Author Reading
Carolyn Scott Kortge, author of
"Healing Walks for Hard Times"
Sunday, August 22nd
2:00pm at Columbia Gorge Community College, Hood River Campus

Waucoma Bookstore is hosting author Carolyn Scott Kortge for an author reading on Sunday, August 22nd at the Columbia Gorge Community College, 1730 College Way in Hood River.  The reading will start at 2:00pm.  Kortge will be discussing her new book "Healing Walks for Hard Times".  The reading will include an introduction to the actual movement of healing walks with audience participation on the nearby Indian Creek Trail.  

About the Book
"Healing Walks for Hard Times" simplifies the steps of getting back on your feet when physical or emotional upheaval knocks you off balance. More than an exercise guide, "Healing Walks for Hard Times" acknowledges recovery not only as a physical process, but also an emotional, spiritual, and mental journey—a journey of survivorship. Weekly walk guidelines at three fitness levels allow walkers to set the pace of their own recovery with steps that restore momentum and balance. Personal stories from survivors of heart disease, depression, diabetes, cancer, accident, and grief inspire and affirm the healing power of movement.

Suffering can sometimes literally stop us in our tracks, keeping us from fully participating in our own lives and the lives of those we love. Carolyn Scott Kortge’s discovery is that an important key to joyous re-engagement with the world can be to—just as literally—get moving. If you can learn to simply start a walking practice, you’re on the road to taking back your life. Kortge offers an eight-week program for navigating your way through life’s physical, emotional, and spiritual hard times, using the healing power of movement through walking for wellness.

Within the supportive framework of this eight-week program is a way to regain a sense of balance and order, even if you’re weighed down by the lethargy and loss of control that often accompany illness, depression, or trauma. You’ll discover how to link mental focus with physical movement to create healing periods of stress release. You’ll find ways to match your steps with meditation in a way that clears a path through confusion. You’ll also learn how to use walking to redirect mental focus away from fear or stress and toward peace and renewal. This book will truly help you keep moving forward, both in good times and in tough ones.

About the Author
Carolyn Scott Kortge is an award-winning journalist, a former competitive race walker, a seasoned public speaker, and a cancer survivor. Kortge has been featured as an authority on walking for body, mind, and spirit in publications including Self Magazine, Family Circle, Woman’s Day, Cure, Health, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Bottom Line. Her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including Newsweek, Hemispheres, GEO, and Modern Maturity. Kortge also developed the Walking Well® program, which she has presented at medical centers, wellness events, survivor conferences, and health resorts and spas across the United States. She is the author of The Spirited Walker: Fitness Walking for Clarity, Balance, and Spiritual Connection. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.