DESIGN AND PHOTOS
Finding the path home
sometimes takes you round a bit
the heart knows the way
Why Build a Labyrinth?
A labyrinth is a work of art, a place of beauty and peace, a place to relieve stress and improve mindfulness, and a pathway that often leads to answers.
Labyrinths are used to problem solve, improve focus while tuning out distractions, bring clarity and spark imagination. A labyrinth provides the space to let go and leave the complexities of life at the entrance, finding an opportunity in the twists and turns to connect with creative genius.
What is a Labyrinth?
Labyrinths are ancient, archetypal symbols that are based on patterns in nature and are found throughout the world in diverse shapes and sizes. Our bodies resonate with these natural patterns. Studies have shown that when the mind relaxes, the body relaxes.
A labyrinth and a maze are two sides of the same coin. A maze has false starts, dead ends and high walls. While a labyrinth, is usually defined by being flat upon the ground with a single path that takes you to a center place; both physically and metaphorically.
You lose yourself in a maze and find yourself in a labyrinth.
Labyrinth Design & Consultations
The most important thing in making a labyrinth is to connect with the land. Listen. What is the land telling you? Does the earth want a labyrinth? If so, where? What is to be the orientation? What design? And asking even more questions will help.
You can fill out the “Labyrinth Project Questionnaire” right below and then schedule an initial gratis consultation with Marilyn Larson and/or Lea Goode-Harris, to see if we might be of help in your labyrinth creation.
/ Robert Ferré, Master Labyrinth Builder /
Decades ago Lea and I had many discussions about labyrinths: their origins, our obligation to make them, nurture them, and keep them safe. Together we made decisions about finalizing the Santa Rosa pattern, about a license to reproduce it, and about other matters pertaining to making labyrinths as a business, but in fact, none of that is the main story. The underlying motivation was always how to get out of our own way and let the power and potential of the labyrinth shine through.
Lea recognized that being the originator and caretaker of a labyrinth is both an awesome honor and a great responsibility, a holy appointment that transcends ego and personality. It requires a person of sensitivity, openness, compassion and, yes, love. No one represents these qualities better than Lea. Clearly she was chosen by some higher power and for good reason. Her work, her creativity, and her glorious personhood speak for themselves. But wait, I think I have it backwards. It has really been the labyrinth that has taken care of Lea all these years, a match made in heaven manifested beautifully in the world.
Offerings,
Labyrinth Books,
Instructions & Rope Kits
LADYBUG LABYRINTH: a journey home
Ladybug Labyrinth: a journey home is a story for all ages, but especially for children searching for the voice of their hearts in the gentle twists and turns of the labyrinth...
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By Lea Goode-Harris
A DISCOVERY OF LABYRINTHS
A resource on labyrinths, with examples, location finder, and suggested reading and research, to start or further explorations of the wonder and mystery of the meandering archetypal path of the labyrinth throughout time. This 42-page book with colored pictures and illustrations gives a concise history of labyrinths, as well as ideas for using and making labyrinths.
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By Lea Goode-Harris
MAKING THE SANTA ROSA LABYRINTH
(PDF INSTRUCTION WORKBOOK)
The PDF of the 30-page instruction booklet gives basic guidelines for creating your own Santa Rosa Labyrinth, using precise formulae or your own intuition. The pages can be used as a workbook, assisting you in writing down your ideas, creative inspirations, and mathematical calculations.
There is no charge for this PDF. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Heart of Placement Labyrinth To Go!
THREE-CIRCUIT PORTABLE ROPE LABYRINTH KIT
This small three-circuit labyrinth will easily fit into your suitcase or handbag for placement inside or outside, wherever you go. Instructions and measurements for making your own kit are below.
This kit will make a 7-foot-wide labyrinth that will easily fit into small and unusual spaces. As with the larger 7-circuit Labyrinth To Go Kit!, I used the finest 6 mm macramé rope, making them colorful, light, and easy to transport. The rope is also machine washable, a plus for when used outdoors in any type of weather.)
LABYRINTH TO GO!
SEVEN-CIRCUIT ROPE & CHALK LABYRINTH KIT
INSTRUCTIONS COMING SOON!
Step-by-step instructions for creating portable and temporary seven and three-circuit Classical Labyrinths in a rainbow of colors is coming soon.
Lea has used these simple steps for learning how to make labyrinths in her workshops, classes, and for personal use for decades.
The instructions for this kit will make a forty-two-foot-wide labyrinth. The rope can also be folded in on itself to fit into smaller spaces, as well as fit into unusual spaces, around trees, or even the poles in a basement, etc.
Instructions include resources for the finest 6 mm macramé rope, making them colorful, light, and easy to transport. The rope is also machine washable, a plus for when used outdoors in any type of weather.
Please contact Lea below, if you have any questions!
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