"Feet moving loosens the mind, opens the heart, encourages the voice."
“The length of his walk uniformly made the length of his writing. If shut up in the house, he did not write at all.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some years back, after a period of life where I was bedridden from a serious car accident, I re-discovered the art of walking. The gift of an accident tends to remind us of those things we most take for granted, like our legs and the pleasure of a walk with no other purpose than to wander.
While wandering around was initially a form of physical therapy, I began to discover how much walking tended to loosen the shackles of the mind…
Lederach, John Paul. “La Escuela Ambulante: Thoughts on Walking, Learning, and Teaching.” Apprenticeship Program (blog), February 23, 2009.
Reflections on the signing of the Colombian Peace Agreement, informed from practitioner experience and scholarly research.
A tribute written in honor of Rosa Jiménez Ahumada, a peacebuilder who committed her lift to building a more peaceful and just world through peace education, research, and practice.
The first of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.