As this year’s World Labyrinth Day approaches, Ellen catches up with Carmel Stabley, Vice President of Community and Regional Representative Co-ordinator for The Labyrinth Society. Carmel gives a fascinating outline of the history and purpose of this annual event and focus for global intention holding, including a 24-hour marathon that took place at the time the COVID lockdown kept most of us holed up at home, and shares the beautiful intention behind the invitation on this day to “walk as one at one” all around the world while holding an intention for peace.
Carmel and Ellen (who when she isn't presenting this podcast and among many other roles, is also co-ordinator of World Labyrinth Day) talk about how intention setting has become an important part of an event that now regularly brings thousands of people together on one day as the world turns from as far afield as New Zealand and Hawaii.
The wave of peace that circles our world might perhaps this year be more potent still by the fact that World Labyrinth Day falls on May 4th. As any good Jedi might say, “Come walk–And may the Fourth be with you!”
World Labyrinth Day this year is on 4 May 2024.
Websites, people and organizations mentioned in this episode:
World Labyrinth Day https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/
The Labyrinth Society https://labyrinthsociety.org/
Veriditas https://www.veriditas.org/
Legacy Labyrinth Project https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/
Australian Labyrinth Network Inc. https://aln.org.au/
Australian Labyrinth Network Inc. World Labyrinth Day in Educational Settings (most events are on 3 May 2024) https://aln.org.au/event-5530191
The Big Connection https://www.legacylabyrinthproject.org/bigconnection
The Big Connection research paper mentioned, Collective Labyrinth Walking with a Shared Intention Leads to Connectedness, Transcendent Experiences, and Insights for Compassionate Action during the COVID-19 Pandemic, by McGee, J. S., Katzenmeyer, C., Boddie, S. C., Meraz, & Wood, S., is published in Frontiers in Psychology, Sec. Consciousness Research, Volume 14 – 2023. Read the article at https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1232784/full.
Pre-World Labyrinth Day Workshops:
6 April 2024 12pm & 6pm EDT (event runs twice) Sharing New Ways of Facilitating Open Public Walks for WLD, hosted by Veriditas on Zoom
26 April 3pm EDT Online Handheld Finger Labyrinth Walk, hosted by Veriditas on Zoom
Find out more about these events at https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/wld-2024/pre-wld-events.
THIS WEEK! WLD at the Myth Salon: Free webinar on Tuesday, March 19 2024 8PM EDT /5PM PDT, The Myth Salon. Find out more and register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5WZvA0O4TK2vh2sVP1hR5Q#/registration.
World Labyrinth Day Partner Events https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/wld-2024/partner-events.
Finger Labyrinths to download and print https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/resources/finger-labyrinths.
Video montages of recent World Labyrinth Days:
2022 https://youtu.be/a5b_xeHBxjI
2023 https://youtu.be/2aQ5Nx4-ku0
Other videos introducing World Labyrinth Day, about hosting labyrinth walks and more: https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/resources/labyrinth-videos
Chris Katzenmeyer speaks about World Labyrinth Day here on Impact! (Season 1 Episode 5) https://www.heartfulimpact.com/e/chris-katzenmeyer-intentions-from-the-heart/
Supporting resources for planning and holding a World Labyrinth Day event
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