Two more labyrinths were prepared in 2009 for a women’s retreat at the resort. Sherry mowed the classical labyrinth into the field to provide space for a candle-lit evening walk.

"But the labyrinth is a clear path with clear turns that are made to make your mind relax." St. Luke's labyrinth is outdoors, painted on concrete in the Chartres design.

Walking a labyrinth is a way to move forward at a time when a journey of hope is greatly needed.” For almost 15 years, Shibley has had some form of labyrinth mown into his backyard lawn.

Labyrinth walking has experienced a revival in recent years (Credit: Getty Images) Many labyrinths, however, take design cues from two classic templates.

Walking a labyrinth allows that side to rest, while the right side of the brain, which is associated with nonverbal, nonrational and the intuitive, is exercised, according to The Healing Labyrinth ...

Walking the labyrinth in the fellowship hall of the First Presbyterian Church in Lancaster on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

An outdoor labyrinth, constructed as an Eagle Scout project by Reed Loy of Troop 2000 in Epping, leads visitors through seven circuits along a quiet bark mulch path to a stone bench at its center.

Medieval labyrinth designs were developed during the ninth and 10th centuries — such as that of the Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth — and are the ones often emulated in churches like Riverside today.

Examples of classic labyrinth imagery date back 4,000 years. In Europe and North Africa labyrinth designs appeared in rock carvings and paintings, as well as inscriptions on tiles and coins.

Labyrinth designs were incorporated into cathedrals across Europe in the Middle Ages (Credit: Getty Images) In fact, labyrinth walking has experienced a revival in recent years.