The Red Tent Temple

An intimate women’s retreat rooted in sacred gathering, rest, reflection, and authentic connection.

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An Intimate Women’s Retreat at Shimmering Ridge Sanctuary

There are stories women carry that rarely find space to be spoken aloud.
Not because they are unimportant, but because so few spaces exist that are capable of holding them gently.

The Red Tent Temple is an intimate and intentionally held gathering devoted to rest, honesty, sacred sisterhood, and the quiet remembering of what it means to simply be fully human together.

This is not a retreat centered around becoming someone new.
It is an invitation to return — to the body, to inner knowing, to shared wisdom, and to the lived experiences that shape us as women moving through the many seasons of life.

A cozy, luxurious nook with red velvet canopy, plush cushions, and blankets, decorated with candles, a vase of flowers, and vintage books.

Creating the Red Tent Together

Each Red Tent Temple gathering is co-created by the women who enter it.

Prior to arrival, each participant will be invited to bring one or more meaningful items to contribute to the shared sanctuary space during our time together. These are not gifts or offerings to be left behind, but rather personal pieces of beauty, comfort, symbolism, memory, or sacredness that will temporarily become part of the living atmosphere of the tent itself.

Textiles, candles, books, fabrics, flowers, heirlooms, art, pillows, altar pieces, meaningful objects, or simple treasures gathered from daily life are all welcome. Together, these contributions become part of the unfolding spirit of the space.

No two Red Tent gatherings will ever look exactly alike.

Each tent carries the unique energy, stories, aesthetics, and presence of the particular women gathered within it, becoming a reflection of the circle itself. The creation of the Red Tent upon arrival — and its gentle dismantling at the close of the retreat — are both considered meaningful parts of the ritual experience.

The imagery shared throughout this page is intended not as a fixed design to replicate, but as an invitation into possibility — a visual starting place for imagining the kinds of beauty, comfort, warmth, and sacred presence each woman may choose to bring into the tent and share with the circle for a little while.

A cozy corner with a wooden chest used as a table, decorated with a pink patterned cloth, a teacup with a saucer, vintage books, a candle, a pink glass vase with purple flowers, and some crystals. An ornate purple and maroon patterned fabric drapes over a vintage wooden chair.

Over the course of our time together, we will share in:

  • Storytelling and deep listening

  • Conversations surrounding the lived experience of womanhood

  • Communal meals prepared and shared together

  • Space for rest, reflection, and personal practice

  • Tarot and oracle spaces for self-guided or shared insight

  • Movement and meditation in the landscape

  • A hands-on creative practice honoring personal reflection and inner experience

Nothing is required to be shared.
There is no expectation to perform, explain, or arrive in any particular way.

You are welcome exactly as you are.

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The Red Tent Temple gathering will be held as an intimate retreat, allowing space for depth, emotional safety, and the kinds of honest conversations that are so often left unspoken.

This space is held with care, respect, and clear boundaries so that each woman may feel safe to soften, breathe deeply, and simply be.

If you feel drawn to this space, I warmly invite you to learn more.

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Long after the candles are extinguished and the fabrics folded away, something of the tent continues to live quietly within the women who gathered there.

…and always will

The Next Circle

Jan 7-10, 2027
Tiger, Georgia

Approximately five women will gather for this intimate retreat experience.

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