World Labyrinth Day

The sixth annual World Labyrinth Day will be held on Saturday May 3, 2014. World Labyrinth Day is an annual global event celebrated each year on the first Saturday in May, sponsored by The Labyrinth Society, an international organization founded in 1998.

The Labyrinth Society invites the world to ‘Walk As One at 1’ in an attempt to create a wave of peaceful energy moving around the planet. To participate, people are invited to walk a labyrinth at 1:00 p.m. in their local time zone.

Labyrinths are thought to enhance right brain activity, and uses include problem solving, conflict resolution, walking meditation, modern day pilgrimage, and stress management. The American Cancer Society states that labyrinths "may be helpful as a complementary method to decrease stress and create a state of relaxation."

Join others from campus and from the greater Lehigh Valley community in walking the labyrinth at 1:00pm on Anderson Courtyard. This is an Interfaith event and is open to all.

Volunteers are needed to both set up the labyrinth and to provide peaceful music during the labyrinth walk. Contact Chaplain Alex Hendrickson in the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life at x5959 or hendrica@lafayette.edu if you would like to volunteer or would like additional information.