The first Full Moon Candlelight Labyrinth Walk was Tuesday night.  It was a breezy night that was warm enought to be outside comfortably, yet was too windy for the luminaria to be lit.  So we again used white Christmas lights to light the path, and we held our own inner light to guide us on the spiral path.

7 women showed up to walk.  We walked in silence, except when we spoke our question out loud as we entered the labyrinth.  Using information on tonight's full moon from Power Path, we each chose a "Full Moon" card with a timely question on it for this particular moon.

6 Questions:

• What brings you joy?
• What feeds you spiritually?
• What needs expansion and more inspiration?
• What do you need to let go of?
• What do you still need to adjust and revise and modify
• What needs expansion and more inspiration?

Each of chose a "full moon" card with one of these questions on it and of course, each of the questions were chosen.  As often happens in a circle, we chose all the questions between us.  It was powerful to hear each question spoken out loud as we each entered the labyrinth.  I knew that I was hearing the question both for the woman walking and for myself, and it provided a stronger context with which to hold the sacred space as we each walked.

My question was "What needs expansion and more inspiration?"

I love the practice of asking an open-ended and powerful question like this.  To ask with no presumption or expectation of the answer.  To simple ask the question, and in this case, to walk the question.  What needs expansion and more inspiration? 

As I walked toward the center, I connected with my love of the labyrinth, my love of walking, my love of sacred walking.  What brings me joy is to walk with the Sacred.  To walk a sacred path.  To invite others to walk a sacred path with me.  To walk a sacred path in community.

To walk a sacred path is a deceptively simple act.  We walk.  Yet we walk with intention and purpose.  This is where the magic happens and the simple act of walking becomes a profound practice and prayer.  One doesn't even have to walk with seriousness, or even be quiet and "spiritual".  One can, especially in a labyrinth, where the walk is shorter and more focused and contained. 

We enjoyed a cup of tea in our room along with a McVities chocolate biscuit before heading into town for a stroll as well as a visit to the Abbey.  I love visiting sacred places in the beautiful light of late afternoon.  Most of the shops were closing but as they are all tempting with their Green Man paintings, lovely cards, and gorgeous clothing, I was grateful for the opportunity to window shop only!  After a cider and a basket on delicious onion rings at the old pub, The Geroge and the Pilgrim, we ventured into the empty grounds of the Abbey.  Serene, quiet, vibrant, nourishing.  Beebe and I ventured off on our own, to explore the sacred grounds, each in our own way.  I lay on the ground, soaking in the energy from the earth.  I walked into the grove of trees where the badgers live.  I knew it was a good place because the trees were happy, the birds were singing and the green energies of life and love were abundance and radiant.  The evening sunlight cast a warm light on to the whole place and I was nourished deep within myself.

Completing our first day with a delicious vegetarian meal of a mushroom crepe, I gratefully climbed into bed with a fullness in my belly and my heart.