Summer Solstice Labyrinth Walk

Hosted by Westhope & Karen Pickett, Certified Labyrinth Facilitator

Summer can be a full and busy time for many. This evening is a wondrous opportunity to take a pause and reflect on your journey. Please join us for a guided labyrinth walk.

What is a labyrinth?

A labyrinth is an ancient tool and symbol found in many cultures over centuries.  Many were based on a natural spiral found in nature.  A labyrinth has one path leading to the center and the same path leading out.  The process has been described in three stages: RELEASING on the way in, RECEIVING in the center of the labyrinth and RETURNING on the way out.  

Please visit veriditas.org for more information about labyrinths.

Why do we gather on the summer solstice?

We walk the labyrinth on this longest, brightest day of the year for an embodied reflection on the fullness of light and remember the turning of the celestial bodies towards the shorter days and the growing night.

Summer comes during the liturgical season between Pentecost and Advent, when the spiritual cycles of waiting, resting, planting, and nurturing throughout Winter and Spring bear fruit in us. We come together at this height of the sun to take part in the rhythms of nature and Spirit.

Bring…
a light jacket to keep warm.
a journal if you have one and find that useful.

Karen Picket, a member of Westhope, is a Certified Labyrinth Facilitator.