Mindfulness is often taught sitting still: eyes closed, attention on the breath. For many people, that works. For others, especially people whose bodies stay on high alert, sitting still with their eyes closed is the hardest place to start. A labyrinth offers another way in. You keep your eyes open, you keep moving, and your attention has somewhere to rest: the next step. A labyrinth is not a maze A maze is a puzzle, full of choices and dead ends. A labyrinth has one path. It winds back and forth, sometimes close to the center and sometimes far from it, but it always leads in, and the same path leads back out. There is nothing to solve and no way to get lost. That frees your mind to do something other than plan. How it connects to DBT mindfulness In Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness is a set of skills you can practice, not a mood you have to reach. A labyrinth walk gives each one a home: Observe: notice your feet on the path, the air, the sounds around you, with...