Photo Of The Week Gallery: The Wellness Labyrinth At UMass By Madeline Charney And Hills3 Studio.

Text by Madeleine Charney 
Photos by hills3 Studio (on Instagram as (@hills3studio)

Labyrinths have existed for thousands of years on every continent (except Antartica). Used for self-reflection, stress reduction, prayer, connecting with nature and more, COVID times see labyrinth sales up 300% . UMass installed a temporary labyrinth on the Goodell lawn for Wellness Wednesdays, adding to the momentum for the permanent labyrinth installation in the works.  The temporary labyrinth was assembled last Wednesday (4/14) and will remain in place through April 22.  A multi-disciplinary learning tool, the labyrinth can be integrated into courses on neuroscience, public health, history, landscape architecture more. Learn more by watching Learning with the Labyrinth with Madeleine Charney, a research services librarian at UMass Amherst. You can find a labyrinth near you using the World Wide Labyrinth Locator. 

Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer. We invite local photographers to share their photographs here.   Please include a description/caption and an indication of who is to be credited.