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Hiking: Make it fun the first time!

I love my job as a Ridgerunner for the Applachian Trail Conservancy! While doing my job, I get to walk on the wonderful, beautiful Appalachian Trail every day! And that’s not even the best part. The best part is that I get to meet people at trailheads who are just considering walking this path. They’re [...]

Contemplate Earth's Beauty

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
— Rachel Carson

My daily walks on the Appalachian Mountain ridges of Virginia confirm [...]

Satori: It's a Miracle to me!

The board game, Satori: The Radical Forgiveness Board Game, never ceases to surprise its players. New insights, energy release, and even new friends are results that participants regularly have when they play the game.

I even play the game by myself to work through problems, often gaining a new perspective that other ways of addressing an [...]

Outside is Best!

Behold the glorious spring openings!

Making a Difference

Regina,
I think of you often and hope you are well. I believe that your Walks will be a valued service for people in need of closure, or just in need. Here’s to your success! RN

I read this email while making it up that I can’t make a difference for people. You see, I get scared [...]

Walk With Me

It’s a rainy, work inside day today! Sometimes, even a thru-hiker like me is grateful to have the choice of sitting dry at my computer, remembering, dreaming, and planning hikes.

Today, I’m remembering my summer walk on the Benton MacKaye Trail, a 300-mile journey through the forests of the southern Appalchian Mountains.

Enjoy this short video, put [...]

A"Thru-hike" begins with short walks

My hike of the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one trip started well before I set foot on the Trail in Maine. It started as a glimmer sparked by my dad’s unrealized dream when I was a child. I only remember him mentioning the Appalachian Trail a few times and I didn’t even try backpacking until [...]

Going In

“I only went out for a walk…………………
and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,

For going out, I found, was really………………going in.”

Thanks to John Muir for saying it better than I.

I’m considering which way to walk the Benton MacKaye Trail for my Spring Walk – north or south?

What do you think?

From Sandhill Cranes Overhead

That unmistakable warbling honk
Circling, moving in clumps and V’s
Hundreds of them overhead
Heading north – in general

Another season passed already?
Yet, it IS a season cycling around
Familiar pattern, thus consoling
Yet, new beginnings, new adventures call

Within repetition is the possibility of creation
And so go I
With gratitude for sandhill cranes living instinctually.

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Conscious Creative Energy

Yesterday, I joined Adela Rubio’s Conscious Energy Shift Inner Circle call – our first in this year-long program. Adela reminded us that these calls are focused on empowering us in using our Co-Creative Energy. “It’s not about healing energy”, she said.

I hadn’t thought clearly about distinctive forms of energy! I realized, though, that all the [...]