Educational Applications of Wellness Techniques: An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Labyrinth Walking

This paper reproduces and expands the work of Laurie Barilotti (1999), providing evidence in support of the use of labyrinths as effective wellness tools. The present study, conducted at a liberal arts college in the United States, assesses whether walking an eleven-circuit labyrinth can be truly beneficial to the wellness of individuals, and also if focused non-labyrinth walking has similar or different effects on individuals’ wellness. Results of the study failed to find a significant difference between groups on the overall measure of wellness, raising questions about the specific efficacy of labyrinth walking

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