Featured Presentations

Lea Goode-Harris of California-USA, Jim Buchanan of Scotland-UK and Ronald Esquivel of Costa Rica-Central America will be featured in 2009.


Spirit Sightings
Lea Goode-Harris, Ph.D. 

How do we recognize the grace of spirit in the winding path of the labyrinth? Is the Labyrinth a mirror for spirit? How does our attention to the moment celebrate the ancient and sacred marriage of form and spirit? Through imagery, story, and the wonder of curiosity and exploration, Lea will invite us to ponder these and other questions as well as celebrate the beauty found in the dance of spirit in the diversity of the labyrinth.

Lea Goode-Harris is the founder of the Santa Rosa Labyrinth Foundation and the artist/creator of the Santa Rosa Labyrinth, the Snoopy Labyrinth, the Ladybug Labyrinth, and other labyrinths in contemporary and traditional styles. Lea brings her passion for exploring the labyrinth through writing, art, speaking, and the creation of sacred space.
 

Geometries and Energies
Ronald Esquivel

Ronald Esquivel is a native of Costa Rica, Central America, a country full of surprises in ecological, political and spiritual matters. An architect and metaphysics teacher, Ronald will share his passion for designing labyrinths based in geometries that have been considered sacred since antiquity. His explorations include dozens of unimaginable shapes – from the simplest to the most intricate – seamlessly complying with labyrinth requirements while also tapping into the energies generated by number and form.

Ronald will discuss the effects of labyrinths on certain types of intentions and sicknesses, and why some may work better than others. Finally, he’ll show a revolutionary project – presently under construction – based on energy structures dowsed/found on the site along with the labyrinth and paths designed around them to produce a subtle yet profound energetic experience: a spiritual theme park. 
 

Connecting Spirit and Creativity
Jim Buchanan

Originally trained as a landscape architect, Jim Buchanan of Scotland is a renowned labyrinth maker and "land artist" working on exciting and ambitious labyrinth projects that involve all age groups.  Jim pushes the boundaries of form, connecting the spiritual aspects of walking the labyrinth with the creating act of constructing them.  His most recent works involve light projections and reflections of labyrinths, some of them in water.