Pieter Geldenhuys – also known as PG Geldenhuys – facilitates hikes and retreats in South Africa and abroad to help you turn your focus inward, through his business Shoshin Walks. He’s also learnt that big shifts come from having a beginner’s mindset. 

PG’s adventurous spirit is infectious. He shares his travel tales and his philosophy with hiking and being in nature. In this productive conversation, we also discuss meditative walks, writing novels, cliches – and observing ducks. 

Talking Points

• What is Shoshin?
• The power of meditative walks
• Navigating uncertainty 
• How writing badly helped PG write a novel
• Lessons learnt from completing the Camino de Santiago
• PG’s group tours that include the Inca trail and Kilimanjaro

Quote

"Structure will set you free."

Helpful Links

• ‘Offsides’ by PG Geldenhuys
• The Way (2010)
• ‘Four Thousand Weeks’ by Oliver Burkeman
• Multiplicity (1996)
• About Time (2013)
• Shoshin Walks
• PG’s LinkedIn
• Shoshin Walks Facebook

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