It takes a village...
Temple isn't built around the idea that a few people create an experience for everyone else.
It's built around participation.
Our facilitators bring decades of experience and generously share their knowledge. Our kitchen crew nourishes the village. Musicians lead songs. Bodyworkers offer healing. Volunteers keep things running. Parents care for children. Artists create beauty. And every woman who walks through the gates contributes something simply by showing up as herself.
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Some women teach. Some listen. Some ask thoughtful questions. Some lend a hand. Some make a new friend feel welcome. Some spend an afternoon in quiet reflection.
It all matters.
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What we're creating isn't just a five-day event. We're practicing another way of being together. One where relationships matter more than performance, where contribution matters more than consumption, and where community is something we all help build.
That's what we mean when we say Temple is a village.
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We use the word village a lot. We don't mean that we're recreating some idealized version of the past. We simply mean that, for a few days, we practice living a little differently. We eat together. We learn from one another. We care for children collectively. We contribute where we can. We rest when we need to. We spend enough time together that strangers become familiar. It's a small taste of the kind of community many of us wish existed more often in ordinary life.​
Kids & Girls Camp
Children (ages 0-15) are welcome to join TOB through enrollment in our Kids & Girls Camp.
Boys under the age of 6 are welcome.
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Babies & Mama's Lounge ​​(0-18 months) is a fully equipped and dedicated place always open for mamas with babies to come and rest, breastfeed, nap, get support from our doula team and have a dedicated space to slow down and be nourished.
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Kids Camp (ages 18mos-6 years) offers 7 hours of professionally staffed childcare each day, providing a safe and creative environment for little ones while allowing mamas to fully participate in workshops, rituals, and yoga. This ensures a clear and intentional space for the depth of programming while giving mothers the freedom to drop in, connect, and receive.
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Guided by wise and caring mentors, Girls Camp (ages 7-13) will weave together play, storytelling, creativity, and embodied practices that support young women in stepping into their strength, confidence, and self-expression. Through ritual, nature connection, and shared experience, they will be invited into deeper self-awareness while being supported in a community of peers and elders who see them, honor them, and celebrate their journey.
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Affinity Spaces:​
Within the Temple of Belonging, affinity spaces are offered as places of resonance, held by the greater collective of community members. They are not designed to separate the community, but to allow certain lived experiences to gather in a smaller circle for a time. In a gathering devoted to belonging, we recognize that belonging often grows through both shared humanity and shared story.
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Affinity spaces invite people who share a particular identity or life experience to sit together in a more intimate way, to cultivate coherence and safety within smaller, identity-based nodes within the whole. These spaces allow conversations that may be harder to have in the full gathering. They can create room for honesty, relief, laughter, grief, and recognition that arises when people do not have to explain the ground they stand on, with the intention of creating more connection to all identities, not less.
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Throughout the Temple, trusted community members will host dedicated affinity spaces, including a space for BIPOC sisters, lovingly held by Graciela, Sah’Rah, and fellow Ladies of the Light organizers, as well as queer space and spaces for new mothers. These circles are offered as optional sanctuaries for reflection, support, and connection among those who share these lived experiences.
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The intention is care within a living ecosystem. Different plants thrive in different soil conditions. When those conditions are honored, the entire forest becomes more resilient.
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Affinity spaces are one of the ways we practice an integral approach to belonging. We recognize that each person arrives shaped by history, culture, family, body, and circumstance. Making space for those realities allows the larger field of the Temple to become more honest, more compassionate, and more whole.
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TOB Spa & Healing Arts Sanctuary
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A sanctuary within the sanctuary.
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We are beyond thrilled to offer a full-service healing arts spa, a space devoted entirely to nourishment, restoration, and deep renewal. Whether you’re craving the grounding touch of expert bodywork, the subtle recalibration of acupuncture, or the soul-deep replenishment of energy healing, our team of seasoned, heart-centered practitioners is here to support you.
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This is our devotion offering living temple of care. A place where your body is honored, your nervous system is tended to, and your spirit is given space to breathe, soften, and receive.
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What You’ll Find in the Spa & Healing Arts Sanctuary:
A Full Lineup of Healing Practitioners – Massage, acupuncture, bodywork, energy healing, and more, offered by some of the most gifted hands in the field.
