I will not write about what time it is and how we should (!) feel it.

This time is beautiful for some, very difficult for others.

The light is reborn and the day becomes longer, but in Poland, deep darkness will prevail for a long time, and many people want to hide in their burrows with the bears and sleep through the winter... However you experience this time - come!

Searching for treasures in the darkness, the birth of Light, the birth of the Holy Child (within us) - however you celebrate this time, come!

I warmly invite you to the labyrinth meditation

WINTER SOLSTICE

December 22, 2024 (Sunday)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The single-path labyrinth is a type of mandala, an archetypal symbol and alchemical tool that appears independently around the world in various cultures. It consists of a single path, winding and creating a complex pattern, but always leading to the center. There are no dead ends. It is a pattern with multi-level symbolism and action. It is a record of the rhythms of the Universe in the language of sacred geometry.

The Labyrinth Meditation is a journey through the Inner Space. The path of the labyrinth is a metaphor for human life and a symbolic journey to one's own center, and traversing it is an ancient meditation in motion. The labyrinth meditation allows for the integration of body, soul, and mind, to meet oneself, to ask important questions, to find or deepen the understanding of the meaning of one's own life, to open and heal the heart, to calm and clarify the mind, to experience what is beyond words...

As Carl Gustav Jung claims, a symbol is a psychological machine that transforms energy. The labyrinth is a symbol that opens the gates of the mind and can connect us with the Higher Self and Universal Wisdom. It is a portal to the invisible sphere and the symbolic world. The center is the navel of the cosmos, where the visible meets the invisible.

The labyrinth is also a symbol of rebirth and new beginnings. The labyrinth reflects the process of initiation - the path winds to organize unconscious content, to raise it to consciousness, spirally leading to the center - the place of awakening of the enlightened heart symbolized by the Mystical Rose-Lotus.

Labyrinth - Tree of Life - Flower of Life - Medicine Wheel - healing circle. All these patterns have much in common, and the labyrinth mandala contains many aspects of all of them.

'For me, the labyrinth meditation is something beautiful... unprecedented... breathtaking... it 'opens' the 'eyes'...'

Maciek

We walk barefoot (in socks, soft shoes like 'ballet flats'; some like to wear slippers 🙂). It is best to come in comfortable clothing that allows you to sit freely on the floor. A scarf or shawl for covering may also be useful.

ATTENTION, ATTENTION! Only registered individuals will be allowed to enter the session.

Location: AULA (1st floor), VII LO im. Juliusz Słowacki

ul. Wawelska 46, Warsaw

Fee: 45 PLN

Registration and information: rosamundilabirynt@gmail.com

Facilitator: Sylwia Hanff – MA in Philosophy from UW, labyrinth meditation facilitator (Veriditas Trained Labyrinth Facilitator/USA), choreotherapist, dance improvisation and body symbolism instructor (Institut fur Tanz und Bewegungsdynamik/Germany), yoga teacher (KRI certified/USA), cultural manager (diploma from the Cultural Managers Program at UAM), curator of artistic projects and those related to art therapy, artistic and cultural education, and socio-cultural projects, butoh performer; choreographer and director of dance theater. For 25 years, she has been involved in various meditation and personal development techniques; for 21 years, she has been conducting workshops and regular classes in body expression and awareness, yoga, and meditation. She has been working with the labyrinth for 16 years and is a pioneer of this method in Poland. She has participated multiple times in labyrinth events and seminars led by both Lauren Artress (leader of the global labyrinth movement) and other master teachers in France, the USA, and Poland.