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Spring has arrived and we are being invited by warmer weather to enjoy Mother Nature’s beauty. Unity Santa Fe provides two easy to access outdoor meditation locations. One is the Meditation Garden under the trees at the entrance to the parking area. The other is the Relationship Labyrinth, unique to Unity, which is across the parking lot in the woods opposite the building entrance. (There is a sign). For prayer this month I encourage you to take advantage of these two beautiful spots.
The Relationship Labyrinth was designed by Len Meserve and built by Unity volunteers in 2001.
The design reflects the energy of the Wave, which transmits energy, and the Spiral, which generates energy. The symbolic form also represents the masculine and feminine, death and rebirth, balance, and order. Labyrinths are landscape temples and the definition of temple is that which units heaven and earth.
To begin your walking prayer select the right or left path.
Focus: Become quiet and centered. Set your intention.
Experience: Walk purposefully. Observe the process. In the center, stay, listen, feel, and receive.
Exit: Exit the opposite path than the one you entered. Back at the entrance, offer acknowledgement and gratitude.
Reflect: After walking, reflect back on your experience with journaling, drawing or meditation.
For walking prayer, walk Labyrinth’s in Santa Fe often.
By Rev. Kristine Baker
Unity Santa Fe Prayer Practitioner
Prayer Practitioners Available Every Sunday and During the Week
Every Sunday, after service, you have the opportunity to pray with a Unity Prayer Practitioner in the Sanctuary or youth classroom.
You can also request to have a Prayer Practitioner call you once a month or during the week for a Private Prayer Call.