Hi. I’m Regina Reiter and I’m a long distance hiker with a passion for helping women walk the Appalachian Trail as a pilgrimage.
I have walked the Appalachian Trail twice and the Benton MacKaye Trail in all four seasons. I’ve also walked other long trails, including the Pacific Crest Trail, Vermont Long Trail, Superior Hiking Trail, New England Trail, Oregon Coast Trail, and Foothills Trail, all since I turned 53. I served as Appalachian Trail Ridgerunner for seven summers in Virginia.
I am a courageous heartsinger, nature interpreter, long-distance walker, and certified Radic
al Forgiveness ® Coach! Blend all those qualifications and skills together, and you have my way of serving in the world – Forgiveness Walks! The true spirit of my work is to entice other courageous people, inclined to follow their hearts, to come outside where they can move between heaven and earth, grounded in their physical senses and spiritually nourished through an enlivened connection with their Higher Power.
I guide my community in both the practical and heart-filled ways of clearing their emotional path, walking on trails, and creating radiantly fulfilling journeys in their lives. I’ve walked over 10,000 miles on long-distance trails, including two passes of the Appalachian Trail and four passes of the Benton MacKaye Trail in all four seasons.
What has characterized those journeys is how using the tools of Radical Forgiveness ® turns each physical journey into a fulfilling Inner Journey in which I learn and grow from all the new experiences along my way! What I do is help others navigate their way through both the practical and emotional aspects of choosing, planning, and fulfilling their inner and outer journeys in a way that really lights them up, accomplishes their goal and makes their heart sing! That’s Regina and Forgiveness Walks!
Here’s my story:
It’s 2007, and I’m in Wind Gap, PA, at mile 910 on my southbound trek of the Appalachian Trail. I’ve just walked into a convenience store and I meet a woman who says, “Are you hiking the Appalachian Trail? I’ve always wanted to do that but my boyfriend doesn’t want me to.”
At that moment, my vision of helping women move aside all their excuses
and accomplish their own walks – the walks of their dreams – lights a fire in my
heart. I want to snatch her up and take her along. “You’ve got to do this walk!
It’s phenomenal. It’s beautiful. It’s challenging. It’s rewarding!”
Since then, I’ve been moving aside my own resistances, obstacles, and challenges to bring this vision into reality. Business creation has been my own wilderness, but I’m taking it on with the same step-by-step fashion as I took on the Trail. The fact that you’ve found this website indicates that I’ve transformed my own shyness and self-doubts as the 4th child of ten who would always tell myself, “What I have to say makes no difference in the world because I don’t matter.”
My current endeavor – to help at least 22 women walk the Appalachian Trail by 2028 – is my next project in a line of jobs and careers that have had one desire in common – to spend as much time outdoors as possible! I’ve been a Girl Scout Leader, a Biology student, an outdoor education program director, a canoe camp counselor, park interpretive specialist, the mother of three sons, a summer camp Naturalist, Native Plant Garden Assistant, Homeschool Biology and Science Teacher, and now, long-distance hiker. Oh yes, there was a short season as a classroom teacher in a Waldorf school. Outdoors is where my heart, my skills, and my creativity thrive.
Getting out there professionally has taken me on a journey of Radical Forgiveness and working with Colin Tipping, creator of the Institute for Radical Forgiveness to become a certified Radical Forgiveness Coach. Blending that easy, quick, and practical approach to personal transformation with walking in Nature makes my heart sing and gave me my success as a long-distance hiker.
And believe me, I’ve had plenty of Radical Forgiveness to do in my family, my
Waldorf Community, my marriage, and in my relationship with people in general! Most of the time, I’d rather be hiking with my favorite hiking partner on a long trail, but I love making a difference for others as well. Balancing the two is my life’s work!
Are you yearning to fulfill your own dream of walking with a purpose? Contact me today, and let’s get started!
email: regina@forgivenesswalks.com