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Mar 04 2016

Camping Plus Yoga For Women

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Summer McCreless is a wife and mom who once worked as an Outward Bound instructor. Ashley Baker is a yoga instructor and 13-year practitioner of yoga.

Time in nature has always been important to both women, who were casual friends through yoga, local foods and other events in the Shoals area of northwest Alabama.

One day, Summer realized she had to get outside into the woods again.

Camping + Yoga for Women with Summer McCreless and Ashley Baker, guests on episode 8 of the Discover Grow Shinecast, a podcast to help along your path to health, wealth, wisdom and a happy life. "I was feeling very fulfilled with my children, my husband, my farm, but this part of me that needs nature was diminishing." quote by Summer McCreless in interview for this episode. Image size 810px x 450px

As Summer explains it: “I was feeling very fulfilled with my children, my husband, my farm, but this part of me that needs nature was diminishing.”

She called Ashley and said, “Can you go hiking with me tomorrow.”

They set out for the Sipsey Wilderness the next day, in the Bankhead National Forest in north Alabama and that experience led them to develop a program to offer camping and yoga outings for women.

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Camping + Yoga for Women with Summer McCreless and Ashley Baker, guests on episode 8 of the Discover Grow Shinecast, a podcast to help along your path to health, wealth, wisdom and a happy life.

Next Trip

Summer and Ashley have scheduled the next trip, a one-night outing, for April 9-10, 2016 at Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve near Tuscumbia. That’s in the Shoals area of Northwest Alabama, just south of the Tennessee River.

If you’re into history and culture, you could plan a longer stay in Florence and visit many of the amazing attractions. I’ll do a separate blog post on that.

You’ll need to register in March, in time to attend the preliminary meet-and-greet in Florence, Alabama where you’ll find out what equipment you need and help plan the meals for this overnight outing.

What to Expect

In the podcast, Ashley and Summer give lots of details about what to expect on their trips, including the April 2016 overnight trip to Cane Creek Canyon. As soon as I have time this weekend, I’ll extend the blog post to provide some of those details in written form. For now, I need to plant tomatoes!

Connect with Summer and Ashley

April 2016 Camping + Yoga Event Page on Facebook

Ashley Baker Yoga

Website: AshleyBakerYoga.com

Facebook Page: Ashley Baker Yoga

Instagram: Ashley Baker Yoga

Summer McCreless / Mothering Herbs

Website: Mothering Herbs (coming soon)

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Camping + Yoga for Women with Summer McCreless and Ashley Baker, guests on episode 8 of the Discover Grow Shinecast, a podcast to help along your path to health, wealth, wisdom and a happy life. "Everything that you think was important before you stepped into the woods is no longer important when you're in this vastness of nature." Quote by Ashley Baker from the interview.

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I asked Summer McCreless to give me several of her favorite nature quotes. I’ve created a series of graphics using these quotes. Here are a couple and I’ll be adding more in a separate blog post. I hope you’ll share them! Be please don’t remove the Shinecast.tv or Discover Grow Shinecast logo. Photos by Sheree Martin.

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Camping + Yoga for Women with Summer McCreless and Ashley Baker, guests on episode 8 of the Discover Grow Shinecast, a podcast to help along your path to health, wealth, wisdom and a happy life. "Everything that you think was important before you stepped into the woods is no longer important when you're in this vastness of nature." Quote by Ashley Baker from the interview.

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Camping + Yoga for Women with Summer McCreless and Ashley Baker, guests on episode 8 of the Discover Grow Shinecast, a podcast to help along your path to health, wealth, wisdom and a happy life.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Edward Abbey

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Written by Sheree Martin · Categorized: Discover Grow Shinecast, Health, Nature, Outdoor Recreation · Tagged: camping, Health, hiking, Nature, yoga

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