The Temple of Belonging Womens Collective

Have you got your ticket yet? There is very real un-ease about the state of the world, and rightly so. And with no seeming end in sight, why are we to do? When things fall apart, isolation becomes convincing. Gathering together with the intention of shared learning and evolution interrupts that story. It gives the nervous system evidence that we are still held inside something larger than our fear. As Francis Weller says, “In times of crisis, we need rituals. Rituals remind us that we are not alone.” It’s brave to gather in a time where it’s easier to position ourselves against each other. But there’s a more beautiful way, and I think we’re gonna need that way. And we continue to stay devoted to making this as accessible as we can through our participatory village model, and offering payment plans to those who need. Theres wisdom to cultivate and visions to dream when we choose to gather during the fall of an empire…. And we hope you’ll join us this year as we focus on truly cultivating regenerative kinship and bio-regional belonging for the greater good. Scholarship applications will open early summer! See you on the first full moon of Autumn! #gathering #bioregional #pnwwomen #revillaging

As more and more truth comes forward about how women have been treated for so long, it’s easy, and justified, to feel angry. As a women’s organization, we gather around a dynamic prayer that is rooted in healing. There is devotional space for rage, for repair, for the reclamation of all that women hold and have held. And also, we’ve come to see that one of the best medicines we need most is women’s joy! At TOB, we hold as much reverence for ceremony as we do for play. We need spaces to drop into deep, full-bodied prayer, as well as spaces to laugh together, to ramble, to remember what it feels like to simply be in joy together. We believe the world is asking for all of it right now, as we continue to carry the weight of a culture that has not known how to honor, protect, or truly provide for women. We will tend to these wounds. And we will not leave joy behind in the process. ❤️‍🔥 Sending deep, rooted love to all the women of the world who are feeling the weight of what is being revealed in this time. Let’s stay close to each other.

Temple has grown and breathed a lot a village, explore unimaginable beauty and kinship, as well as meeting the edges and needs of community as we go. But something we have learned is that we need each other to hold integrity within the village. This isn’t a place where “we” give “you” and experience - rather it’s a collaborative expression of shared values, needs, prayers and skills. This year, our beloveds @divinelysahrah and @gracielathesage have stepped up to hold the space they saw needed to be held in a more intentional way, for the greater good of this growing village and women’s collective. They will be holding space as Rooted and Held: Rooted & Held is not a scheduled workshop, but a dedicated sanctuary space operating alongside the Temple of Belonging gathering. The setting will be arranged in a private, circle-style environment with a simple altar and comfortable seating to support rest, reflection, and connection. Throughout the gathering, the space will offer structured gathering times for facilitated sharing circles and grounding practices, along with open hours for decompression, quiet reflection, and informal connection. There will also be designated opportunities for one-on-one support and communal meals to foster relational care. Rooted & Held functions as a “circle within the circle” — a culturally affirming environment where BIPOC women can soften, be witnessed, and receive support while remaining connected to the broader Temple of Belonging experience. This setting strengthens the whole by ensuring belonging is embodied, not just expressed. This is a collaboration with @ladiesofthelight9 who is a gorgeous collective of women with a shared mission: to raise the collective consciousness of humanity. In our sacred spaces, there is no judgment—only love, respect, and understanding. We stand in solidarity, knowing that when one of us heals, we all heal. We share our stories, our wisdom, and our experiences, understanding that each voice is an essential thread in the tapestry of humanity. #thetempleofbelonging

We are so grateful for all that is @melissarobinphoto and her support of this community! Melissa has facilitated for years, sponsored for 2, and has been a grounding force for us as an organization as we have grown into new iterations of ourselves. She holds the same presence here as he does in her own containers - one of permission, steadiness, expansion and permission. From fire dancing to photography rituals to 1:2 goddess sessions, you can find Melissa somewhere near a waterfall or a fully embodied woman, to be sure;) We’re thrilled to have her back as a facilitator and partners, and to keep amplifying the wild woman work she is doing in the world, supporting women to be seen in their full embodiment. Thank you from the depths of us! You have been a great teacher along this road of what it means to truly support women’s wellness and community. Each year we give out over $20,000 in subsidies to women in need to be able to attend, and is women like her that make it possible! If you too would like to support or partner with TOB, head to the link in our bio to learn more! Xoxo The temple team

