Wayfinding Days emerged following my DIY Pilgrimage, after my trip with my sister to walk the Camino de Santiago in Spain was cancelled in May 2020, due to COVID-19. In 2022, I decided to create my own pilgrimage, so I walked from Long Beach to Solana Beach, with a little help from the train through Camp Pendleton. My sister, my husband, and my 83 year-old father each walked one of those days with me and it was truly a wonderful experience.

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The next year, I created my own solo Wayfinding Day from Santa Monica to Redondo Beach on a Sunday in February. I walked with the intention to notice and reflect and journal my way through the day. I did some of that and I mostly walked in quiet thought. As I shared the DIY Pilgrimage and Wayfinding Day with other people, many responded that they wanted to do something like these mindful & intentional walking experiences. A few years ago, I offered the first in-person Wayfinding Days and they have grown to collaborations with others to create reflection experiences that add in artistic expression or focus on other areas of wellbeing such as, Wayfinding Haiku, Wayfinding Watercolor, and Wayfinding and Wealth.

I also wrote a guide to creating your own walking practice, and it includes tips for doing a DIY Wayfinding Day. The book, Walking & Wayfinding: Create Your Own Mindful Practice, One Step at a Time, is now available in paperback and Kindle e-book on Amazon and audiobook from Audible. Or, check out an e-book copy from your local library under BiblioBoard!