Te Moata Labyrinth Video
It’s with great delight that we present this wonderful two and a half minute video featuring the labyrinth and also showcasing the beauty of the Te Moata surrounds. May the visuals and the crystal bowl soundtrack make your heart sing.
Here’s the link…...Mystical Rainforest Labyrinth, Te Moata
Posters
Posters available at the Te Moata shop for $25, or $45 posted within NZ. Overseas postage options available. They are A2 size and printed on a silky and very robust paper. Email Maniisha.wiessing@rhondium.com
Visiting the Te Moata Labyrinth
The labyrinth is available to all retreatants. Outside of retreat times the labyrinth can be visited by guests staying in the Airbnb cabins and the remote retreat huts.
A Brief History of Te Moata’s Labyrinth
The idea for a labyrinth was conceived in the first moments of the new millennium after retreatants had walked a portable canvas labyrinth, brought to the new year gathering by Jessie and Misha. To solidify the idea of creating a labyrinth, Simon passed around his sun hat to collect the dedicated donations. Then it was over to Marnie and her strong intent to see this manifest. Marnie walked the land and found the perfect site beside the stream, which was at the time sloping and covered with head height gorse.
Over the next eight months many willing hands helped clear and level the site and sift the clay for the earth paths. Copper strips were rolled and hand stamped to form the shapes of the lunations and the six petaled centre. While the materials of the labyrinth differ, the size and pattern are an exact replica of the 13th century labyrinth created in limestone on the floor of the Chartres Cathedral in France. Hand moulded pottery marker stones with a spiral pattern on the top surface and palm prints underneath, were lovingly created during a workshop at Mike O’Donnell’s Tarariki Pottery near Paeroa. These form the paths together with beach stones collected over many excursions by Maia and Marnie to Te Karo bay.
For years, Suni has been devoted to carefully tending to the labyrinth, sweeping, weeding and resurfacing. Over the nearly 21 years the labyrinth has aged gracefully with paths adorned by moss. Under the hot summer sun the earth paths crack, so as we move forward we need to keep looking for creative ways ensure our beautiful earthy labyrinth withstands the seasons.
Some say a ley line runs through the middle of the labyrinth and many consider the labyrinth to be the heart centre of Te Moata.
Walking the Labyrinth
The labyrinth is a sacred space in which to symbolically walk your life’s journey; a place of contemplation and inspiration. The labyrinth is not a maze and you cannot get lost, there is one entrance and as long as you take one step after another as a walk of trust, you will eventually arrive at the centre.
Credits
This creative video project got started when Simon McDonald took his drone down to the labyrinth, placed it in the centre and up it went, giving us this drone’s eye view. Simon’s involvement goes back to the start of the millenium with his enthusiasm to help create the labyrinth; during working bees he carefully measured and marked out the pattern which is an exact replica of the labyrinth in the Chartres Cathedral. Coincidentally, it’s 20 years this month since Simon and Maniisha married in the centre of the Te Moata labyrinth.
The peaceful and resonant soundtrack ‘Tranquility’ is shared thanks to Annie Jameson. Annie is a sound healer and the creator of beautiful cds and online music. It’s a delight when she brings her crystal singing bowls to Te Moata. You can listen to her music on iTunes, Spotify and amazon. https://crystal-singing-bowls-nz.business.site/ www.facebook.com/CrystalSingingBowlsNZ/