"Wisdom resides not in the answering of questions, but in the asking. Wisdom seeps through the cracks in your certainty. Wisdom is dynamic; to approach her you must be willing to be the perpetual student." - The Mother's Wisdom Deck, by Niki Dewar and Elizabeth Marglin
In this transformative online retreat, we invite you to journey inward, returning to the timeless wisdom of the labyrinth. Drawing inspiration from the sacred practice of walking the labyrinth, we will explore how its ancient pattern offers powerful insights for navigating the complexity of our modern lives. Together, we’ll explore the 3 R’s of labyrinth walking—Release, Receive, Return—and learn to integrate these profound principles into our daily routines.
Through mindfulness practices, guided reflections, handheld labyrinth meditation, and interactive small group sessions, you will develop new ways to bring the lessons of the labyrinth into your daily life. This retreat is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect, and explore the power of attention as you walk the path back to center—one step at a time.
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
Serves as a qualifying workshop for those going on to attend Facilitator Training.
Laura Esculcas, Faculty
With passion for myth and metaphor, Laura curates wisdom journeys and immersion experiences in Portugal’s mystical landscape. Laura is co-founder of EarthShamans, a SoulCollage® facilitator, and teaches Energetics of Art with Ubiquity University Wisdom School. She is trained in Sacred Landscapes, Intuitive Feng Shui, and the Personessence™ System of Understanding People. Laura holds both an M.A. in Wisdom Studies and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
Originally from the US and having worked in Silicon Valley for over ten years in high tech operations and management, Laura moved to Portugal to pursue her dream of an integrated life lived as a sacred journey shared with others. Now informed by more than ten years of immersion in the Portugal ecofield, Laura uniquely blends depth of experience, keen curiosity, and genuine open-heartedness as she facilitates wisdom journeys and pilgrimage experiences into Portugal's place-based myths.
Laura first met the labyrinth in 2001, on an Advent Quiet Day in Santa Cruz, California. Since that day, Laura has been a Labyrinth Enthusiast. She has served with Veriditas as a small group facilitator in Chartres, and teaches qualifying workshops and Labyrinth Facilitator Training in Europe.
Laura speaks English and Portuguese and lives near Lisbon with her husband and son, and their two dogs.
