Field Notes… observations and reflections from the North Oregon Coast
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Sand Art Labyrinth Walks
upcoming 2025 season dates…
World Labyrinth Day 2025
Sand Art Meditation Walk
Saturday May 3rd, 2025
Manzanita, North Oregon Coast
Free community gathering
‘walk as one, at one (1pm)’
Be part of a rolling wave of peace around the globe…
… past 2024 event highlights
‘sea stars & DNA’ - raked sand art design 150’x150’
Equinox Sand Art Labyrinth Walk
Sauna & Ocean cold plunge by North Coast Sauna
World Ocean Day
Sand Art Mandala Meditation Walk
… a beautiful misty blue morning on Neahkahnie Beach
World Labyrinth Day
Manzanita, Oregon
Sand Spiral Labyrinth
Sunset, Neahkanie Beach
WLD2024 video by ‘yogaconrobin’
2023 season highlights…
🌿 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.