Camino Therapy

[skilsaw]

Tomorrow evening I will see the Movie "The Way" for the second time. I will be in special company watching it at a mental hospital with about 100 inpatients and outpatients.

I have heard people talk of "Camino Therapy". The insight about life and the significant change that comes about from walking the Camino. For some, the Camino is just a nice, different sort of holiday. For others it is a real transformational experience.

While I expect some of the viewers to be initially inspired to walk the Camino, I doubt that any of them will be able to pull it together. I hope that the Camino can work its magic on the audience and that some will really understand Martin Scheen's experience and thereby receive some peace inside.

 

[David]

Nice post - will be interested to hear how it went - enjoy.

 

[skilsaw]

The showing of the movie "The Way" went well.
Based on the dialogue afterwards, quite a few of the viewers understood the Camino as a metaphor for life as well as Martin Sheen reconciling his relationship with his son. For others, it was a nice story of 4 strangers on a long walk becomming friends.

I asked who would like to walk the Camino, and about 20 put up their hand.

The movie evokes some precious memories for me. I accepted the emotions and let the tears flow.

David, Victoria, Canada