Pilgrims Way

Navigating the English countryside at the start of her Camino Inglés, a woman encounters a flock of sheep that teach her a profound lesson in trust and faith.

A husband and wife discover that the best-laid plans of mice and men (and even experienced camino pilgrims) often go awry. It’s how you navigate the detours through grief and pain together that leads to joy, a stronger partnership, and an enduring life lesson.

A husband and wife, experienced Camino Francés pilgrims, embark on the same route, this time in reverse. Walking against the flow of pilgrims and seeking the more elusive blue spiral arrows that marked their way, they gain new perspectives along a path they thought they already knew.

A friend’s special playlist, cards from her sister, and attending online services at her home church were the unexpected gifts that motivated and encouraged a pilgrim throughout her journey.

A woman learns to listen to her inner voice on Camino. Back home with a head cold, that same inner voice inspires her to create a healing blend of spices that opens her sinus passages and opens herself to possibilities.

Seeking a journey of rebirth, a man embarks on Camino. Along the way, the number 13 surfaces and resurfaces in unexpected ways, not superstitiously but as a reminder that we can always begin again

As a woman embarks on Camino, a friend passes on to her a scarf the friend had rescued while on Camino in 2010. Upon her return, the woman hands the scarf off to another woman. The journey of the Camigas scarf continues today, and woven into its fibers is a simple yet profound truth: we walk our own paths, yet we are connected to each other in ways we don’t always see.

Tugged throughout life by a spiritual duality born of a Catholic father and a Buddhist mother, a woman on Camino experiences a state of bardo, an intermediate space described in Tibetan Buddhist teachings, a liminal space to just be and experience lightness, joy, and grace.

A friend presents a woman with four pebbles whose shapes roughly form the letters L-O-V-E, a visual reminder of the woman’s intention for her journey.

On the Portugués coastal route, a brief interaction with a local man reminds a pilgrim that on Camino as in everyday life, it is the smallest of encounters that can provide the greatest of meaning.