An Invitation
A weekend of connection, embodied play, and community co-creation in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
April 11, 12, 13
Asheville, NC
What is community, really?
Community is not just something we belong to—it is something we tend. It is the trust we cultivate, the wisdom we exchange, and the space we hold for each other’s joy, grief, creativity, and transformation. It is a living, breathing web, strengthened by the gifts we share.
We are continually in awe of the brilliance within our community—the depth of wisdom, skill, and creativity each of you carries. To be seen, to teach, to learn, and to witness each other’s magic is what makes a community thrive. This gathering is an invitation to co-create, to weave our web wider and deeper.
Nourishing Our Roots
is a call to those who seek deeper connection and collaborative creation.
Here, everyone has the opportunity to teach, share, and learn from each other. Every participant is both a guide and a student. This is not a gathering that you simply attend—it is one you shape!
Offerings can range from two-hour workshops and movement practices to song circles and plant ID strolls. Some moments are spacious and emergent, with multiple offerings happening at once, allowing you to follow what calls to you.
This is a space where Eros is embraced with care, not shame. We recognize Eros—our life-force energy, including sensual and sexual expression—as an integral part of our wholeness. In this container, we invite explorations of desire, boundaries, and intimacy, honoring all forms of connection as valid and welcome. We believe that being seen in our Eros can be a radically healing part of community.
Beyond the Consent Workshop, everything is optional. This is your space to engage as you choose, with full sovereignty over your experience.
Together, we will lead and be led with intention, playfulness, and deep care.
Let’s nourish the vision of
our community—
together.
How It Works
A group (maximum of 30 people) will spend three days and two nights in a gorgeous mountain home in Asheville, North Carolina.
Rayna & Chrystal will guide the opening ceremony, consent workshop, and closing ritual to anchor our time together.
The rest is shaped by you. This is a co-created gathering, where we source from one another the richness of wisdom, passion, and skill within our community.
What do you long to share in community?
Somatics & Body Awareness – Embodied movement practices, nervous system regulation, trauma-informed touch, dance, and polyvagal-informed practices.
Relational & Emotional Health – Communication tools, boundaries & consent, nonviolent communication, attachment & intimacy styles, conflict transformation, exploring love & commitment beyond binaries.
Financial Health & Abundance – Healing money wounds, financial sovereignty, ethical wealth-building, community-based economies, investing in alignment with values.
Culture & Justice – Decolonization of relationships & intimacy, social liberation through embodied activism, storytelling as cultural preservation, intergenerational healing, reclaiming lost traditions, ethical non-monogamy through a justice lens.
Spirituality & Magic – Ancestral connection, sacred sexuality, dreamwork, tarot & divination, ritual & spellcraft, elemental magic, embodied prayer.
Eros & Sexuality – Sensual exploration, kink as shadow work, tantric connection, erotic ritual, queer & gender-expansive pleasure, power exchange dynamics, somatic consent practices for erotic play.
Creative Expression & Play – Dance, music making, poetry, storytelling, visual arts, comedy.
Ritual & Ceremony – Ancestral insights, rites of passage, grief rituals, collective ceremonies.
Nature & Earth-Based Practices – Herbalism, foraging, elemental connection, land-based rituals, eco-sensuality.
Possible Offering Themes
Culture & Values
Collectively, we will create a space of respect, care, and celebration—where all bodies, gender identities, and expressions of intimacy are honored. In a time of escalating political and social backlash against queer and trans communities, we acknowledge the visible and unseen impacts of oppression while honoring each person’s complexity beyond any label.
We do not tolerate bigotry. Some viewpoints cause harm, and this is not a “tolerate all perspectives” space. We prioritize consent, self-awareness, and mutual care, navigating power dynamics with nuance and compassion.
Intentional Practices
🔹 Community Agreements — Co-created at the beginning to establish shared expectations around consent, respect, boundaries, and accountability—adapting to the group’s needs.
🔹Consent Culture — A required embodied consent workshop on the first evening provides shared language and tools for navigating desires, limits, and boundaries with more clarity.
🔹 Support & Accountability Roles — Selected based on experience and alignment with retreat values. These roles can work in tandem and may support each other during a difficult situation. (e.g. Heart Tenders may offer emotional support to someone processing a conflict, while Guardians facilitate the resolution and repair process).
Heart Tenders: Offer emotional and nervous system support through check-ins.
Guardians: Facilitate mediation and restorative communication in cases of conflict, harm, or breaches of consent.
This space evolves with us. We welcome feedback and remain committed to learning, refining, and deepening our collective capacity to hold each other with care.