This is a space for adulthood to find itself again. This is not another circle for women to process in circles. This is truly a practice of maturation, thru the technologies of council, witnessing, listening and embodying. And these, my friends, are real good tools for literally everything. There is a quality of resilience in our bodies and health, our relationships and careers, and our communities and commons that need us all to “grow up” a little, if you will. And in order for that process to happen, we need spaces like Coyote Council to sharpen the minds eye, settle the storms of the heart and invoke the loving wisdom of the body. This place is for us. For women who know the value to connection with each other, but also want that connection to be fruitful, grounded and in service to each of our evolutionary needs. We have room for 4 more women who wanna get real with themselves and each other for the next 2 months! Its been almost 2 years since I opened the doors to Coyote council, and I’m pretty damn excited to sit shoulder to shoulder with you in the thick of it all ❤️ Link in B I O, we start Tuesday night 🐺 #wisdom #adulthood #council

RAWHIDE RATTLE MAKING AND DRUM WEAVING Category: Ancestral Craft | Ritual Arts | Sacred Creativity Rattles are ancient instruments, long revered for their soothing sound, spiritual significance, and ability to shift consciousness. Used across cultures for healing, purification, ceremony, storytelling, and connection with the unseen, these sacred tools carry elemental energy that can help clear stagnation, restore vitality, and deepen connection to spirit and ancestry. In this hands-on workshop, participants will be guided through the beautiful process of creating their own sacred rattle, forming, filling, and adorning a unique instrument to support personal ritual, prayer, and creative practice. All materials are provided. ABOUT CASS ESTES Cass is an intuitive coach, shamanic practitioner, and maker whose work lives at the intersection of healing and creation. She is devoted to helping others reconnect with their vitality, pleasure, and creative essence through transformational coaching, sacred craft, and embodied creative practice. Whether guiding deep inner work or facilitating hands-on workshops, Cass brings soulful presence, beauty, and reverence to all she creates, helping others remember their innate connection to purpose, artistry, and the sacred rhythms of life. Cass has brought the joy and art of rattle making to temple for many years and it’s so gorgeous to see how these tools now live on in the community to really shake some things up:) Temple of Belonging 2026 September 23–27 | Camp Colton | Oregon A living village for women rooted in belonging, skill building, ritual, and bio-regional culture.

SACRED RAGE: RITUAL FOR RELEASE AND RECLAMATION Category: Emotional Alchemy | Nervous System | Embodied Liberation What if your rage is not something to suppress, but something sacred? This guided ritual container offers women a grounded and supportive space to safely explore, express, and transform anger through nervous system regulation, consent-based agreements, breathwork, vocal release, and embodied movement. This is not about reliving trauma. It is about reclaiming power, restoring boundaries, and reconnecting with the fierce intelligence that lives within our bodies. Together, participants are invited to thaw frozen places, honor sacred fire, and leave with greater clarity, strength, and wholeness. ABOUT ANDREA THOMPSON Andrea is an Oregon native, lover of magic, herbal tinkerer, and dancer at heart who has served the Portland area as a massage therapist for over 25 years. Her work weaves together body-based healing modalities, ancestral wisdom, and deep nervous system restoration to help women reconnect with their innate healing capacity, embodied power, and cyclical well-being. With a gift for supporting trauma held within the body, Andrea creates spaces that are both grounding and transformative, helping women reclaim themselves through presence, restoration, and deep remembrance. Idk about yall but we women have a LOT to rage about, and what a gift to have the correct container for the depth of all we feel 🤘🏽 Temple of Belonging 2026 September 23–27 | Camp Colton | Oregon A living village for women rooted in belonging, skill building, ritual, and bio-regional culture.

Today & every day~ May we remember that the health of society lives in the health of the mother. The wellbeing of generations to come and our collective future, inextricably tied to the depth in which mothers are at the center of all Life. All my gratitude to all the mamas devoted to creating a more loving world by doing the most important work of all. & all my love to those who feel grief or tenderness on this day. Thank you to the many women who have trusted me to walk alongside them in their transformation into Mother. 💞🙏🏼🦋 Photos taken at @templeofbelonging - a true example of what it looks like to center the mother!!

