WHAT IS CAMINO SONOMA
A Transformative Journey
The Camino de Sonoma is both the walk as well as the name of the organization. We are currently a volunteer-run organization that offers guided walks along the entirety of the Camino de Sonoma, walks of the six individual stages of the route, and shorter, more communal walks called Caminatas.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT?
People are marked by journey, and no type of journey is more organic to humans than those taken on foot, in faith.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT?
Walking the Camino de Sonoma can be a challenging physical endeavor. It is also a rigorous undertaking that can inspire powerful meditative, contemplative, and reflective experiences. You can expect to move and be moved by witnessing the environment through historical, religious, and cultural lenses.
We circle up at the outset of every walk. We invite each person to consider the intention with which they come to the day’s walk and we celebrate the impact that walking can have in our lives - that there is an opportunity for physical movement in our own hearts, minds, and world. We honor the desire for greater awareness, and the commitment to offer something from ourselves into a bigger work.
Each walk is designed with short, inspirited readings and a communal recognition of who and where we are, from an environmental and cultural perspective. We honor who has walked before us, acknowledge our own walk and lay the groundwork for who will walk after us.
We conclude all walks with a moment of recognition, and an opportunity to circle up again to hold space for walkers who wish to share their immediate reflections.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
Those who choose to walk the Camino de Sonoma are self-identified hikers, walkers, pilgrims, and sojourners. Paths can be physically challenging, and experience with 10-15 mile hikes is highly recommended. Uncovering the paths we are to walk is ongoing, and we aim to make them more accessible to more bodies with different abilities, and can currently offer select experiences to those with mobility issues.