It all started with a trip to Colorado…

Our founder Brandi, took a trip to Colorado where she experienced her first hike as an adult. After facing thin crisp fall air as she endured a challenging yet exhilarating hike, she desired to explore hiking when she returned back home to Philly. 

A vision became reality…

Two years passed and the idea of hiking re-entered Brandi’s mind as she neared the end of her dual masters degree in Health Administration and Health Education. After receiving zero results while searching for a hiking group in her hometown Philly, she polled her Instagram friends to determine if a women’s hiking group was of interest. To her surprise, Brandi received a resounding HEAL YES and she curated free monthly hike programming in March 2019. 

The hive starts to grow...

The hive grew quickly from 5 women showing up for our first hike to over 50 by the 4th hike. Brandi’s passion for wellness led to expanding with intentional collaborations with local women owned businesses, wellness practitioners and healers. Each collaboration allowed them to share their gifts and expertise during the mindfulness breaks as part of our signature healing hikes. 

Heal Hun was born and the hive swarmed…

The first Heal Hun Retreat took place in March to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of Hike+Heal. Five days later the world shut down and the community realized how important that time was needed before a global pandemic. 

After months of isolation and civil unrest, Brandi felt the need to hike for those that could not. The silent Hike Protest was organized to represent the lives that have been taken due to police brutality. The hive came together the weekend of Juneteenth for a day of unity. 

Throughout the lockdown of 2020, Brandi offered weekly virtual community check-ins during an unknown time filled with fears, lay-offs, mental health battles and the list goes on. After a year of curating a safe space to cultivate dialogue, promote overall wellness and keep the hive connected, a digital membership was evident. The Heal Hun membership has served as a healing sanctuary for women to thrive, evolve and support their overall wellness with a holistic approach. 

Where we’re headed…

Five impactful years, 7 wellness retreats, and over 100 hikes and wellness events later, we are taking the next step to reach the pinnacle of our 5 year goal. The bridge between our in person activations and digital community has finally been constructed. 

We graciously present The Hive: an annual dues based organization designed to provide all of your hiking and healing needs along with a community platform to stay connected, develop a deeper relationship with self and gain a new hiking Hunny simultaneously! 

In the near future, we will branch out to our nationwide and global communities. For now, we invite our Philly, neighboring counties and tri-state area residents to take this next step with us. We are ecstatic and grateful to reach this milestone with your support, enthusiasm and adoration for Hike+Heal!