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The Wailing Wall 
Cosmic Walk - We have laid out on the land a spiral of stones representing the entire 14 billion years of the cosmic and evolutionary journey. This contemplative walk is a powerful way to more fully realize the spans of time in the unfoldment of the universe and Earth as we understand it.
Library - We have an extensive collection of books, videos, and tapesets available. Topics range from the Mystics to women's journeys to psychology to spirituality, and sometimes all of the above! The Loft has a stereo, TV, DVD player, and VCR available for your use.
Spiritual Midwifery - Spiritual Midwifery is a process of assisting you to become more conscious and skilled in paying attention to your spiritual journey. It consists of a one and a half hour session with Julie Keefer, incorporating prayerful intent, compassionate inner listening and reflection, dialogue, body awareness, and imagery.
Medicine Wheel
We have a stone medicine wheel laid out on the land, with a fire pit in the center. The medicine wheel is a universal, archetypal symbol of change and growth, both of the Earth's four seasons, and our own seasons of birth, life, death and rebirth. The beginning in the East reflects morning, spring, birth to early adolescence. The South reflects the mid-day, summer, maidenhood to early adulthood. The West represents afternoon, autumn, adulthood, motherhood to midlife. The North is night, winter, elderhood and wisdom years.
The Medicine Wheel also represents MorningStar's four directional values through: East: Devotion to paying attention to Wisdom's teachings
South: Simplicity for living sustainably with the Earth
West: Wholeness through the transformational journey toward integrating mind, body, soul and spirit as One
North: Creative service as we seek to authentically embody our values in the world.
Suggestion on using the Medicine Wheel
The medicine wheel can be used by first setting an intention to approach it in a sacred, prayerful manner for guidance. Then you may walk around it, inside or out, until you have a sense of which direction is calling you. Spend time meditating and seeking guidance on the meaning of this direction to your life; or spend time in each quadrant meditating/listening.
The wooden box contains some questions for each direction and a journal.
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How to Walk a Labyrinth
going back out into the world refreshed, trusting that what is truly needed will be provided... in its right time. As you step out of the labyrinth at the end of your walk, it is good to have a prayer or gesture of thanksgiving and then to journal, sing, dance or act in some way to concretize your experience.
