The labyrinth invites us into a journey that is both ancient and deeply personal. Its winding path turns and returns, offering new perspectives as we move toward the center and back into the world.
In uncertain times, the labyrinth offers a steady path, and creativity offers a place to return to ourselves. Both invite us to slow down, become present, and experience the world in a different way. As a new year begins, what helps us find our footing amid change? What might we discover when we pause, listen, and follow the path?
In this visual journaling workshop, we'll explore six different labyrinth patterns, each offering its own rhythm, movement, and invitation. You'll choose a pattern that resonates with you and create a visual journal page in response, bringing your experience into expression through image, color, words, and collage. Each page becomes a reflection of your encounter with the path and the patterns of your life.
Our time together includes a handheld labyrinth meditation, time for individual creative expression, and opportunities for group sharing. A specially curated Postcards from the Soul book of creative materials, including six labyrinth patterns, is included.
Please note: Shipping of materials can take up to three weeks, so early registration is encouraged to ensure they arrive in time. Participants are also invited to purchase their own blank journal (recommended size: A5 or half-letter); examples will be provided.
No artistic experience is required. Simply bring your curiosity and a willingness to explore.
Join us on the Spiral Way, where creativity and the labyrinth meet.
Laura Esculcas, Faculty
With passion for myth and metaphor, Laura curates wisdom journeys and immersion experiences in Portugal’s mystical landscape. Laura is co-founder of EarthShamans, a SoulCollage® facilitator, and teaches Energetics of Art with Ubiquity University Wisdom School. She is trained in Sacred Landscapes, Intuitive Feng Shui, and the Personessence™ System of Understanding People. Laura holds both an M.A. in Wisdom Studies and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering.
Originally from the US and having worked in Silicon Valley for over ten years in high tech operations and management, Laura moved to Portugal to pursue her dream of an integrated life lived as a sacred journey shared with others. Now informed by more than ten years of immersion in the Portugal ecofield, Laura uniquely blends depth of experience, keen curiosity, and genuine open-heartedness as she facilitates wisdom journeys and pilgrimage experiences into Portugal's place-based myths.
Laura first met the labyrinth in 2001, on an Advent Quiet Day in Santa Cruz, California. Since that day, Laura has been a Labyrinth Enthusiast. She has served with Veriditas as a small group facilitator in Chartres, and teaches qualifying workshops and Labyrinth Facilitator Training in Europe.
Laura speaks English and Portuguese and lives near Lisbon with her husband and son, and their two dogs.
