The WIld Cypress

05/14/2026

🌼 Loving Yourself Is ReWilding Yourself

This past month reminded me that self-love is not always about routines, discipline, or having everything figured out.

Sometimes, loving yourself means becoming untethered, wandering. Traveling 🌎
Taking a break from survival mode.
Letting go of fear, judgment, comparison, and overworking.
Remembering that you belong to yourself first.

Moving from nomad life to homestead life has been a difficult transition. I’ve been trying to build a life in a chaotic economy, survive with a niche business, and find belonging in a hearing, able-bodied world.

But travel reminds me that I am still wild.
Still soft.
Still becoming.

Loving myself is taking breaks from surviving and allowing the journey to lead me back home to myself.

I’m incredibly grateful for the ability to travel, to see beautiful places, to connect with beautiful people, and to remember that life is not only about surviving. Thank you, humans and more than human world for accompanying me on this journey.

Gratitude to the land protectors, Huetar peoples of Costa Rica and Cheyenne, Arapho, and Utes for protecting the land I travel on.

[ID: A carousel of photos from my personal journey: me hugging myself with tenderness, a sketch of my original logo, a peaceful Costa Rica landscape, me at the beach wearing a hat, the red rocks of Colorado, and a candid weary traveler face. Together, these images reflect self-love, wandering, exhaustion, beauty, nature, and the journey of rewilding myself.]

05/08/2026

🍂 Why do we retreat?
Because somewhere many of us lost connection to our core. We move too fast. We scroll. We hurry. We forget to pause.

That’s why we re-edited this Retreat video to show little moments of reflection for busy hearts and minds. 🌲
Each member of our retreat team shares about the importance of staying connected to our core. Without the core, the pinecone cannot exist.
……
Without community, we feel alone. ………….
Without nature, we become disconnected and out of balance.

The Holistic Nature Retreat was created from the belief that healing happens when we reconnect—to ourselves, to each other, and to the natural world around us. 💚

✨ One week left of Early Bird Pricing!Registration is currently $900, and after this Friday, pricing increases to $1,000.

📍 Aspen Camp, Colorado📅 September 3–7, 2026

We can’t wait to gather with you this fall at Aspen Camp. 🌿

👉 Register and more info, link in and bio.

05/07/2026

🌿✨ My first international Forest Bathing session… in Costa Rica 🇨🇷✨🌿

This experience brought me so much joy. I had the honor of guiding a forest therapy walk in the cloud forests near San Ramón, where we explored the stream of consciousness and co-existing with the wild world.

Together, we wandered into mysterious ravines, followed tiny streams disappearing into the earth, discovered tropical fruits growing from the land (including a beautiful soursop that greeted me while scouting 🌱), and witnessed one of the most breathtaking sunsets I’ve ever seen—pink and orange clouds rolling over the mountains toward the Pacific.

There was something deeply healing about slowing down enough to listen to the land… to let the forest guide the experience.

I also visited two retreat centers which opened my imagination to future possibilities for offering more forest bathing and nature-based experiences internationally 🌎🌿

Feeling incredibly grateful for this chapter, the people I’ve met, and the reminder that nature speaks every language. 🍃



ID: Scenic cloud forest mountains in Costa Rica during sunset with pink-orange skies over the Pacific horizon, a tea ceremony overlooking the hills, a hanging green soursop fruit among tropical leaves, and colorful tropical flowers surrounding the landscape.

05/06/2026

Yay! We're going to present about Nature, Relationships, and Well Being at the National Association of the Deaf - NAD conference this summer! Who's going??

Nature, Relationships, and Wellbeing: Connecting through Forest Bathing, presented by Summer Crider, at the 58th Biennial National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Conference. Image includes a presenter headshot with NAD and RID/ACET logos. Visit nad.org/sf26/workshops for full listings and CEU details.

05/04/2026

🌿 Who's teaching "Forest Yoga" virtually tonight?

Keri Brooks is a yoga teacher (RYT-500), founder of Deaf Soul Yoga , and a newly certified ANFT Forest Therapy Guide.
We’re bringing an even deeper layer to our work—blending yoga with forest therapy for a truly immersive, nature-based experience.

Through movement, breath, and visual language, Keri’s teaching invites you to slow down, tune in, and truly feel your practice.

Curious to experience “forest yoga” for yourself?�Follow her journey on Instagram — and even better…
🌅 Join us for our sunset Forest Yoga session this evening.�

Trust us, trust the forest… you won’t regret it.


tinyurl.com/forestyoga

05/04/2026

Who's joining us tonight for some Forest Yoga?
tinyurl.com/forestyoga

05/01/2026

🎋 May the Forest Be With You… 🌿

On May 4th, join us for a virtual Forest Yoga experience…�where movement, breath, and healing through forest therapy come together.
Summer, with , and Keri, founder of will be offering a special virtual Forest Yoga session…

This experience is designed to help you reconnect�with your body, the forest, and each other.

Think less battle… more balance.

After our session, we’ll share a glimpse into something special…�our Holistic Nature Retreat at Aspen Camp this Labor Day weekend.
So come ready to take in the forest…�and connect with your body—and each other.

🌱 May 4th — Virtual Forest Therapy at sunset (6:30 EDT)�🌲 Link in bio to join - tinyurl.com/forestyoga�✨ Rooted in connection.
💚 Love donations welcome



[flyer description: A nature-inspired flyer with a soft green watercolor forest background. At the top, bold text reads “May the Forest Be With You,” framed by pine trees and pinecones. In the center, a silhouette in tree pose stands within a lotus design, symbolizing balance and calm. Surrounding text reads “Mon. May 4” and “6:30 PM EDT.” Below, a banner says “Experience Virtual Forest Yoga,” with a registration link at the bottom: tinyurl.com/forestyoga.]