Walking a Labyrinth

  

Welcome to my labyrinth! I had a part of the yard that nothing grew in and lots of wood mulch there, so I thought I'd do something I've always wanted - a labyrinth.

It's best to begin the labyrinth with a positive thought, goal, prayer, or a problem you want to work on solving. As you walk, watch your feet, go slowly, focus on the subject. When you get to the center, stay a while. I put a rock stack of quartz in mine and made a cob seat (clay, straw, sand and water).

I laid it out with ugly garden borders the last owners left. I could have thrown them out, but I like to use everything, so I broke them into pieces and used them to lay out the shape. I went back and painted them turquoise to stand out.

I mixed up some cob (3 parts sand/1 part clay soil/1 part straw, mix with water until it clumps together like peanut butter cookie dough) and made a crescent moon-shaped seat in the center. I pressed sea glass in the seat top. 

It probably sounds like a hippie thing, but the odd part of this is it gives a physicality to your spiritual aspects, like a mini church in your yard where you see it and it makes you realize you have some things to work out and so you walk it. 

Here's some inspiring labyrinths - 

You can find labyrinths in your area in public locations often times, but not enough if you ask me! If I didn't have an HOA where I live, I'd have mine in the front yard with the opening at the sidewalk for folks to walk and contemplate. 

Even some hospitals put in labyrinths and that is an amazing addition.

Try it!