What is a Labyrinth?

The Labyrinth is an ancient tool for walking meditation. With a history spanning at least 3,500 years, evidence of labyrinths have been found in virtually every culture on five continents.  Over the last ten years, there has been an American revival of the labyrinth, beginning in the spiritual community and spreading to health care facilities, schools, and social centers.

The labyrinth is a circle, a spiral, a meander, but it is not a maze. There are no intersections, no decision points forcing a choice of direction. It has a single path beginning at its edge and spiraling in to its center. The same path is retraced outward. Some see the labyrinth walk as a journey inward to our true self and back out to our everyday life.