For those of you who may not yet know,
I've moved to a new Cyber Home!
Tales From The Labyrinth continues
~HERE~
www.lealabyrinth.com
Please come and join me!
I look forward
to sharing more adventures
and wondrous discoveries
with you along the path!
Having a labyrinth
at the John George Psychiatric Pavilion-
of the Alameda County Medical Center
in San Leandro, CA,
has been a long, heart felt desire of
their Occupational Therapy Manager,
Terri Daugherty, OTR/L
When Guy Qvistgaard
came on board as the
JGPP Hospital Administrator,
Terri's dream
became a reality...
I had the honor
and privilege to design
a one-of-a kind labyrinth
that fits into their existing courtyard
and grove of magnolia trees...
With pops of rainbows
for patients and staff
to pause upon
as they make their way
through the meandering path
to the spiral center...
this labyrinth
speaks to the path of healing
in mind, spirit, and in body...
It is a place for time
out of time...
a place to find peace
out of chaos,
and to touch into nature...
Many of the incredible staff at JGPP
assisted in making this labyrinth...
Before...
After...
Including my longtime
friend Dr. Joyce Moulden
who's help I could not have done without!
Check out Francesca's
innovative support
for the detailed taping after
I laid down the blue defining tape!
from our
"bend and snap"
to...
the paint beneath our feet...
This labyrinth
was a joy to create!
Photos taken by Joyce Moulden, Terri Daugherty,
and Lea Goode-Harris
I had the honor
to assist Jan & Mickey
design their backyard labyrinth...
From baren ground...
where Stella-dog
played with her dragon egg...
This three-circuit labyrinth...
is a path with heart...
in a heart shape...
Symbolizing
elements dear to this couple
and their family...
Loving installed by
landscaper and artist Antonio
and crew...
Noyo river stone mark the lines...
and TerraPave fills the paths,
all materials
including the underlying base,
from our local Wheeler Zamaroni Quarry.
was carefully set
and tamped into place...
every square inch of it...
with intent...
into...
this path of the heart...
The theme
of windows around here
continues
with the delight of finding this picture
first thing this morning
from Denny Dyke,
founder of Circles In The Sand
and Sacred Journeys...
Denny says,
"thought you might like this pic -
a photographer took it
of his family in the labyrinth."
Oh I do Denny!
What joy it brings...
tp peer into this window in the sand
to the beauty you create!
This beautiful photo was taken by Eugene Johnson,
who's family is at the center!
Sips
of tea…
blossoming
from this glass cup...
this
heart opening
in the sun...
on this day
of mothering
all because of you…
'Tis delicious Orin...
Thank you!!!
Mi'ijo...
How did you grow so tall???
Shoulders so broad,
gentle heart
so wise...
You know this is a special birth day...
29 on the 29th...
How fortunate I am
to have had you for twenty-two of those twenty-nines...
Orin next to the tallest collumbines
to have ever grown in my garden
beside the labyrinth this Spring of 2011...
Dare...
you step upon that edge...
that takes you
to the precipice of all you've ever known...
Will you take that
small leap
into space...
The hidden places within your psyche,
your heart,
and your emotions....
Finding...
the gems of your breath,
the beating
of your heart,
and the infinite connection with other...
All expressions
of this divine life we dance???
Dare
you be yourself...
this wise fool
who lives
for this very moment???
The "Fool" painted for a friend's 50th birth day. Yes, that is a cat and not a white dog as in the traditional tarot. My friend lives in a "cat-household" so a white cat it had to be...
Spring comes like a child...
joy, leaping into the sun.
Innocence returns...
For more beautiful haiku
visit recuerda mi corazon's Haiku My Heart
The night
of the Full Moon of March
and Spring Equinox eve
was full of fierce wind and storm
and torrential rains...
But the morning rain
opened into an afternoon
of sunshine,
calm, and a beauty unimagined
as people
came together to walk the labyrinth...
for this change
of season
and to offer prayers
and healing for the people of Japan
and all affected by the quakes and tsunami...
Little Pikachu of Japan...
on the hand of the youngest son of a friend of mine
danced in and out of the labyrinth
as even the adults...
found a time for play
and levity...
in between the silence
and the time out of time...
to touch the heart
of self and each other
and those around the world
in loss and sorrow
and in the joy of our day together...
Another
surprise of the day
was harpist Christine Tulis
joining us
with music divine
and the poetry of Rumi...
It was a feast
for body, mind, and soul...
And when
the day was complete...
this infused water
from the copper Dragon Singing Bowl...
went back to the earth
with our love and prayers
for Japan
and for our precious world...
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