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Una Cunningham, Professor emerita, Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University

Want to walk the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage? Leave your phone at home

The yellow shell symbol that marks the path of the Camino de Santiago. Armando Oliveira/Shutterstock

Pilgrimage offers a chance to disengage from the everyday and think deeply about what is important. Leaving home and spending some time on the move with no concerns other than putting one foot in front of the other can be life-changing.

Pilgrimage has been described as a liminal experience, which means you are neither at home nor at your destination, caught between two existential levels. Many people return home feeling transformed.

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