Field Notes…
observations and reflections from the North Oregon Coast
World Labyrinth Day 2024
WLD2024 - Saturday May 4th
Manzanita Oregon
Free Community Sand Spiral Labyrinth
6pm to Sunset
Neahkahnie Beach
Ocean Rd. & Nehalem Rd. -0.5 miles (5+ minute walk on the beach) north of Laneda Ave. /Manzanita Visitor’s Center
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2024 Sand Spiral Labyrinth season dates…
🌿 WORLD LABYRINTH DAY 2024 Saturday, May 4th
Saturday May 4th - WLD2024
1 - 3pm St. Catherine’s Community Labyrinth
The Labyrinth Guild is hosting a free community ‘walk as one at 1’ at 36335 Hwy 101, Nehalem, OR 97131
6pm - Sunset Sand Spiral Labyrinth Walk
Centerpoint Healing Arts is drawing on Neahkahnie beach for a free community walk to be part of ‘a rolling wave of peace around the world’. ‘Open-house’ style event, come by anytime after 6pm to walk before the rising tide washes it away. Ocean Rd. & Nehalem Rd. - 0.5 miles / 5+ minute walk on the beach north of Laneda Ave. /Manzanita Visitor’s Center
Friday June 7th
Community Land Art ‘pop-up’ event at Dirty Birds’ Garden Center , Manzanita Ave. across from the Friday Farmers’ Market
4 - 7pm Chalk art for kids and the ‘young at heart’. Color a beach stone (bring your own or choose one from our pile) and then add it to the land art Labyrinth installation.
6pm Reflection on Nature, Creativity & Peace with a guided moving meditation and Labyrinth walk .
Saturday, June 8th
Sunrise Spiral Labyrinth Walk
8 to 10am
Neahkahnie Beach
Thursday, June 20th
Summer Solstice Sunset Spiral Labyrinth Walk
7pm to Sunset
Neahkahnie Beach
2023 season highlights…
🌿 Winter Solstice Spiral Labyrinth Walk
Sunset - Neahkahnie Beach
🌿 Harvest Moon Spiral Labyrinth Walk
Sunset - Neahkahnie Beach
🌿 Summertime Spiral Labyrinth
Walk the Labyrinth in Manzanita anytime and as often as you like on Dirty Bird’s Land on the corner of Manzanita & Division.
Spiral Labyrinth, a summer season installation of DriftWood, BeachStone and DayLilies
Flowing, rake-drawn sand art…
a walking meditation experience for contemplative reflection
& celebration of the mythic wonder of the North Oregon Coast.
Ephemeral and swept away with the rising tide, sand art reflects a spirit of interconnection with and conservation of our coastal ecology.
Walking Labyrinths is an ancient contemplative art that humans across world cultures have practiced. Often found near shorelines, folks would walk the labyrinth before going to sea.
World Labyrinth Day 2023
1st Annual Manzanita Event
May - Neahkahnie Beach
2022 season…
Drawing & Walking Sand Labyrinth - ‘tween Eclipses ‘22
… tracing the sand labyrinth that I drew with my garden rake at low tide on Manzanita beach, I walk the circle, sunwise and back. I practice ‘gathering & letting go’. I recall when my son was little and we took a field trip to spend the day watching the visiting Tibetan monks as they finished their Meditation art, creating a colorful sand mandala. It was gorgeous, intricate, bright! Then, they carefully brushed up all the sand, we proceeded down to the River and they let the sand go back to the waters. I remember that day, how that experience has held me up over the years, helped me to remember resilience. All I can do is breathe around that bittersweet promise, ‘this too shall pass’. In the Yoga Sutra 1.12, it is ‘Abhyasa & Vairagya’, practice & letting go.
pink fawn lily, Neahkahnie Mountain
Mint - May Day ‘22
… it’s that centerpoint of spring, when the forest is greening up and the pink lilies are blooming on Neahkahnie Mountain. In my garden the mint is coming on and the peas are popping up! Imagine… the lovely green, the friendly aroma, the bright taste of fresh mint tea. I like it brewed in soy milk, with fragrant honey- nourishing & yum! It’s a returning that I mark with gratitude.
Frog Song, Rain & Ocean - Spring Equinox ‘22
… a heart lifted from darkness and loss, by the promise of change and springtime.