What happens when you want to walk the Camino, but you have a physical limitation that could prevent you from doing it? Well, in the case of today’s guest, Richard, you just go do it anyway.

Today's inspiring pilgrim conversation filled with spiritual insight, courage, and determination. Talking with Richard reminded me how much I take for granted, with all my senses working and my body as able as it can be one week away from turning 60. He also reminded me that there are gifts hidden in loss and trials, gifts that we can use to deepen our human experience and understand its universality.

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Bringing the Camino experience home. Anyone tried that? It’s tricky, right? You spend all this time in the liminal space of the Camino – in this alternative world where strangers are kind, people are good, and making connections is easy and fun.

You walk yourself into a stronger, braver version of yourself, and you discover you like that person. You dial into the simplicity of spending your day at the pace of walking, carrying only what you need, and listening to the messages from your body about what it needs and how to care for it.

You laugh, you cry, you celebrate, and you grieve. And you do it all with a couple dozen people who have the same purpose as you: to walk day by day and eventually reach Santiago de Compostela, Fisterra, or Muxia.

You do all that, and then you have to return home.

It’s hard, isn’t it, to transition from the Camino back to everyday life?

We do it, but many of us don’t like it. Many of us flounder, struggle, and suffer. There has to be a better way.

Now there is! Check it out . . .

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Next registration period will be in late October/early November.

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When we walked the Camino, we discovered a few things. We discovered something called Camino magic – that experience of awe and wonder when we slowed down to the pace of walking, when we settled deeply into the present moment, and when we opened our hearts to strangers, ourselves, and something bigger than ourselves.

We discovered the true meaning of the phrase, "the Camino provides." Curiously, the Camino didn’t always provide what we wanted, but if we looked closely enough, we could see that it provided what we needed.

We discovered a new version of ourselves – one we liked and wanted to become better acquainted with. One we would like to hang out with on a regular basis.

We discovered an inner strength and confidence, and we suspected it may have been there all along; we just didn’t know how to access it.

We discovered the spirit of the Camino and wanted more of it.

How do we keep all that alive? Here's how:

Take the next step of your pilgrimage here: https://thecaminoexperience.com/laterraza/

Registration is open from noon on August 19, through midnight August 23, 2025, Pacific time zone.

Next registration period will be in late October/early November.

Sign up here to get all the content of the Mining the Lessons of the Camino challenge: https://thecaminoexperience.com/challenge

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