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Walking the Sacred Path:
Rediscovering the Labyrinth
with Anne Elliott and Jacqueline Gautier
Labyrinths have long been used as tools for meditation and prayer in many religious traditions. This course will provide you with the guidance needed for exploring labyrinths, whether you are an experienced labyrinth walker or have never walked one before. If you are new to the labyrinth, you will learn some background to this universal archetype and meditative tool. Experienced labyrinth walkers will have all week to deepen their understanding of the labyrinth as a long-forgotten mystical tradition, as well as share their experiences and insights with others.
Each morning throughout the week we will explore the various areas the labyrinth can address, including healing, self-knowledge, co-creation, and initiation. Participants will be invited to walk the Sorrento labyrinth (located outside beside Caritas) in the afternoon or evening and the group will walk the labyrinth together on the last day of the course.
Recommended – but not mandatory – reading is Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice by Lauren Artress, Canon of Grace Episcopal Cathedral in San Francisco. Copies of this book will be available in the Sorrento Centre Book and Gift Shoppe.
Walking a labyrinth is a practice which mirrors our spiritual journeys and Anne and Jacqueline will act as your guides along the pathway. Participants are encouraged to bring a notebook.
ANNE ELLIOTT is an intuitive and innovative social worker/adult educator with more than 20 years experience facilitating groups. Anne’s love of the labyrinth began in 2000 when she and Jacqueline Gautier guided a pilgrimage to sacred sites in England and France which included Chartres Cathedral, home of one of the most well known labyrinths in the world. She lives in Sorrento, British Columbia.
JACQUELINE GAUTIER is a certified Labyrinth Facilitator, having trained with Dr. Lauren Artress at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco through the Veriditas program ». She has painted a 36-foot canvas replica of the original stone labyrinth found in Chartres Cathedral in France and presents workshops extensively in North America. Jacqueline is also a Registered Clinical Counsellor in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where she divides her time between agency work, her own private practice, and teaching Mindfulness courses. For more information visit her website at www.jacquelinegautier.com ».
Course Fee: $300
Sponsored by Sorrento Centre
Typical day's schedule at Sorrento here »
Register for this course here »
LINKS
- Jaqueline Gautier's webpage here »
- Grace Cathedral, San Francisco labyrinth page here »
- Grace Cathedral Veriditas program here »
- About Chartres Cathedral here »
- Sorrento's labyrinth page here »
- Wikipedia / Labyrinth »
- This course: an 8.5 x 11 poster "emailer" (290k .jpg) of the image below - download »
- This course: a high-resolution print version pdf (3 MB) of the image below - download »
- The List: all the emailers/printable pdfs for this year's courses - here »
