The Santa Rosa Labyrinth ~ Ten Years Old Today
MARCH 15, 2007
Over the week while I'm away on retreat
I have made posts
of some of my favorite pictures for you to enjoy...
Today, March 15th, 2007
marks the ten year birth day
of when I created the Santa Rosa Labyrinth...
On that March 15th day, in 1997,
I was sitting in our living room with compass,
colored pencils, black papered notepad,
and a heart full of curiosity...
the design emerged from my creative unconscious...
The heart space was yet to be discovered...
but became evident over time...
I have made posts
of some of my favorite pictures for you to enjoy...
Today, March 15th, 2007
marks the ten year birth day
of when I created the Santa Rosa Labyrinth...
On that March 15th day, in 1997,
I was sitting in our living room with compass,
colored pencils, black papered notepad,
and a heart full of curiosity...
the design emerged from my creative unconscious...
The heart space was yet to be discovered...
but became evident over time...
Taking a position of steward
was an act of courage,
an act of the heart,
a decision that I knew not where it would take me,
but take me it has on a great journey...
was an act of courage,
an act of the heart,
a decision that I knew not where it would take me,
but take me it has on a great journey...
and I have journeyed, day after day,
within this beautiful container that holds
all of what it means to be human,
births, marriages, deaths,
new beginnings, lettting go,
discovering, surrendering, marking the seasons,
connecting...
within this beautiful container that holds
all of what it means to be human,
births, marriages, deaths,
new beginnings, lettting go,
discovering, surrendering, marking the seasons,
connecting...
following the unfolding flowering of the self,
the heart of roses,
in the heart of Santa Rosa...
stepping into the unknown...
the heart of roses,
in the heart of Santa Rosa...
stepping into the unknown...
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!