Meet Me At the Labyrinth!
Friends near and far...
Consider joining me as we walk with thousands of people worldwide in a moving meditation for world peace.
World Labyrinth Day is a celebration of the labyrinth experience as we gather to walk labyrinths across the globe.
For those in Houston, meet me at the Labyrinth at Sylvan Rodriguez Park.
1 pm
May 4, 2024
Sylvan Rodriguez Park
1201 Clear Lake City Blvd, Houston, Texas 77062
For my friends those who are not in Houston, here is a labyrinth locater website to help you find a labyrinth near you.
And if you are not able to walk a labyrinth consider a handheld labyrinth meditation.
The Labyrinth at Sylvan Rodriguez Park is pretty amazing. This Chartres Style Labyrinth created by Dixie Friend Gay is situated close to NASA on the South Side of Houston the Labyrinth was created with intention and the stars in mind. The designer describes the labyrinth in this way...
"The parking, plaza, lake, pavilion and play area are integrated into the landscape. The overall design can be read as a map of the cosmos or of cells separating. Taking inspiration from NASA and archaeoastronomy, we have honored the long tradition of studying the movement of the planets, sun and moon and our journey to understanding the mysteries of the heavens. We have placed elements in the park in a way that empowers the harmonious interaction between the person and place and the heavens.
The plaza design incorporates a cooling element, laurel oaks planted in a circle with a large open area in the center for meetings. The thirteen trees represent the 13 moon cycles in a year. Points on the outer ring of the paving pattern point to north, south, east and west. When one stands in the center of the plaza, split stones mark the point on the horizon that the sun will appear to rise at the northern most point (about June 21) and the southern most point (about December 21) during the year.
The labyrinth in the paving pattern in the center of the plaza is based the medieval design in Chartres Cathedral in France. The builders of Chartres used a cubic measurement that is hundred thousandth part of the degree of the parallel of latitude of Chartres or .738 meters. (Reims has a cubic measurement of .71 a degree of 71 kilometers and Amiens a cubic of .70 and a degree of 70 kilometers.) It is obvious that the relationship of the earth to the sacred structure was important to the medieval builders."
Blessings always!
Mary Ann