Today and all days we celebrate and center the beauty, courage, wisdom and miracle of all the mothers! The culture creators, the ones who say yes to being in service to creation, the ones who continue on this endless thread of life…. May you be celebrated today and all days! May your needs be met, may your bodies be nourished, may your village hold you, may you rest, may you know that all you love loves you back. Having a full village at TOB is such a delight because it for women which means it’s for mothers which means it’s for kids ❤️w Looking forward to another year of being in every stage of womanhood together with you all. Now- go tell a mama she’s doing a good job! Photos @jessicakeaveny #mothersday

PRIMAL VINYASA Category: Ancestral Movement | Nervous System | Embodied Power Primal Vinyasa® weaves ancestral movement, breathwork, strength training, and fluid vinyasa into one cohesive nervous system aware practice. This is not choreography for performance. This is training for real life. Building durable joints, resilient fascia, and embodied power. You will move with intention, restore natural patterns often lost in modern fitness, and leave feeling clear, grounded, and deeply integrated. ABOUT ANNIE ADAMSON Annie is the founder of Primal Vinyasa® and Primal Child™, two education driven platforms rooted in ancestral movement, nervous system literacy, and embodied family wellness. For over two decades she has guided women, mothers, and teachers back into rhythm with their bodies through somatic practice, developmental awareness, and transformational mentorship. Her work bridges movement, functional nutrition, early childhood development, and feminine leadership into a cohesive, lived philosophy that honors both ancient wisdom and modern neuroscience. Bringing yoga philosophy into the rewilding nature of prima movement and alignment is a huge gift to women and the way have learned to “hold it all”. We’re honored to have Annie back for the 2nd time! Temple of Belonging 2026 September 23–27 | Camp Colton | Oregon A living village for women rooted in belonging, skill building, ritual, and bio-regional culture. 🎵La Crosecha- Nicola Cruz

WOMEN EMPOWERED: A SELF-DEFENSE WORKSHOP Category: Sovereignty | Practical Skills | Embodied Leadership Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense designed specifically for women. This workshop addresses both mind and body through mindset, knowledge, education, and physical training, offering women practical tools for protection while deepening confidence, instinct, and embodied boundary work. More than defense alone, this offering supports the reclamation of inner authority, helping participants cultivate strength that is both grounded and accessible in real life. ABOUT ARIANNA EBONY JENKINS Mother, badass, warrior woman, and devoted student of the quiet strength found in softness. Arianna teaches women self-defense not only as a physical skill, but as a path toward reclaiming instinct, boundaries, and inner authority. Rooted in lifelong evolution and growth, her work invites women to embody both power and presence with courage, clarity, and deep self-trust. In times where women are being called to cultivate both resilience and discernment, this work matters because true empowerment lives not only in healing, but in the practical reclamation of sovereignty. And - what a potent time for every reason for women to learn how to hold the boundary with their own bodies! Heck yes sister 💃🏼 Temple of Belonging 2026 September 23–27 | Camp Colton | Oregon A living village for women rooted in belonging, skill building, ritual, and bio-regional culture.

There ain’t no denying the crunch all of us are feeling with the state of “things”, especially economically. So here’s a little deeper dive into why temple cost what it does, and what you “get” when you say yes to your ticket! We’re not joking when we say all inclusive… parking, camping, tea temple and full wellness spa, 3 epic meals per day, shower and bathrooms and 5 days with a whole village of beautiful people learning how to say yes to softness and connection. That alone is pretty incredible. But also - the depth of the offerings!!! Each morning there is yoga or meditation, then there are morning and afternoon workshops, each 3 hours long, spanning a diverse and gorgeous topics all the way from indigenous basket making to the somatics of belonging to ancestral reclamation ceremonies. With over 45 offerings to choose from, this alone is worth more than the current price of the ticket if you were to attend of all of these individually. But the real juice really does live in the simplicity of being together. Of making space as women to laugh and learn from each other, to rage and sing and pray and soften…… for 5 days! What we witness here more often than not is some women come with a specific idea or intention, and end up leaving with a whole basket full of wisdom, sisterhood, new ideas and pathways of healing. We put every ounce of our hearts into this so that every woman can be as held as possible… because we know just how much they hold. And, let us know if you have any more questions! There’s only so much we can share in writing and we’re happy to chat, explore and find connection where we can ❤️ With so much love.