AN INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEY IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS
The Women's Heritage Walk is a life-affirming trek inspired by the worldwide history of women who walked to feed their families, bring water to the villages, trade goods and services, and migrate to safer, more hospitable lands. Women have been on the move for centuries, often reacting to the weather, food, and resources.
Established in 2015, the Women's Heritage Walk is an unrivaled multi-layered experience for women. It is rooted in the belief that women empower each other, their families, communities, and themselves through growth, learning, and pushing their limits.
Preparation begins three months in advance with a curated program to prepare walkers mentally and physically for an arduous, exciting adventure. This experiential journey captivates all the senses and enhances each woman's physical strength and internal fortitude while enhancing an individual path forward in personal health and wellness.
This adventure allows walkers to immerse themselves authentically in the local country's cultural heritage. Daily programs stimulate a more profound understanding of our foremothers' life experiences and offer a new appreciation for the habits and customs borne from the hardships of early life.
Participants forge deeper bonds with themselves and each other through physical, mental, and emotional development. Shared hardships endured with common goals create lifelong attachments, increase mutual understanding, widen tolerance parameters, heighten mutual respect, and reinforce shared values. Once accomplished, it accentuates individual strengths and potential more fully.
This transformational endeavor impacts the Walkers and their network of friends, family, colleagues, and community members. Each person learns vicariously from the participant's persistence, perseverance, lifestyle changes, growth, reinvigoration, and heightened knowledge.
Each year brings a new adventure and opportunity to connect as we endeavor to obtain the most up-to-date research to augment and improve upon the four pillars of Culture and Heritage, Health and wellness, Strength and Leadership, and Community Connection.
We employ an overarching approach encompassing all human needs. We focus on physical and mental health, joy and balance in relationships, and spiritual and intellectual curiosity.
Along with her in-country cultural experts, Jody continues to develop a modern and ever-growing tribe of a global 'sisterhood.'
The Women’s Heritage Walk is a tribute to the splendid histories of countries we visit, their rites, and traditions. We seek out and curate historic routes and infuse them with authentic folklore tracing back to the frequent journeys made by women in support of their families and communities. Building cultural intelligence is at the core of the Walk. Participants engage in unique cross-cultural dialogues while walking and learn from each other while embedded in the daily rhythm of a country.
Two months of physical, health, and wellness training build stamina among our walkers. The arduous training program promotes positive lifestyle changes and encourages relational, vocational, and spiritual awareness. This experience is not only for those training and completing the challenge. Family, friends, co-workers, and anyone connected to a walker will benefit vicariously. By watching their transformation, giving encouragement, and experiencing their difficulties and pride of accomplishment - everyone benefits.
In our technologically connected world, we are more disconnected from people than ever. The Women’s Heritage Walk provides an opportunity to learn about women from other countries. Proximity, shared hardships, and kindness creates an atmosphere of understanding and acceptance. The Walk forges an incredible sisterhood as they motivate each other in hard times, laugh heartily, and share the same vision of connectivity, adaptability, and tolerance.
Individual strength is built from the inside - out and begins the moment we step away from our comfort zone. To lead others, peers, and bosses, one needs to lead oneself best. Self-awareness is required to this end, and this Walk helps us with this self-discovery. When limitations are tested and fears overcome, participants learn they can negotiate obstacles and unleash their full potential in all aspects of their personal wellness: physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.