Labyrinth walking: An ancient activity that could help ease anxiety

Labyrinth walking: An ancient activity that could help ease anxiety Getty Images The Chartres labyrinth is open for meditative walking each Friday from Lent until All Saint’s Day Walking labyrinths has become an increasingly popular global method of reducing stress by integrating the mind and the body. "Our research found labyrinth walking can foster a sense of peace and other positive emotions, reduce stress, cultivate self-compassion and connection and provide an opportunity for reflection on one's life and meaning making." People in future will just enjoy the beautiful shape and the iconic form – Will Coleman He also reveals how the labyrinth's ancient Cretan pattern took cues from a labyrinth carved onto riverside rock in the breathtaking Rocky Valley near the historic Cornish hamlet of Tintagel. Norman Miller Travellers to London should look out for "finger labyrinths" on Tube station walls To come up with 272 different labyrinth designs, Mazescape delved into a panoply of historic design types.