Though as hindsight is 2020 (some pun intended),  my personal family history and this area’s history was making itself known in my body.  In learning about the area during and after the trip, I am not surprised I felt this deeply. 

See, I knew I was home in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The few times I have traveled into them in the last few years. I would feel my whole body relax and my pelvic floor soften as I rounded the first corner heading up into them.