A pilgrimage is a journey of spiritual significance..
Hi this is Beth Haley with Pilgrimage Studio.
Human beings, regardless of the boundaries between culture, tribe, tradition, religion, race or gender, have been taking pilgrimages from the beginning of time.
There are many places one might go to for a pilgrimage. A famous one is the UNESCO World Heritage Kumano Kodo site that is home to the Kumano Sanzan Shrines, where monks and emperors have walked for more than 1,000 years. Today this pilgrimage route is traveled by more than practitioners of Buddhism and Shinto but by nature lovers, hikers, photographers, and historians.
There are also many reasons that one might set out on a pilgrimage – from paying homage, gaining spiritual enlightenment, to seeking healing. The purpose of my pilgrimage is focused on the every day journey that we all take, day in and day out, one step and one photo at a time, moment by moment, through our life.
This pilgrimage, for me, began with an interest in the cultural practices, customs, and traditions for transformation, wellbeing and healing around the world.
This interest resulted in a Bachelor of Arts in the College of Health, Human Services, and Science for a degree in Complimentary and Alternative health (relatives of Holistic Health and Integrative Medicine) from Ashford University in 2014. Then in 2018, I began leading guided meditations and blogging. Each of these have been pilgrimages in their own right.
One key factor became prevalent in my day-to-day health and blogging path:
What is sustainable?
Welcome to my studio. I hope you find something you love and a blessing to take with you on your own personal pilgrimage of Wellbeing.
Loved how you write from two perspectives and two names!
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😊Txx!! 😊
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*amazing blogger*
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🌟Much appreciated! 😊🌟
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It looks like you have an interesting blog here. Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you will want to come back for more, always nice to have you visit. I hope you have a great day!
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I’m just seeing comments with no replies. Sorry! Ty for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! 🌟😊🌟
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As usual an awesome read
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Txx Anonymous! 👍
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Excelente!
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🌟Thank you!🌟
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Due to the fact that I’m also in this spiritual thing, I can understand some things that you are passing by, even do my spiritual journey is a lot of different form the journeys of other spiritual seekers. i observe the world in some sort of special holistic approach.
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What would be the one thing you would change in the world if you could?
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I would destroy ignorance…
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…as I wrote before”exterminate the biggest enemy of the modern world, a cancer of the 21st century society, progressive human ignorance…”
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Thinking about ignorance, I was reminded of this quote by Nelson Mendela, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
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And he was right. With quality and proper education you can eliminate the biggest enemy of the human kind, ignorance…
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Beautiful! I can relate and looking forward to reading your stories
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I admire the ways you articulated. I floated with you the entire way.
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10ks so much! I think we are floating in the same direction, the same strong current carries us 🙂
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Perhaps. Currents are wide, but the deeper the current, the less debris of human minds it picks up.
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Well said…
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Thanx for stopping by! Enjoyed your blog today 😊
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I would get rid of hatred and inequality.
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Me too! 👍
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Those are horrible things.
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I was thinking about the polar opposites of these: love, acceptance, equality. How about freedom. It seems I see a lot, where people of certain religions think that freedom is only for their own belief system. Excepting that there are many different belief systems… which makes our world so colorful. Freedom is having our own shape and flavor. We don’t have to fit into someone else’s system. We each have our own… love, acceptance, equality… I think these things enable people to work alongside each other, despite differences, to create a better world more free of poisons like hatred
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It is great.
Best wishes
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Txx so much! 😊
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Looking forward to sharing experiences!
The transformation nature can have on us is profound =-)
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Nature is healing! Looking forward to seeing more of your posts as well! 😊😊😊
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Excellent read!
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Thxx so much! 😊
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You’re welcome 😇
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Welcome to that little voice and thank you for following my blog.
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Hi there 👋 I’m glad you stopped by and I look forward to seeing more on your pages!
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Love this! Well written 🙂
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Txx so much Paula 😊
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Beautiful and inspiring. I think so many people long for inner peace and tranquility.
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I hope people can find some of that here ☺️
Thank you 😊 😀
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You have a fascinating perspective on life. I am enjoying your blog and thank you for following BrewNSpew.
