If Sundays are special for you, it’s hard to imagine a better or more beautiful way to spend them than on Magical Sundays at The Chi Center in Lamy.

Start with the center’s brunch buffet and dine beside the large pond and fountains — all while accompanied by soothing sounds provided by local musicians. You can offer breakfast to the glint of goldfish that gather when you toss fish food into the pond and then proceed, if you wish, to the Kiva building, where each week, spiritual teachers, shamans, and healers from different traditions offer presentations. Seated in a circle in a building that is partially underground and connected to the regenerative energy of the earth, it’s likely you will feel that the talk is designed personally for you and provides the insights you’re seeking for your own life.

Then you can walk one or both of the short paths through golden autumnal grasses to visit the grandmother and grandfather cottonwood trees, which, at an estimated 300 to 500 years old, are reputed to be among the oldest in the country.

Stop by the statue of Yuanyin, the Chinese goddess of compassion, and then walk one of the two nearby labyrinths. The only sounds are your own breathing or, occasionally, the hum of cars that pass in the distance.

Perhaps you’ll want to lace up your hiking shoes and make the fairly short but steep climb to the petroglyphs on the property that beckon with their ancient mysteries. Or you can choose any spot that calls to you in nature, and meditate, nap, sketch, chant, photograph, or just sit in silence.

Qigong Master Mingtong Gu explains that he designed The Chi Center as a “living mandala that extends from the Yuanyin statue to the circle of New Mexico stucco walls and connects through six paths to six main facilities: lodge, pond, lotus kiva, Pueblo building, compassion dome, and lofts,” he says. “It looks like a landing field at night when all the paths are lit. It is on the land instead of canvas, is defined by trees, plants, and flowers, and is a living experience as you walk the mandala [medicine wheel].”

When asked why the Sundays are magical, Gu smiles and says the events include five “magics”: eating by the water and fountains; listening to live music; experiential presentations; nature hikes; and meeting with like-minded friends, old and new. — Judith Fein/for The New Mexican

Magical Sundays continue through the end of October from

10 a.m. to 3 pm. This Sunday, October 1, features folk singer Chris Harrell.

40 Camino Vista Clara, Lamy

$20 for brunch chicenter.com/sunday

Chi Center founder Mingtong Gu feeds the fish on a recent Magical Sunday.