Where the Heart Leads: Local Hikes New Zealand's Te Araroa Trail

Where the Heart Leads: Fredericksburg Local Hikes New Zealand’s Te Araroa Trail
By A.E. Bayne

July 2016, pg. 8

“Your heart is your compass.  Your mind is your tool.”  ~ Lynda Allen, Rules of Creation

In early 2015, Vicky Jasparro was working at Quantico and enjoying a full life in Fredericksburg, Virginia when she felt the first stirrings of a desire to be immersed in nature.  During that time, Jasparro was also participating in Lynda Allen’s workshop, The Rules of Creation, which Allen says is designed to help participants live more fully from their inner spark of divinity.  It inspired Jasparro to follow her heart to New Zealand’s 3,000 km Te Araroa Trail.  In September of 2015 she quit her job and jumped on a plane.  (Read more...)