Happy World Labyrinth Day!

Today, many people around the globe will walk a labyrinth at 1:00 p.m. local time, to help create a rolling wave of peaceful energy passing from one time zone to the next.

A Labyrinth is a form of embodied, contemplative meditation. Walking a labyrinth can also be considered an active form of contemplative activism. 

The intention of the world labyrinth movement is that all labyrinths are connected for the highest good of our world. I built a labyrinth in my yard four years ago and walk it when I am home. Today I am at Harvard Medical School's Coaching Institute Conference, so I can’t walk it.

Instead, I handed out flyers with this finger labyrinth and am encouraging people to pause at 1 pm to tap into the invisible power of coherent energy that is intentional and active.

The focus this year is to walk for peace. In this case, your fingers will do the walking. You will start at the entrance and trace the path into the labyrinth. Pause in the center, release anything that needs releasing, and walk back to where you started at the entrance. 

You are invited to use this mantra, “I am present to the universal energy of peace.”

More information, or to see if there is a labyrinth local to you that you can actually walk: https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/wld-2026/on-world-labyrinth-day

I’d love to hear about your experience!

Two weeks ago, I had a Joy Jam at my house (a potluck with musician friends playing "pick up" music, some of them meeting each other for the first time). Before the music started, I invited anyone who wanted to walk the labyrinth to join me. I had 17 people participate, and most of them had never walked a labyrinth before. We walked in succession in silence with the blue sky above and stones beneath our feet. Some of us brave ones, walked in barefeet. It was a powerful experience.

Suze Shaner-Brodax integrates corporate leadership, executive coaching, interfaith ministry, and contemplative practice to help senior leaders move beyond barriers, act with clarity, and lead with purpose and impact. www.sagelead.com.