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Elizabeth Grace's avatar

Thank you Em. Wonderful to walk the path with you.

Emily Simpson's avatar

Thanks Libby xx

Christine Margaret Fing's avatar

Beautiful and thank you for sharing this wonderful journey Emily. So proud of you. Well done. ❤️

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Thanks Chris xx

Eileen's avatar

This was wonderful Emily. Thank you for sharing your journey.

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Thanks Eileen! xx

Meg Teitzel's avatar

That was so beautiful Emily. I felt like I was holding your hand all the way to the centre and back out.

About 7 years ago I delivered an outdoor yoga workshop right under one of the giant fig trees next to the labyrinth and after shavasana we all rose up and walked the labyrinth at the end and it was incredibly powerful.

I am already missing receiving these chapters every Sunday. I do so hope you will continue to write for us to read. It is a gift to be able to write and invoke an embodied response from the reader. We can be so numb these days to feeling emotional feedback in the body and the wisdom that you articulate does just that.

I look forward to what may come bubbling up and out onto the page.

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Thank you Meg! xx

Barbara Ponders's avatar

As Gandhi said, ‘There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.’

I’m a new follower -heard about your Substack in Veriditas online walk today 🙏🏻🌀

Fenella Raines's avatar

A wonderful journey with profound insights. Thanks for sharing your story

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Thanks Fenella xx

Susanne's avatar

Sincere thanks for sharing this important story and inviting others to connect.

I deeply resonate with your insights

fear has its own logic

our strengths are our weaknesses

we are alchemists of our own lives

having just walked face first

into my biggest fear

choosing when choices were limited

asking for courage to go forward

with grace and thanks

to surrender with faithfulness

to accept what is meant for me

knowing that my name

my exact name

had on that day

been called.

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Thanks Susanne!

Will Halliday's avatar

Dearest Em, thank you for Paving the Way. I'll miss your weekly episodes, you write beautifully. As I walk the Centennial Park Labyrinth this Wednesday, I'll reflect on all the pilgrims being in service to something greater. X

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Thanks Will xx

Ailsa's avatar

Thanks for documenting your wonderful story, Emily. Every time I walk it, I will be the richer for all the details woven into the path..and under my feet.

Much love and so much gratitude always. Ailsa x

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Thanks Ailsa xx

Lianne's avatar

“I’ve thrown myself out of my story a hundred times by making the other the subject of my sentence.” Wow. That’s a powerful revelation. I’ll be reflecting on this gem for a while. Thank you. 💕

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Thanks Lianne x

Helena Cornelius's avatar

I love the clarity of what you have written here, Em. I love how you have extracted from this process such profound learnings.

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Thanks Helena x

Nari Jones's avatar

Thank you Emily for giving voice to the process, such richness in your truth telling. 🙏🏼

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Thanks Nari x

Margaret Munoz's avatar

Such an incredibly rich journey - and so much profound wisdom and insight to be found in each paragraph.

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Thanks Margaret x

Elizabeth Schiemer's avatar

Your passion gave birth to the unique labyrinth in Centennial Park but surely does not means you have to keep gestating more and more. You may however have to stay around and water and nourish your labyrinth to ensure it takes root and expands like the Bodhi Tree .

Sue T's avatar

"When I choose a path, it feels like a labyrinth. When I allow someone to talk me into walking their path, it ends up feeling like a maze." Oh my! This so resonates with me. Thank you for voicing it.

Thank you, Emily, for inviting us on this journey with you. Each chapter offered multiple gems of wisdom which have stayed with me. Thank you. I have found myself nodding, weeping, smiling, in awe, inspired on this journey... pure gift.

Gratitude for you, beautiful soul.

Peace to you.

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Thanks Sue xx

Dianne Masri's avatar

Dear Emily, how fortunate are we you took the call to take this path. “The gifts of innocence and not-knowing are profound.” - this mystery and processes are essential for our times. Deep gratitude and best wishes.

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Thanks Dianne x