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thegivingcypress
Nov 27, 202311 min read
Giving Back To The Land: Decolonizing Forest Therapy
Having Honest Conversations about Settler Colonialism, Healing, and the Wellness Industry I am a settler: What is Settler Colonialism?...
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thegivingcypress
Mar 31, 202311 min read
Access Intimacy in Nature: Accessing Care through Direct Experiences
In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, we share a series of stories that portray what true access intimacy is and the lesson that...
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thegivingcypress
Dec 1, 202213 min read
Exploring the Forest through Protactile: The DeafBlind Way
Co-authored by Summer Crider, Hayley Broadway, and Jessica Ennis, with participation of DeafBlind co-navigators Kim Powers, Riss Leitzke,...
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thegivingcypress
Jul 29, 20228 min read
StoryWeaving: Co-Navigating with Disabled Bodies
Article written by Summer Crider and Meredith Burke StoryWeaving: Co-Navigating with Disabled Bodies: Part 1 In the beginning of my newly...
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thegivingcypress
Apr 30, 20225 min read
Navigating Our Edges: Partnership Guiding in Silence
In Nature, disability is merely a social construction and using silence in Forest Therapy can help us look deep inside ourselves, past...
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There is no greater agony than
bearing an untold story inside you.
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-Maya Angelou
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