Ep. 64 - Lessons From The Te Araroa Trail with Kiri Desborough

Kiri Desborough is a northland-based Pilates and Yoga teacher, and self-confessed 'biomechanics + physiology geek' who, in 2021, set out to complete the Te Araroa Trail - walking the length of New Zealand to raise funds and awareness for suicide prevention. Her life has been touched by tragedy and loss which you can hear in our first episode we did together, episode 37 . In this incredibly inspirational interview we hear about the highs and lows of the journey, what she carried, where she slept and everything in between. Enjoy! In This Episode We Talk About: Why Kiri was inspired to walk 3000km, the length of New Zealand, on the Te Araroa Trail Why she chose to approach the trail backwards How the North Island compared to the South Island and Kiri's favourite part of the country overall Where Kiri slept each night on the trail and the challenges she had to navigate in the process How Kiri prepared - the food, the clothing, what was in her backpack, & physical preparation What a typical day on the trail looked like, including kilometres covered Kiri's injuries on the journey Whether she found romance along the way How Kiri made it through the hardest days and how she mustered the strength to not quit What she plans to do next Her advice for anyone considering the Te Araroa Work with Anna: Check out Anna's programs & 1:1 coaching here . SELFish - enrolling now Resources: Listen to our first episode together, ep. 37 - here FarOut app (formerly GutHook) Garmin EarthMate app Local Dehy - vegan dehydrated meals Where To Find Kiri! @graceandconz Join her online Pilates classes here

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Ep. 64 - Lessons From The Te Araroa Trail with Kiri Desborough is an episode from The Full Circle Podcast by Anna Squelch.

This episode is 01:04:53 long.

This episode was published on Dec 13, 2021.

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