Annemarie Rawlinson and the Labyrinth

Labyrinth Builder/Artist Annemarie Rawlinson trained with Dr. Lauren Artress in 1998 and is a certified labyrinth presenter. Over the years, she has lectured widely, in presentations that cover both the historical roots and contemporary uses of the labyrinth. Annemarie has also built multiple labyrinths in the greater Los Angeles area. She founded "Friends of the Labyrinth,” a group that built a Cretan labyrinth at Angel’s Gate Park in San Pedro. In 2003, Annemarie brought a permanent labyrinth to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA, where she and Christine Esprabens conduct monthly labyrinth walks and presentations for the hospital staff.

Annemarie's new heart-shaped labyrinth design for A PATH FOR PEACE is significant in many ways. From the design point of view, the labyrinth leads the walker to the center, the heart of the heart, then straight out in a new direction. This metaphor for our path for peace shows us that while the journey to the center of our heart, individually and collectively, is one that we can easily choose and follow, once opened to that heart energy, it is also a simple path out, into a new reality of peace.

Furthermore, the tradition of labyrinth building is to use existing patterns, many created over thousands of years ago. And so, in creating this labyrinth, with the cause of peace at its roots, Annemarie breaks new ground!

This labyrinth then fits in perfectly with the heart of this event, and inspires us all, in this City of Angels, to open our hearts, and, as Annemarie has done so beautifully, create A PATH FOR PEACE.