Spiritual and practical preparation
for walking a pilgrimage

Pilgrimage begins in the heart and with the first steps into the unknown. The essence of the Way of Saint James or any other pilgrimage walk is the encounter with and between yourself and God as you walk step by step along the path.

This workshop encourages you become more aware of your "call" and motivation for going on your pilgrimage. We encourage you to embrace your fears and emotional feelings about the walk as gifts to help you to discover new insights. We also want to support you by helping you to decide what things to take along and to discover and celebrate the gifts of the joys, doubts, crisis, and fears that will surely come up before you walk and as you walk.

This workshop also gives you insights into the practical side of this pilgrimage walk: a slide show of our walk, planning your walk, what to take along, where to stay, the path, and the walking itself.

We talk about walking long distances and how each of us, no matter our age or physical condition, can walk when we find our own pace. We also practice slow walking, which can help much when your feet are hurting. We show you how you can use this slow walking as a meditation art that can help you see the world with different eyes.

The workshop dares you to open up to the wonderful things you can discover on your pilgrimage walk as you follow your call into the unknown.

Schedule

We conduct these workshops for individuals, for small groups of two to four persons, and for larger groups of up to 15 or so.

• August 15-17 in Paso Robles. Contact us for details.

At this time we do not have other scheduled presentations of this workshop. Please check back later.