By Alisha Haridasani Gupta, Photo: Logan Lynette for The New York Times, The New York Times, July 7, 2022
For Cynthia Philips, it was the sound of bees, willows, crickets and the hum of a metallic Tibetan bowl that helped her overcome some of her anxieties.
Over Memorial Day weekend, Ms. Philips, a 64-year-old entrepreneur, drove out to a Black-owned ranch in Crawfordville, Ga. where she joined dozens of other women for a camping trip. Tents were set up under large, majestic trees and hammocks were strung about. Over two days, the women did yoga, hiked, meditated, wrote in their journals and shared their life stories with each other. They were there to heal.
Before the trip, recent events — shootings in New York and Texas, a rise in hate crimes, the reversal of abortion rights — were keeping Ms. Philips up at night. “What is happening here is so devastating and poisonous,” she said. “I have young Black nieces and nephews to worry about.”
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