Facilitated group walks are usually held at the Centennial Park Labyrinth at 9am on the first Sunday of every month. While these walks are on hold for the foreseeable future, the labyrinth is still there for you. A place of refuge and sanctuary in complicated times. You can use it as a contemplative tool to walk your way into the bigger picture, releasing anxieties on the way in, aligning with what truly matters as you pause in the centre, like a tuning fork between earth and sky, then following the path back out into the world, weaving into your being any insights/metaphors you may have noticed. Walking meditation helps to remind us that what’s in the way, is the way.

(With thanks to Gretchen Chapelle for this glorious image)

In addition to our regular monthly walks, Sydney Labyrinth are now offering walks to mark the Solstice at the earlier times of 7am in Summer and 8am in Winter, when the park is even more peaceful. Guided by psychotherapist, Heather Keens and meditation teacher, Susanne Jones, these misty morning meanders are the perfect opportunity for you to quiet your mind, listen to your heart and clarify intentions for your path. 

Come and experience the profound metaphor of the labyrinth in a group setting. It’s an opportunity to learn more about the labyrinth and to remind yourself what it is to simply be in community in a gentle, peaceful way. These events are free and open to all. The labyrinth is on Dickens Drive. Go to the location page for directions and sign up to our newsletter to receive updates about all labyrinth events.

FACILITATORS FOR MONTHLY WALKS IN CENTENNIAL PARK

• Sun 5th April: Elizabeth MacGregor
• Sun 3rd May: Maja Skrlj-Tufegdzic
• Sun 7th June: Elizabeth Lee
• Sun 5th July: Erica Webber
• Sun 2nd Aug:
• Sun 6th Sept: Heather Middleton
• Sun 4th Oct: Sally Longley
• Sun 1st Nov: Desiree DeKlerk
• Sun 6th Dec:  Annalise Thomas

ABC TV’s Compass program ,”Walk the Talk” on the creation of the Centennial Park Labyrinth was broadcast on Sunday 26th April, 2015

ABC Radio National program about the construction of the labyrinth in Centennial Park, featuring Emily Simpson, William Zuccon (Architect) and Darren Finlayson (Stonemason). It was broadcast on 1st November and is now available online: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/it-is-solved-by-walking/5840076  or you can read a comprehensive article by Ann Jones:  http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/walking-sydneys-parkland-labyrinth/5847518

Let the heartsick, let the empty,
let the searching come. Let the hopeless,
let the blissful, let the forsaken come.

When the days unspool on dark reel after
another, come. When sorrow haunts
the corners of the house, when the hours stack
like dirty plates, when solitude
becomes loneliness, come to the labyrinth. Continue reading →

Dr John James, architect, historian and psychotherapist talks about labyrinths. He is a world expert on the Chartres Cathedral and its labyrinth and helped us get the geometry right for the Centennial Park Labyrinth.  In this interview he offers some fascinating insights on astrology and the labyrinth. You can read an in depth article written by John in 1972 on the labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral here: 36 labyrinth.  To find out more about this remarkable man go to http://www.johnjames.com.au/

You can see the full 30 minute interview here.

Emily Simpson explains the background for the labyrinth in Centennial Park