Peninsula School Unveils Mindfulness Labyrinth

This is a press release from the Humboldt County Office of Education:

Peninsula Union School District will be holding a community event and ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil their recently completed mindfulness labyrinth on Thursday, September 13 beginning at 4:00 p.m. at 909 Vance Avenue in Samoa. The ribbon cutting will happen at 4:15 p.m.

The event will feature food, art, and live feral jazz music by Dogbone. There will be tiles and art supplies that community members and children can paint that will eventually decorate the perimeters of the 44-foot in diameter labyrinth.

The labyrinth idea came about last year, as part of a yearlong mindfulness theme, where students and staff engaged in restorative justice practices and learned about social justice and equity issues. “Our hope is that this labyrinth will create a space for students to practice mindfulness and self-regulation,” stated Superintendent/Principal Lark Doolan. “Our hope is that it is a place of reflection for our students but also an open space that our community can enjoy during evenings and weekends when school isn’t in session.”

Doolan designed the labyrinth and local cement artist John King built it. King also created the entrance sign for the Natural History Museum in Arcata and has many of his pieces featured throughout California and the United States.

For more information, please contact Peninsula School at (707) 443-2731.

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Dog
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Dog
5 years ago

Mindfulness…srarted by L Ron Hubbard for Scientology…no thanks.

Z
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Z
5 years ago

Sweet!!

Canyon oak
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Canyon oak
5 years ago

Bogus and revolting.
Adolt arrogance at its finest.

Canyon oak
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Canyon oak
5 years ago

So cool.
Hopefully this will help the children understand how lost their elders really are

Dog
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Dog
5 years ago

Mindfulness. Created by L Ron Hubbard for Scientilogy. No thanks..

Connie Dobbs
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Connie Dobbs
5 years ago

That looks like an ankle-breaker.

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5 years ago
Reply to  Connie Dobbs

It is raining on a good hearted and happy parade but the first thing I thought is that a kid would soon trip over the concrete curbs and smack face first on the concrete across the path. That site is loaded with pieces of wood which would have been kinder to kids.

S. M. Archer
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S. M. Archer
5 years ago

alien landing zone….Barry!

tax payer
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tax payer
5 years ago

maybe some kid will be playing in that thing and trip and crack his head open on one of those sharp corners and through mindfulness come up with a brand new idea to put rubber coatings on the concrete

Yogini
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Yogini
5 years ago

Beautiful…the comments suggesting otherwise would be well served in a daily silent walk thru the labyrinth

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5 years ago
Reply to  Yogini

Despite lecturing to the contrary, I suspect that the most common use for children will be walking balanced on the top of the cement and leaping between the gaps. Certainly after school hours. Unless of course children have totally had the play squeezed out of them already.