When practitioners enter the labyrinth, they cross physical and temporal thresholds.
Ullyat explains, ”As we step onto the path, we find ourselves at the limen of past and future; we are in the immediate present. What, if anything, are we leaving behind or separating from?”
~ Alain Pierre Louët & Jill Geoffrion “Labyrinth Doorways: Crossing the Threshold” Caerdroia 45: 2016
If you are new to labyrinths, or if you have had experience with walking labyrinths, this quiet day offers spacious time to be in Circle conversation exploring how the labyrinth can be a spiritual practice for journeying liminal space in threshold times.
There will be offerings to walk the Santa Teresa Labyrinth communally and in our own time, to breathe in Creation, and time for creativity and reflective practices.
"The labyrinth serves as a sacred container. The physical boundaries of the pattern, which contain both circle and spiral, offer a feeling of safety. This container is even more powerful when we add community.” Lauren Artress.
Participants may attend this day as a Qualifying Workshop towards Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator Training. Contact Sue for more information.
Cost: AU$170. Includes catered morning tea and lunch, resources.
Please contact Sue Thomas sue@suethomas.net.au for more information and how to register.
Presenter: Sue Thomas, Spiritual Director, Veriditas Faculty and Trainer.
“The labyrinth belongs to no one and everyone” has been a grounding mantra in my work, as I walk labyrinths, draw labyrinths on beaches, work with peers in creating large portable calico labyrinths, and use the hand labyrinth for journaling and reflection in many facets of my life and life’s work.
I live on the land of the Yugambeh language peoples, the traditional custodians of the Gold Coast region in South-East Queensland. My long association with using the labyrinth as a tool for contemplative, meditative and spiritual practices began many years ago when the labyrinth ‘found’ me in Year 11 at high school through an “Art and Architecture in History” subject. Using the labyrinth as a tool for contemplation and reflection in my previous role as Lay Pastoral Minister for Brisbane Catholic Archdiocese, my current work as Spiritual Director and retreat facilitator, and my personal spiritual practice has been grounded and enriched by connecting with Veriditas. I am a certified Veriditas Advanced Facilitator and Trainer, a member of Veriditas Faculty, and a member of the Australian Labyrinth Network.
