Riverwalk Labyrinth
Easily accessible from 4th Street, the beautiful winding path created by individual stones is accented with a slight hill shepherding visitors to a single entrance and the beginning of their contemplative walk.
Although not always quiet, this feature to the Jasper Riverwalk can be contemplative.
The Jasper Riverwalk Labyrinth is a symbol of unity, wholeness and transformation for heart, mind, body and spirit.
Sister Rose Mary Rexing states, “You see this labyrinth, it is a patterned path with a purpose,” she explained. “It is a tool to help us take time out from our busy lives; to slow down and relax. You might think of it as an adult time out space.”
She said there is no ceremony to walking a labyrinth but that the 3,500-year-old practice was simply a way to engage a person’s body, mind and spirit at one time.
“Thinking is not required to walk a labyrinth, but attention is needed to stay on the path,” she said.
The process is about releasing, receiving and returning. There is no specific speed or way to walk the path but through traveling from the entrance to the center, the walker is attempting to let go of anxieties and resentments.
Along the way, the curves in the path are thought to help balance the left and right sides of the brain. “It results in physical and emotional healing,” Rexing said.
The center of the labyrinth represents a person’s inner, sacred space. “Here you can just stand open to receive what you need at this time,” Rexing said. “Is it peace? Is it happiness? Is it just the time to see and receive God’s grace and love? Whatever that is, just take a moment to stand in the center and be open to receive.”
The journey back out is about taking that renewal back out to the community. “That is what the labyrinth is about. Three stages; releasing, receiving, returning,” Rexing said. “Very simple. Very beautiful.”
The new feature allows visitors to find their own inner path to some moments of peace.
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