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I’m so glad you stopped by!! Thanx for visiting and great blog!! 😊
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hey, thanks so much for following me. not just because i appreciate the support but also because it has brought me to your interesting site
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And me to yours!! Thanx for visiting! See you around the blogosphere! 😊
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definitely😊
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Thank you for opening this channel to us… Another path to explore for those who choose to journey. And, many thanks for following me …
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I’m so glad you stopped by 😊😊😊!!
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Very inspiring blog!
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Thank you so much!! 😊😊😊
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You are a beautiful journey!🌹
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Aww thank you!! 😊
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Happy New Year! I look forward to hearing more about your journey as you continue to share.
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Happy New Year to you as well! Thank you for stopping by this particular journey corner!
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hi beth, I’m beth. looking forward to reading your posts –
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It’s nice to meet another Beth!! I’m glad you stopped by! 😊😊😊
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Don’t know why, buy your experience in the woods reminds me of a Ted Talk I listened to last night about the use of hallucinogens for therapy. Sounds like something that could be of great benefit – have you heard anything about this?
Kindness.
Robert.
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I have heard a lot about hallucinogens and I think they can be beneficial for certain types of healing pilgrimages! I haven’t tried them myself, but I have friends who have used them for spiritual questing and journeys.
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Thank you for stopping by today! 😀
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Most welcome … erm, what’s your name again? I’d say Pigrimage, but that doesn’t, somehow, seem right. 🙂
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Any name listed but Pilgrimage works too 👍
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I would be interested in listening to the Ted Talk!
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It’s called ‘The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy’. Enjoy.
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Thank you for the Title! I’ll look it up
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You were welcome. Hope you enjoyed it when you found it. 😉
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It was very good, thank you! 👍😊👍
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Great post. I love the wintry picture above.
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Thank you so much! 😊 I’m glad you stopped by! ☺️
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Inspiring blog
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Thank you so much! I’m glad you stopped by!
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You are welcome and this is not my last time stopping by. Be safe and have a great weekend.
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You be safe as well! ☺️🌟☺️
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I never realized that I wasn’t following you. But I am now 😊
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Oh good deal, lol! Thank you and welcome
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Hi Beth,
Thank you for your sharing. I find it very inspirational.
By the way, I am new in blogging and I hope you can support me. Just recently, I made a challenge to myself that for the next 21 days, I will visit 10 blogs each day. During my visit, I will leave a comment and will have its link posted on my blog as well. Hope you can visit my blog too and leave your footprints.
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I enjoyed your page, and I hope to see more of it! Thank you for visiting
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Inspiring. Thank you for following my blog.
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I like how you left a message at your old site 😊 thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing more at your new space 😀
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Nice blog 💕
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you stopped by!
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My pleasure, followed you ☺️
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Txx so much! 😀
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Beautiful!
Your words are really inspiring
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed the page! 😀✨😀
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🙏🏻💙 🌹
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Thanks for stopping by and following my blog Beth, your blog is so inspiring!!!
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I enjoyed my visit and glad to see you here!
Thank you so much!! 😊🌟😊
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The idea of guided meditations is so appealing in many ways. Thanks for being who you are and following your dreams to help others.
Thanks, too, for following Oh, the Places We See. It’s great to have you aboard!
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It has been really amazing to have the opportunity to lead meditations every week! It’s always like passing on a blessing to me. I’m so glad to be on board 😃😃💛😃😃
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And you and your work are appreciated.
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Having been through quite a bit of trauma the last two years I decided at one point that I should try meditation. I used an app. The man’s voice was very relaxing and I followed along and ended up a hysterical crying mess as my inside feelings opened up. I believe in it but it is hard for me to do when I have so many other things on my mind.
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Oh I hear that! It sounds like it really shakes things loose or brings them to the surface. I wonder if it would help to just take one small bit at a time…I know I recently experienced this through a Reiki treatment and I rode the storm out for a few weeks before I started working on things again. It can feel like too much all at once sometimes, especially when you’re busy. I hope you find a way that works for you and that you can carve out some quiet time just for you
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Blogging has been a great therapy. I love reading about travel and all the poetry. I also love completing challenges, writing things I probably would never write. I have a lot of activities to keep me busy, actually some like Zentangles, is relaxing. Thank you for the advice.
