I started the Camino with a very clear purpose:
to find myself and overcome my fears.
After a year and a half of breaking my whole life apart, closing cycles, leaving behind what no longer did me good, and rebuilding myself from scratch, I needed a turning point.
A before and an after.
And that \u201cafter\u201d began with a backpack, a pair of boots\u2026 and one crazy idea: bringing a mini DJ deck with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, a mini DJ deck and a Bluetooth speaker. I went alone, but I was never so accompanied. Playing music every day became a ritual. In the big cities I\u2019d make a small move on social media: There were stages when I didn\u2019t have the strength for even one more step, especially in the final kilometres. And then came a day, one of those that breaks something open inside you, when I found myself crying not from tiredness, but because I understood I had abandoned a part of myself for too long. The Camino is the Camino of life: After 33 days, I reached the Plaza del Obradoiro. Even today I find it hard to fully take in everything I lived through. This journey gave me learning, confidence, courage, Buen Camino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I started the Camino with a very clear purpose:to find myself and overcome my fears.After a year and a half of breaking my whole life apart, closing cycles, leaving behind what no longer did me good, and rebuilding myself from scratch, I needed a turning point.A before and an after.And that \u201cafter\u201d began with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729],"tags":[730],"class_list":["post-17179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pilgrim-stories","tag-un-relato-al-dia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminodesantiagofrances.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Because my purpose wasn\u2019t just to walk:
it was to bring my music together with my process, with my changes, to create something that moved me from within and, along the way, share it with the pilgrims<\/a><\/strong> I crossed paths with.
That crazy idea gave me one more reason to get up every morning, even on the hardest days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By myself.
By nature.
By the wonderful people the Camino Frances<\/a><\/strong> gives you, who end up becoming family without you ever looking for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first I felt very self-conscious about it.
It was the pilgrims themselves who encouraged me, and who even offered to talk to bars and venues so I could DJ at the stops.
And that\u2019s where I discovered a strength I had kept hidden for a long time:
confidence in myself.
The kind that stayed buried and struggled to come out.
But as the days went by, through the hardships, the pain, and the emotion of the Camino\u2026 it woke up again.
And it reminded me that I can achieve whatever I set my mind to, even with shaking legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d post a video, ask for help, and within hours someone would find me a venue.
A place with a big deck, good speakers\u2026 and always plenty of people ready to celebrate life.
Pilgrims, locals, curious onlookers would all join in\u2026
And every night ended surrounded by thanks, hugs, and people telling me that my music had given them exactly what they needed.
I just played the songs; the Camino did the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stages when I cried, when I doubted, when I thought I wouldn\u2019t make it.
But my desire to create a beautiful moment for the pilgrims always pushed me a little further.
Music was my fuel.
The Camino, my teacher and my liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there, in the middle of a trail, I forgave her.
And I got her back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with its hardships, its gifts, its shadows and its light.
It breaks you down and puts you back together.
It takes away what\u2019s excess and gives you back what\u2019s essential.
It shows you the truth and puts you face to face with your greatest fears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it wasn\u2019t only the Yasmina who left home that arrived:
the Yasmina who arrived was full of confidence, calm, and certainty.
The one who no longer looks outside for what she already has within.
The one who walked through her fears.
The one who danced through her wounds.
The one who understood that true companionship begins within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because this journey was, without a doubt,
the journey of my life.
I feel I\u2019ve grown in ways that usually take years.
That my purpose as a DJ can go as far as I decide to take it.
And that so many other things in my life can too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and beautiful people who will always be part of my story.
I hope to turn this into a way of life.
I hope to come back next year and keep walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYasmina Mart\u00ednez Iglesias<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Instagram: santa.gertrudiss<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"