Your Very Own Labyrinth: Create Walkable Designs with Simple Techniques with Lars Howlett and special guest Athena Dugan

Have you dreamed of creating a labyrinth in your living room, backyard, or neighborhood? Whether temporary or permanent, ten feet in diameter or sixty feet wide, develop your toolkit for making labyrinths that benefit any intention or space. Learn how to create archetypal Classical and Chartres variations quickly and easily using simple materials. Craft a tabletop labyrinth for a home altar or art installation using small objects and make two simple walkable labyrinths over the course of one weekend. Apply the techniques you learn to design labyrinths for your own workshops, presentations, festivals and projects.

Through inspiring slideshows and video tutorials Lars Howlett (Discover Labyrinths) will share his experience engaging a wide variety of labyrinth audiences, materials and settings to illustrate how small and simple labyrinths can have a big impact. We’ll explore how patterns resonate differently and which are better suited for small spaces, diverse communities, and varying age-ranges and abilities. A special guest will join in the third session to share ideas and inspiration for pop-up community labyrinths with a Q&A.

This three-day weekend workshop will be held online via Zoom. Between sessions there will be time to work at your own pace in creating a tabletop labyrinth and/or temporary walkable labyrinth in or around your home. Participants will have an opportunity to share and discuss their new labyrinths and get feedback from the instructor and each other. A digital workbook will be provided detailing the methods and recordings of the workshop will be made available for reference for two weeks. Registration is limited to ensure an intimate group and opportunity to ask questions and connect with one another. Questions? FindLars@Gmail.com 

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. Lars was a three year apprentice to Robert Ferre, inheriting the tools, techniques, and teaching curriculum of a master builder. Lars is a Veriditas Faculty Member and Certified Labyrinth Facilitator trained by the Rev. Dr. Lauren Artress at Grace and Chartres Cathedrals. Visit http://www.DiscoverLabyrinths.com

Athena Dugan is a Veriditas Certified Labyrinth Facilitator and the Volunteers Chair and Regional Representative for Philadelphia with The Labyrinth Society. Athena creates temporary labyrinths and facilitates walks in the Philadelphia area; her roster includes Philadelphia Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia and South Jersey Pagan Pride Day organization, Kensington community grounds, and more. She has created temporary labyrinths for public and private events. A Mindfulness and Soundbath practitioner, Athena hosts online labyrinth meditation walks and Living Labyrinths, a monthly podcast blog that introduces her listeners to various Labyrinth makers. Athena enjoys crafting handheld labyrinths with air-dry clay, papercrafts, and pyrography.