The Healing Labyrinth: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace (Hardcover)

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Walking around the circuits of a labyrinth is an intriguing new method of meditation, claimed by many to have both spiritual and physical healing attributes. Here is a remarkable self-development book that offers instruction and inspiration on labyrinth walking. The author begins by describing her personal journey of labyrinth exploration. She goes on to note the recent rapid growth of interest in labyrinths, with major sites located in 38 states, from California to New Jersey, as well as in many other places around the world. In this beautifully illustrated volume, she describes the method of laying a labyrinth on the earth or on a floor, then tells how it needs to be brought alive through group participation in rhythms of music and dance. She explains the labyrinth's underlying theory--
The Threshold--or entrance to the labyrinth, where the details of everyday life are shed and the mind becomes receptive
Journeying in--finding how the mind focuses as the body moves toward the labyrinth's center
The Resting Place--arriving at the labyrinth's center, then pausing to await inspiration
Journeying Out--discovering a rebirth and preparing to re-enter the outside world with a new sense of purpose.

The author provides step-by-step instructions for making a labyrinth, tracing out designs and scaling them up to full size. Full-color illustrations throughout.

About the Author

Helen Raphael Sands leads healing workshops at sacred and secular sites in her native England and several places on the European continent, notably Chartres Cathedral in France. She has developed the practice of labyrinth walking into a therapeutic form of meditation.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764153250
• ISBN-13: 978-0764153259
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #284,489 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars the Healing Labyrinth, May 27, 2009

By	Clare Higson (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews

Whether you are thinking of making a simple temporary labyrinth on the beach or your bed, or maybe putting aside half a field to create a beautiful inspirational Chartres labyrinth this book will guide you to its manifestation. I found this book very helpful with lots of ways to enjoy walking and making labyrinths.