The Empathy Labyrinth Center

What is the EL ?

The Empathy Labyrinth®, was developed by Marc Weiner  in 2006 as a tool to teach empathy skills and Compassionate Communication. The EL is inspired by Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication (NVC).

The EL is a vehicle to facilitate joyful, empathic heart-to-heart connection with yourself, others and your beloved Divine Power.

When you want to connect to what's going on inside you, you first need to identify your thoughts, feelings, and needs/values.

The EL provides an emotional vocabulary with over 250 feelings and needs/values words.

The EL is laid out like a labyrinth with 3 concentric circles. The outer circle includes ten different beloved Jackal thoughts (i.e., habitual judgments, assumptions, & the like). The middle circle has 125 feelings words. And the inner circle has 125 needs/values words.  

 You simply go around the EL identifying and connecting to your:

• beloved Jackal thoughts* (*Jackal thoughts appear to be life-alienating habitual thoughts such as judgments & assumptions.
  However, they’re really beloved life-affirming messengers connecting
  us to our precious needs/values. 
• feelings
• needs/values

During this process, you will gain:

• clarity
• compassion
• empowerment
• connection

You will be able to choose actions that are more connecting and congruent with your core needs/values.

Empathy connects you to your heart.

Labyrinths connect you to your heart.

Together you get Heart-to-Heart connection.

As you walk through the Empathy Labyrinth  you will experience:

• Your perceptions change.
• Your self-conversations change.
• Your heart and mind open to new and previously unthinkable possibilities of connection.
• A personal, psychological & spiritual transformation.

There are four versions of the EL to choose from:

• Handheld EL
• Indoor Floor EL
• EL Jr. Carpet W/ Matching cards
  
• Outdoor EL