MINDFUL ADVENTURES · EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGOEight days to a new relationship with stress.
El Camino de Santiago, walked as an evidence-based practice.
An immersive beginning, or a deliberate return
TWO WAYS TO WALK
New to the Practice
An 8-day mindfulness retreat on the ancient pilgrim path. Take the fastest, most immersive way into a practice that holds.
Deepening your Practice
A practice refresh and a new challenge further along El Camino. Meet yourself where you are now, and notice what arises along the path.
Whichever path fits, no experience is required — you do not need to be a meditator, and you do not need to be a hiker.
Five routes, graded to anchor your wellbeing
CHOOSE YOUR ROUTE
Every Mindful Adventures route walks a different stretch of El Camino de Santiago — chosen to match where you are in your practice, not just how far you want to go.
Developing the Practice
Lay the foundation for sustainable wellbeing with the proven mindfulness based stress reduction program (MBSR). Walk iconic sections of El Camino while developing awareness of what you're carrying, and practice meeting your life rather than reacting to it.
Tier 1 Trips:
Deepening Your Skills
With the basics under your belt, these journeys invite you to stretch your skills. Walk through the heart of timeless Spanish landscapes, facing challenges in community, and finding center each time the path pulls you from it.
Tier 2 Trips:
Embodying Resilience
Inhabit your practice in real time: meeting quiet moments with ease and responding to others without losing yourself. The inner stillness you embody on the trail becomes the way you meet your life long after Santiago.
Tier 3 Trips:
Your Guide: Robin Patino
Robin walked her first Camino in 2010, exploring the land of her ancestors on foot and connecting with her grandfather's birthplace in Galicia. She wrote about the journey in her book, Do You Think You Will Break?, and began guiding Mindful Adventures in 2013, supporting others through El Camino's transformative journey.
A Qualified MBSR Teacher (Brown University) and RYT-500 yoga educator, Robin has taught mindfulness, yoga and psychospiritual development since 2009.
Every route, she walks herself. Every day's practice, she leads in person. For all eight days, you're not walking alone.
Tell us a little about where you are on the path. We'll help you choose the right route.