one woman walking

One Woman Walking is about self-healing through walking. Walking solo works positively on the mind, body and soul to release fear, guilt and anger enabling us to attain a genuine sense of freedom - a sense which needs continuous renewal as new challenges arise with unsurprising frequency. Walking facilitates the shedding of negative emotions to regain a true and lasting sense of self-worth, peace and happiness. Walking the Camino de Santiago twice as well as various other long treks has proven to be a constant source of unsought revelation on deep-rooted emotional issues enabling the author to: understand and take responsibility for her emotions; discover a lasting calmness and confidence; learn how to listen to instinct; understand how to be a better part of the natural world and the human race instead of separated from them. But walking is not just about mitigating negative emotions. Appreciation of the outer world is the key to understanding and accepting the mystery of our inner world. If the outer world is but a reflection of our inner selves then, surely, we would want to make it a truly, beautiful reflection? Walking reconnects us with nature and, as we take our true place in the natural world, our feelings and emotions make a shift carrying us from uncertainty to absolute knowing. "Walking gives me an outer space that allows me to detach myself enough from everything going on in my life so that I can find the calm, inner space from where I can reflect on life more clearly. Whether it's the Camino, a long trek or another pilgrimage, to me the point of the long walk is to allow the trail to enable me to reflect, to become aware, to make observations, to let go. And in doing this, each time I set myself freer than I could previously imagine. Freedom is expansive. And, free from fears of the past and the future, I find both inner peace and happiness." One Woman Walking is a narrative of: thoughts and feelings that came to me; things that happened to me and things that I made happen; discoveries I made and fears that I overcame; sufferings I endured and wonders that I experienced; animals that I met; and perspectives that emerged while out walking.One Woman Walking includes reflections on experiences such as: the pain I endured on some walks; the pleasure of connecting with animals, insects and birds; the wonders I encountered when I was lost; the disappointments I learned to shrug off; and the huge sense of getting to know myself differently, of beginning to like myself and starting to know my own inner truths.One Woman Walking demonstrates from experience that: women need have no fear and can find their own freedom; that emotions can be embraced, understood and put to one side like turning a page; that achievement is not another milestone but more like self-esteem growing with every footstep; and that ageing does not mean more cover-ups, but rather finding an inner, peaceful grace and being grateful for what and who you are. One Woman Walkin...