Dr. Katherine Echo Kim, L.Ac. ADS Forgiveness Walk | Walking Workshops | Celebrating 24 Years Integrative Stress & Pain Management | Westport, CT

50 Forgiveness Walks (In Progress) 

In October 2026, Dr. Kim began a series of 50 Forgiveness Walks. She aims to complete the walks before Jan 11, 2027, the 25th anniversary of becoming an AcuDetox Specialist. In response to 9/11, she also worked with a group of committed peace activists to co-organize the World Peace Walk, a 300-mile walk from the the World Trade Center to the Pentagon.

Why am I on a "forgiveness" walk?

• Professionally: My practice is changing and I am still seeing clients but weekly now. After nearly 25 years of treating thousands of clients in clinic, I began a walking-based, healing practice outside in nature. I am now focusing on the transformative, healing power of forgiveness. 
• Personally: I started the walks to recognize my 50th birthday and enter my 50's feeling lighter, freer, and healthier.

Why 50 walks? 50 walks is symbolic. While walking, I am reviewing the past 50 years of my life. I'm also focusing on forgiving people, situations, and events that I wish to release and no longer carry forward.

I questioned if I was too busy to do this or if it would be a good idea. I advised myself to focus on my job, patients, family, or find a funner hobby. A part of me said that this walk wouldn't matter. A more trained voice warned me: Forgiveness is a private concern. Don't expose yourself. Maintain professional boundaries. Never show people that you have personal "stuff" to forgive. 

I laced up my shoes and started walking anyway. Let's just try it. I tested it by walking my dog. Fifteen minutes into the first walk, I committed to the walk.

Other than "go on 50 walks while focused on forgiveness", I didn't have a walking route, write scripts, or have a method planned.

Soon questions emerged:

• What should I do while on 50 forgiveness walks?
• How do I forgive someone or something? What's the actual method?
• What is forgiveness? What is it not?
• Who or what do I need to forgive? Should I make a list?
• Where do I learn more about forgiveness?
• When do I know for sure if I've forgiven successfully, or partially?
• And why should I forgive?

I ordered a stack of books on forgiveness hoping they'd inspire me to walk. They've been unread for several months. I am in the process of figuring out what I know about forgiveness first, in my own way, on my schedule. For now, I am fine not knowing all the answers. I am walking to explore forgiveness and open to sharing the journey.

50 Forgiveness Walks
(Updated weekly)

1. Oct 25 2026
2. Oct 26
3. Oct 27
4. Oct 28
5. Oct 30
6. Oct 31
7. Nov 1
8. Nov 2
9. Nov 3
10. Nov 4
11. Nov 5
12. Nov 7
13. Nov 8
14. Nov 9
15. Nov 10