13th Annual World Labyrinth Day Offers Healing and Wellbeing on May 1

Hal notes, "At those celestial moments you need a combination of sunlight and shadow, either by a group standing in the light to cast a shadow or by use of an umbrella. The light is hidden from us unless we take action to reveal its presence. I've been thinking a lot about the meaning of the light on the labyrinth. I've been looking online about Chartres (Cathedral), and the significance of the light there and used here in our unique way."

There are several ways you can participate in World Labyrinth Day this year:

• Walk a labyrinth at 1:00 p.m. local time, alone or with others observing all applicable pandemic health protocols.
• Attend an online labyrinth event, such as this one with Meryl Ann Butler.
• "Walk" a finger labyrinth (print one of these.)
• Draw a labyrinth or create labyrinth inspired art.
• Participate in The Big Connection global humanity research project.

OpEdNews visited with Christine Katzenmeyer, founder and Executive Director of The Legacy Labyrinth Project, and Dr. Jocelyn McGee of Baylor University, to find out more about their global research project, The Big Connection, an international research study being held on World Labyrinth Day, 2021.

Meryl Ann Butler: Thanks for visiting with OpEdNews, Chris and Dr. McGee! I'm excited to hear about your project, can you tell us more about The Big Connection?

Christine Katzenmeyer: We are pleased to have the opportunity to sponsor The Big Connection research study! There has been much suffering, upheaval and uncertainty this last year in the midst of the pandemic as well as systemic racism and other issues. Many of us want to take right action for a better future. On World Labyrinth Day, participation in the Big Connection will allow us the profound opportunity to walk labyrinths all over the world, together, with the intention to receive the insights necessary to make positive changes.

Jocelyn McGee: We are interested in discovering how labyrinth walking as a contemplative practice may serve as a container for cultivating connectedness and interconnectedness with the self, others, and the divine. This study is unique in that it examines insights from multiple labyrinth walkers from all over the world who will be walking on World Labyrinth Day. As Chris said, this research project is particularly relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic where many have experienced a sense of disconnectedness, isolation, and loss.

MAB: Thank you! I've been building labyrinths since 1992, before much information about them was available and we didn't have the resources of the internet that are available today, either! So I'm thrilled to hear that this research is being done. Who can participate, and where do they have to go to participate?

CK: Anyone over 18 can participate, and can register here or here. It is free to register and free to participate. Participants can walk any labyrinth around the world.

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