Jeffrey Keefer, PhD, is The Contemplative Walking Guide. A chaplain and professor of research methodology at New York University, he is also a nonprofit consultant and a certified forest therapy practitioner. He has walked the Camino de Santiago 7 times, now leads contemplative walking retreats along its routes in France, and leads the Rewilding the Soul EcoSpirituality Certificate at Cherry Hill Seminary.

Jeffrey Keefer, PhD, is The Contemplative Walking Guide. A chaplain and professor of research methodology at New York University, he is also a nonprofit consultant and a certified forest therapy practitioner. He has walked the Camino de Santiago 7 times, now leads contemplative walking retreats along its routes in France, and leads the Rewilding the Soul EcoSpirituality Certificate at Cherry Hill Seminary.

Through his Substack, Contemplative Walking, he shares one simple practice each Monday that people can take on an ordinary walk, including Earth-Based Lectio Divina, his adaptation of a 12th-century monastic practice for reading the living world. His work helps busy people slow down and reconnect with nature on the walks they already take.