The Wild Cypress

Offerings

Healing in our language

For Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and hard of hearing people, signing families, and future guides. Retreats and training held fully in ASL.

Deaf-Centered Retreats

Welcome home.

Retreats held fully in ASL for the Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, and hard of hearing community, where sign language is the working language rather than the accommodation. Hearing signers are welcome, families with signing children are welcome, with the understanding that this is a Deaf space.

Here, you don’t have to translate yourself.

An illustrated Florida forest of tall trees hung with Spanish moss, with a yellow circle at its center showing two hands signing.

Guide Training

Wildflowers Cohort, a six-month certification with a 4 day immersion.

In partnership with

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An ANFT Nature and Forest Therapy guide certification taught entirely in American Sign Language, and as far as we know the only one of its kind.

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Nature Retreats

A few days in the wild together

Multi-day retreats held fully in ASL, in natural places like Wildflowers Meadows in Florida and Aspen Camp in Colorado. Our retreats are normally between 2-6 days long, enough to allow us to transition and relax in Nature. A day might begin with a silent forest walk, move through yoga, herbalism workshops, shared meals, and end with drumming around the fire.

Upcoming Retreats

In their words.

“Touching and exploring things with Summer, I learned how to overcome my fear and allowed myself to open up to more experiences.”
— Kelly M., DeafBlind participant