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CNE: The Labyrinth Journey: A Spiritual Tool for FCNs

  • 03/27/2025
  • 6:00 PM

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Description: The labyrinth is an ancient path that has contemporary application. The labyrinth experience is often described as a moving meditation – an opportunity for reflection, contemplation, or a look within – bringing together mind, body, and spirit. In this webinar, we will begin with a brief overview of labyrinths and the research supporting their use in wellness settings and in spiritual practice. Next, we will explore ways that the labyrinth might support the work of Faith Community Nurses. This session will include a labyrinth experience.

Bio: Dr. Melissa Powers is Professor in the Dr. Virginia Peters Department of Kinesiology & Health Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). She also serves UCO as the chair of the Institutional Review Board and the Age-Friendly Champion (UCO is a member of the Age-Friendly University Global Network). She was introduced to the labyrinth in 2007 and completed Veriditas Labyrinth Facilitator training in 2015. Since that time, she has served as the UCO Campus Labyrinth Coordinator where she has been instrumental in bringing a second labyrinth to the UCO campus, creating an endowed foundation account to support labyrinth work, and maintaining a robust schedule of labyrinth events and workshops at UCO and in the community. Powers has collaborated with students and colleagues to conduct research on the labyrinth primarily focused on the benefits of labyrinth use and models using the labyrinth as a tool for reflective learning in her physical activity and aging courses. She is the Research Chair for the Labyrinth Society and is an active member of the Veriditas Higher Education Committee.

 

Learning outcomes:

1.     Describe a labyrinth including the benefits of using the labyrinth.

2.     Explain the potential uses of the labyrinth as a tool for physical, mental, and spiritual wellness.



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