunday June 3, 2018 from 3 to 5 pm at Spanish Banks in Vancouver, BC.

Weather permitting, I will draw a labyrinth and host a 'walk' on Sunday June 3, 2018 from 3 to 5  pm at Spanish Banks in Vancouver.  Please come if you can.

Cost: by donation.

For directions to the labyrinth, cut and paste the following link into your browser:

http://walkingalabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/02/spanish-banks-labyrinth-location.html 

In the spirit of reciprocity and gratitude, please bring a gift to offer to the Sacred in Nature such as flowers, coffee beans, etc. These will be used to create a mandala in the centre of the labyrinth.

Reminder: 

You may need to cross shallow tide pools to arrive at the labyrinth location, so please come prepared and dress for the weather.

If you have any questions, please email me at:

walkingalabyrinth@gmail.com

I would like to acknowledge and thank the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish Nations on whose traditional and unceded territories I draw, work, play and live on.

Labyrinth walk: Sunday July 26, 2015 from 9 to 11 am at Spanish Banks, Vancouver BC, Canada

May the roots of suffering diminish. 
May warfare, violence, neglect, indifference, and addiction also decrease.

May the wisdom and compassion of all beings increase, now and in the future.

May we clearly see all the barriers we erect between ourselves and others to be as insubstantial as our dreams.

May we appreciate the great perfection of all phenomena.

May we continue to open our hearts and minds, in order to work ceaselessly for the benefit of all beings.

May we go to the places that scare us.

May we lead the life of a warrior.” 

Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Cost: by donation.

For directions to the site, cut and paste the following link into your browser:

http://walkingalabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/02/spanish-banks-labyrinth-location.html 

Reminder:
You may need to cross shallow tide pools to arrive at the labyrinth location, so please come prepared and dress for the weather.

Note:

I have a deep yearning to draw a labyrinth at Spanish Banks, so I will be drawing this Sunday even if it is raining. Please come and walk if you can.

If you have any questions, please email me at:

walkingalabyrinth@gmail.com

P.S. I don't always check my email the morning of an event so consider contacting me a day or two before the 'walk.

Summer Solstice Labyrinth 'walk:' Sunday June 21, 2015 from 3:30 to 5:30 at Spanish Banks, Vancouver BC Canada.

Solstice is an astronomical event 

It is a time or day 'betwixt and between' spring and summer 

Thus it is a liminal time or day 

So come to the beach and walk a labyrinth 

Betwixt and between the high and low water marks  

Experience Liminal time:

A ’storehouse of . . . (your) . . . possibilities’ are waiting for you.

For directions to the site, cut and paste the following link into your browser:

http://walkingalabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/02/spanish-banks-labyrinth-location.html 

In the spirit of reciprocity and gratitude, please bring a gift to offer to the Sacred in Nature such as flowers, coffee beans, etc. These will be used to create a mandala in the centre of the labyrinth

Reminders: 

1. You may need to cross shallow tide pools to arrive at the labyrinth location, so please come prepared and dress for the weather.

2. If rain might be in the forecast the day of this event, please check back for confirmation of the walk.

If you have any questions, please email me at:

walkingalabyrinth@gmail.com

P.S. I don't always check my email the morning of an event so consider contacting me a day or two before the 'walk.'

Labyrinth Event: Sunday, February 22, 2015 from 3 to 5 pm Vancouver BC, Canada.

I have come to drag you out of yourself

and take you into my heart.

I have come to bring out the beauty

you never knew you had

and lift you like a prayer to the sky.

If no one can recognize you, I do

because you are my life & soul.

Don't run away; accept your wounds

and let bravery be your shield.

It takes a thousand stages

for the perfect being to evolve.

Every step of the way I will walk with you

and never leave you stranded.

Be patient; do not open the lid too soon.

Simmer away until you are ready.

In this game I make the rules.

I roll you like a ball

and chase you when I choose.

~ Rumi

I am undecided where I will draw a labyrinth for this event, however, the low tide time will shift soon and make it possible to draw in the afternoon. It may be on Sunset Beach in English Bay or on Spanish Banks, depending on the weather. While I do prefer to draw on Spanish Banks, it can be chilly to be out there during this time of the year.  So I will check the weather forecast around February 14th and if the forecast is calling for cooler weather, I will draw on Sunset Beach. Please check back after the 14th for confirmation of the location of the labyrinth if you would like to come and 'walk.'

Labyrinth Event: Sunday August 24, 2014 from 12 noon to 2 pm at Spanish Banks, Vancouver BC Canada

Three things differentiate living from the soul versus living from the ego only. They are: the ability to sense and learn new ways, the tenacity to ride a rough road, and the patience to learn deep love over time.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Cost: by donation

In the spirit of reciprocity and gratitude, please bring a gift to offer to the Sacred in Nature such as flowers, coffee beans, etc

 For the directions to that site, cut and paste the following link into your browser:

http://walkingalabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/02/spanish-banks-labyrinth-location.html 

Reminder: you may need to cross shallow tides pools to arrive at the labyrinth location, so please come prepared.

World Labyrinth Day: Saturday May 3, 2014 at Spanish Banks, Vancouver BC Canada from 2 to 4 pm.

Celebrate World Labyrinth Day: Saturday May 3, 2014 at Spanish Banks, Vancouver BC Canada from 2 to 4 pm.

This event will coincide with The Labyrinth Society's annual World Labyrinth Day: 'Walk as One at 1pm.' (please note: 1 pm is not the time of the Vancouver event because the tide will not be low enough to host a walk at 1 pm).  

For more information about The Labyrinth Society please see the following link:

http://labyrinthsociety.org/world-labyrinth-day

Cost: by donation

In the spirit of reciprocity and gratitude, please bring a gift to offer to the Sacred in Nature such as flowers, coffee beans, etc

 For the directions to that site, cut and paste the following link into your browser:

http://walkingalabyrinth.blogspot.com/2011/02/spanish-banks-labyrinth-location.html 

Reminder: you may need to cross shallow tides pools to arrive at the labyrinth location, so please come prepared.

Liminal time in Liminal space: dusk on the Foreshore at Sunset Beach, English Bay, Vancouver BC today.

. . . a photograph of the labyrinth walk today.

Dusk, sundown or twilight; the time 'betwixt and between' day and night: Liminal time.
The Foreshore on Sunset Beach; 'betwixt and between' the Nearshore and Backshore of Sunset Beach: Liminal space.
Intriguing aspects of the walk: a white, long stem, rose found beside the labyrinth which was not present before the labyrinth was drawn; a heart and the word 'Joy' found painted on rocks beside the labyrinth; and, a delivery person appearing and asking us if we ordered a pizza.

Liminality: a place to choose the chaos of the unconsciousness over the control of explanations and answers.

Liminal Space . . .

- a place 'betwixt and between'
- liminal = limen = threshold
- liminality - an inner state
- anti-structure which gives direction, depth and purpose
- a place we can begin to think and act in new ways
- time when we are not certain or in control
- a place to choose the chaos of the unconsciousness over the control of explanations and answers
- the ideal teaching and learning 'place'

Richard Rohr