Skip the chaos of Black Friday and join Sydney Williams of Hiking My Feelings for a long weekend of wellness in the wilderness of Joshua Tree National Park. Participants can engage in hiking, mindfulness activities, and community connections to deepen their self-awareness and resilience, integrating nature's healing power into their daily lives.

How can the natural world inspire us to better manage stress, emotions, and mindfulness? What transformations are possible when we purposefully engage with the desert, seeing the outer wilderness as a reflection of our inner landscape?

Join Sydney Williams, author and founder of Hiking My Feelings, for a weekend of wilderness wellness at Joshua Tree National Park. This experience combines hiking, mindfulness activities, self-reflection practices, and community connection to help participants uncover a deeper connection to themselves, others, and the world around them. Our proven framework for accessing nature's healing power will empower you to cultivate resilience, self-trust, and compassion. By integrating these skills from the park into your daily life, you can reduce stress, improve your mindset, and feel connected to a more meaningful existence.

Sydney Williams: When former collegiate athlete and competitive skydiver Sydney Williams unexpectedly found herself on the receiving end of a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis while grappling with unresolved trauma from a decades-old sexual assault, she set out on a mission: turn her pain into power. After two hikes across Catalina Island via the Trans-Catalina Trail, she founded Hiking My Feelings® to help others tap into the mind-body connection and healing power of nature that helped kick her self-limiting beliefs and disease into remission.

Barry Williams: Hailing from New Hampshire, Barry grew up outdoors and has hiked most of the White Mountains and Presidential range, in addition to various walkabouts around the US. Before Hiking My Feelings, Barry was a professional skydiver for over 16 years. Combining a degree in psychology from the University of New Hampshire, his experience as an educator, and his training as a Wilderness EMT, Barry is uniquely equipped to lead hikes, facilitate educational programming, and ensure everyone’s safety outdoors at our events.

Photo credit: Barry Williams, Hiking My Feelings

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