Join Veriditas Faculty Lars Howlett and Accredited Presenter Mary Ann Wamhoff to learn about labyrinths, experience a group walk, and explore how cosmology is meaningful in our lives today. Lars and Mary Ann will share applications and approaches for the labyrinth journey including their stories and provide opportunities for reflection and optional sharing. Lars will discuss how labyrinth designs reflect a personal cosmology and help us discover our role in the unfolding universe (no small feat!). Mary Ann will share the four-fold path of Creation Spirituality and The Work That Reconnects by Joanna Macy. Discover how we can align ourselves with universal principles as earthlings. This also serves as a Qualifying Workshop for the Labyrinth Facilitator Training that takes places over the weekend.
Arrive as early as noon for a BYO picnic before we start. A vegetarian chili is included at the end of the workshop. That evening a free, public Cosmic Walk will be offered under the full moon from 7-8:30pm.
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“We must feel that we are supported by that same process that brought the Earth into being, that power that spun the galaxies into space, that lit the sun and brought the moon into its orbit. […] Those same forces are still present; indeed, we might feel their impact at this time and understand that we are not isolated in the chill of space with the burden of the future upon us and without the aid of any other power.”
-- Thomas Berry, “The Dynamics of the Future,” in The Great Work, 174
Lars Howlett
Lars Howlett is a leading expert in the design and creation of sacred space for walking meditation, centering prayer, personal healing, conflict resolution and community building. Lars is a practitioner of mindfulness and student of sacred geometry since 2003, experimenting with a wide variety of designs, materials, intentions and settings in his personal and professional projects. Universities, churches, health centers, retirement communities, mental health centers, retreats, and individuals find Lars for inspiration and insight in creating exact replicas of historical patterns or one-of-a-kind artistic installations.
Lars was a three year apprentice to Robert Ferré, inheriting the tools, techniques, and teaching curriculum of a master builder. Lars is a Veriditas Faculty Member and Certified Advanced Labyrinth Facilitator trained by the Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress at Grace and Chartres Cathedrals. He was the Chairperson of World Labyrinth Day from 2013-18.
Lars is an inspiring teacher and passionate speaker on the history, spirituality, and practice of walking labyrinths, leading workshops to cultivate inner wisdom for personal transformation with slideshows of personal projects and visits to sacred sites on four continents. www.DiscoverLabyrinths.com
Mary Ann Wamhoff
After training with Lauren Artress in Chartres, Mary Ann became a Veriditas Advanced Accredited Labyrinth Facilitator. She has walked labyrinths since at least 1995, has studied with Caroline Myss, Andrew Harvey, Mirabai Starr, and Matt Fox among others, and is a Reiki Master. She regularly facilitated public walks sponsored by the Labyrinth Resource Group of Santa Fe, and spearheaded and helped build a 48-foot Chartres-style labyrinth. She is presently introducing her new Virginian community to the joys of labyrinth walking! As a Veriditas Council member, she supports facilitators in listening to what people need and is excited about being part of the Veriditas Inclusion Initiative. Coming from a tradition that believes in the unseen, she has both felt and seen the labyrinth's amazing power!
