Via Podiensis – Contemplative Camino

Begin again

When you slow down you see more, hear more, feel more, remember more I’d planned a loose itinerary before leaving home on the Chemin du Puy. After the first few days of short distances I had decided I would be able to walk up to 25km in a day. Little did I know how manyContinue reading “Begin again”

The journal page

The journal is a place of discovery, of learning, of emotional relief and insight On the second day of my Chemin from Le Puy en Velay I walked through an intoxicating sweet-scented pine forest and the bell calls of little birds to Le lac d’Oeuf. On a log overlooking the lake, more a wetland, IContinue reading “The journal page”

Walking, listening, pausing

We practice presence so that we might cultivate our ability to really hear the voice of nature speaking to us This morning my pre-ordered copy of Christine Valter-Paintner’s new book “Earth, Our Original Monastery” arrived on my Kindle. In the very first chapter she advises getting out in nature, “simply walking, listening, and pausing”. OfContinue reading “Walking, listening, pausing”