The Spa Lounge – A self-care oasis where you can sip tea, unwind, and indulge in DIY spa treatments.
Pop-Up Workshops – Mini-immersions in holistic wellness, beauty, and self-care, offered by experts in the field.
A Space to Slow Down – Step away from the movement of the gathering and drop into a realm of quiet restoration.
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This is your invitation to not just experience the gathering, but to let it deeply support you. To balance the depth of the work with moments of pure receiving. To allow yourself to be held, touched, and replenished in the way you deserve.
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Come take a breath. Sink in. This space was made for you.
The Temple of Belonging Marketplace
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A living marketplace of makers, artisans, and medicine women offering handcrafted goods infused with heart, tradition, and intention. This space exists to uplift women owned businesses, with care toward BIPOC and local creators rooted in our bioregion.
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All weekend, the Marketplace hums with pottery, textiles, herbal remedies, ritual tools, art, adornments, books, and handmade creations. Each offering carries a story. Each exchange supports a living vision.
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We also welcome a small number of food and beverage partners to nourish the community throughout the weekend.
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Meals and Nourishment:​
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At The Temple of Belonging, food is not just fuel, but as medicine, communion, and a sacred act of care. We believe that nourishment is an essential part of the healing process, and we honor the bodies of the women who gather here by offering meals that are deeply intentional, vibrant, and crafted with love.
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Three times a day, we gather to eat, to receive, and to be nourished, together. Our meals are designed to be organic, nutrient-dense, and deeply satisfying, free from gluten and dairy, with thoughtful consideration for modern allergens and food sensitivities. Every bite is an offering, prepared with reverence for the land, the farmers, and the hands that bring it to life.
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We also proudly serve high-quality animal protein at least once per day, honoring the ancestral wisdom of balance and sustenance.
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At the heart of this nourishment are our brilliant head chefs, Adrienne Hasler and Aleya Burg, whose artistry in the kitchen transforms each meal into an experience of belonging. Their culinary vision ensures that every woman who sits at our table is not just fed—but truly nourished, tended to, and held.
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Because here, is part of the ritual, part of the medicine, part of what makes this gathering so deeply whole and totally nourishing!
We will be lovingly fed by Head Chefs Adrienne Hasler and Aleya Love
The Land That Holds Us: Camp Colton
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In 2025, The Temple of Belonging returns to the pristine, soul-stirring lands of Camp Colton, nestled in the heart of Colton, Oregon. This is no ordinary venue—this is a place of reverence, renewal, and deep belonging.
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Impeccably stewarded, Camp Colton offers a rare blend of untamed beauty and rustic-modern comfort—a landscape that invites both expansiveness and intimacy. With over 40 acres of wild land to explore, this sacred space allows us to fully immerse ourselves in nature while still enjoying the ease of well-crafted amenities.
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What Awaits You at TOB:
Towering Cedars & Sacred Waterways – Two lively creeks, a hidden waterfall, and scenic bridges offering breathtaking views
Community Camping Areas – Ample space to set up your nest, commune with the land, and rest under the stars
A Beautifully Remodeled Sanctuary – The heart of our gathering, where rituals, workshops, and deep connection unfold
Cabin Rentals & Cozy Lodges – Sheltered spaces for those who prefer extra comfort
A Dedicated Kids Camp Lodge – A warm, welcoming space for our young ones to play, learn, and belong
Beautiful Dining Hall & Kitchen – The hearth of our nourishment, where intentional, high-quality meals are lovingly prepared
Modern Amenities – Access to power, water, and bathrooms for all attendees, ensuring ease and accessibility
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This land holds us. It provides the perfect harmony of nature’s wildness and the simple luxuries that allow us to fully drop in, exhale, and receive.
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It is an honor to return to Camp Colton, who are truly great stewards of this land, to be held by its trees, its waters, and its sacred stillness. We cannot wait to gather here once more—feet on the earth, hearts open, spirits connected.
​Honoring Our Village
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The Temple of Belonging is a dynamic dance of care, hilarity, support and depth!
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We have so many facets that we get to explore and share here, from integration care teams to a tattoo parlor to pop-up workshops and more!
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It takes many hands and we have been dedicated to creating a space that is as dynamic as who we are:)