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I’m glad those things help 😊 I really enjoy the challenges as well because they help inspire me to do more or try new things!
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Definitely! I would never have thought to write all that I have except for these challenges.
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It is a big reason why I started blogging… It kept me busy 😊
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Inspiring and a blizzard scene to boot. It’s mostly alternative medicine for me!
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That is so great! I love alternative medicine and therapies. It’s just how I was raised so it makes sense. Txx so much Hal! 🌟😊🌟
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Just wanted you to know that I accidentally erased your comment on my blog. So sorry. I hit the wrong word. Sigh. The one on the test for the virus. I can’t figure out how to get it back. So again, sorry about that.
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Oh no worries!! Txx for letting me know 😊 I’ve had the darndest time with even getting back to comments at times and probably half of them I haven’t even seen the replies to on other pages. Txx again! 😊😊😊
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Thanks for the journey into images. re Today’s shot 165, I like the little mushroom sitting in a sea of mosses? And the 2-leaf plant (?)behind it is, almost posing as a guardian of our wild places so much under threat.
Your haiku: Mystical cottage / Enchanted fairy’s delight / Stop by for some tea
brought to mind a haiku Matsuo Basho used to invite his poet friend Yamaguchi Sodo to come for a poetry visit. And, of course, for a cup of tea. He named his hut a name an his his essay about the hut is considered the first outstanding example of haibun literature. … It is called “the Genjuan,” or “Hut of the Phantom Dwelling.”
Basho’s invitational haiku as translated by Gabi Grave is:
Come listen / to the sound of the bagworm! / my grass hut
Cheers, Ray Rasmussen
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Hi Ray,
Thank you so much!! I love how you saw the two-leaf plant 🌱 standing behind as a guardian. 😇 I enjoyed looking more into Basho and I find his work so captivating. I didn’t know about his friend who he would invite over for poetry and tea. What wonderful visits those must have been!! What he considered a hut, I’d call “a place to never leave”. It looks enchanting. Thank you so much for stopping by and I have also enjoyed my visit to your publications!
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All the best, Beth
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That’s main lobby entrance is a cute and clever idea!☕️☕️☕️💗💗💗🍃
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☕️ Thank you muchly!! 😃 ☕️
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Nice to meet you Thelma, Beth, I’m glad you stopped by my blog as I might have missed out on your on going story … Laura 🤗
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I’m glad you stopped by! Glad to be connected in blogland, and nice to meet you Laura! 🌟😊🌟
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You have some clever subtitles to organize your blog. Thanks for the follow.
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🌟Thank you, I’m so glad
you stopped by! 😊🌟
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I love everything about this page, Beth/Thela. The photo at the top drew me in to start. The great story about your education and quest for learning thrilled this educator’s heart. And finally your story of dreams and the nameless you. I always have one of them. She is usually in some kind of deep trouble or solving mysteries, driving, walking on cliffs, or abandoned houses. But she is always me/not me. I love that your other me has a name. Mine hasn’t told me hers. 🙂
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Thank you so much, and that’s great that you have the mysterious dream woman that is also you.
I wish you luck in finding her name, if she would be named 😊
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That’s fun. Your page is adorable and just draws people in. Some of them might like to know this, but there’s something to be said for mystery, too. 🙂
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True, some mystery is nice! 😊
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Love your mystical outlook on Nature and Life. 🙂
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🌟Thank you! 😊🌟
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Hi Beth, Thank you for reading my post. I am now ancient and forever grateful for my life and Mother Nature. I’m a Humanist and am fascinated by people and what makes them tick. May you continue to live in good health and enjoy your chosen path. Best wishes for Christmas and 2021. xx
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🌟Thank you so much for visiting! I enjoyed your post and the food quotes. I wish you a blessed Season and
New Year! 😊🌟
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Awesome!
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Hi Beth, really enjoying your site so far and looking forward to following future posts. Thanks so much for visiting and following my site. Best, Bruce
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Hi Bruce! I enjoyed my visit and I’m glad you stopped by! All the Best to you as well 😊
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What a lovely site!
Thanks for the follow.
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Thank you!! I’m so glad you stopped by! 😊🙏😊
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