Have you ever walked a labyrinth?

Yes, often. This is a favorite activity of church retreats, pastors' retreats, chaplains' retreats...For me personally it does nothing. I would rather take a walk through the woods and meditate that way. 

Yes, and I found it completely uninspiring, myself. I agree with the idea that a walk in the woods would have been a much nicer use of my time.

Yes, a couple of little ones.

One was at a church retreat, and was a circular patio at one side of the grass lawn, just paving stones laid in the labyrinth pattern. It was suggested that we thought about whatever was worrying us on the way to the middle, leave the worry in the centre and walk out again. I found it a very peaceful, meditative experience.

My church created one out of tea-lights in jam jars for the town's Christmas Fair. It was lovely after dark and very popular.

In my area of the country, we have corn mazes in the fall. Some years the corn is thick and makes a really good maze. Other years, it’s sparse and I think well, nice try. LOL

We went on a good year once, at night, when my girls were in high school. My DH had the best time hiding in the maze startling the girls unexpectedly. It was SO fun!!


Edited to add, we also did some garden labyrinth thing at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.

It’s like short shrubbery so you could see where you were going. Not a challenge but still neat.

You're thinking of two different things. A corn maze -- or anything that's set up where you go in and have to find your way out -- is different from a meditative prayer labyrinth which is just flat on the ground and you're just supposed to follow the path to the center, then back out again.

They set up a temporary one at my college once in an indoor space. It was OK, but I'd love to try one in an ancient chapel someday.