In the classical pattern for walking a labyrinth some people refer to the three Rs – releasing, receiving and returning. ‘On the way in you release all the business,’ said the Rev. John Woodcock from ...

A labyrinth is not a maze. There are no dead ends, no hidden turns, no wrong way to walk one. That misconception keeps some people from trying the walking meditation that has been popular for ...

It's dusk on a September Tuesday as two dozen people step, silently and deliberately, around a twisting brick courtyard path at St. John's Episcopal Cathedral. A few walk barefoot. Some carry candles ...

Brenda Pawl finds her peace beneath the craggy branches of a near 100-year-old catalpa tree in her side yard, near a busy intersection in Northwest Grand Rapids. Nearly every day, from snowmelt to ...

Cristine Slikker went about the careful task of lighting candles Wednesday morning in a multipurpose room of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church. Incorporated into the design of the room's carpet ...

Guided meditation walks started this month at the Westward Look Resort's new labyrinth. A labyrinth is a type of walking path that some people use as a spiritual tool. "Most people view it as a ...

It’s the supreme irony of Eunice Schroeder’s life: When a friend first invited her to try walking a prayer labyrinth about 25 years ago, she really disliked the idea. “I don’t think so. I already feel ...

What once was used to imprison a mythological Greek monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man is now more commonly used as a means for quiet meditation. The life of a labyrinth, indeed, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) In the classical pattern for walking a labyrinth some people refer to the three Rs – releasing, receiving and ...