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Summer Solstice at Summer Lake
June 19th - 21st, 2026
Join us at Summer Lake Hot Springs for a nourishing Summer Solstice weekend retreat hosted by Rhythm of the Wheel and Soma Wellness Services, where sacred circle, yoga, journaling, folk crafting, movement, and mineral soaking invite you to celebrate the beginning of summer in intentional community.
We come together to honor the season of fullness, light, and renewal in a setting shaped by mineral waters, open sky, and the quiet beauty of the high desert.
Cabins, campsites, and RV spaces are available, allowing each guest to choose the retreat experience that best supports their comfort and connection to the land.
All meals are included, thoughtfully prepared, with gluten-free and dairy-free dietary needs accommodated with advance notice.
What to Expect:
- 24hr Access to Hot Spring Pools
- Nourishing Chef-Prepared Meals
- Turning of the Wheel Ceremony
- Women Who Run with the Wolves Journaling Circle
- Folk Crafting (solar themed paper mâché masks)
- Gentle Solar Flow Yoga
- Mindful Morning Meditation
- Sound medicine & song
- Midsummer Herbal Tea & Dream Journaling
The Intention
At the height of the sun’s strength, when daylight lingers and the earth stands in abundance, we gather in sacred circle to mark this turning of the wheel through ceremony, reflection, and meaningful connection. Throughout the weekend, our time together will include sacred circle gatherings, intentional movement, and quiet moments for restoration– all woven with the spirit of midsummer.
Themes of solar energy, gratitude, embodiment, and feminine wisdom will move through our circles, offering space to reflect on what is ripening in your life, what is asking to be honored, and what may be ready to expand under the season’s light.
There will also be time to soak in the geothermal waters, walk the land, rest beneath the wide desert sky, or simply listen inwardly in the stillness that this place naturally invites.
Join Us!
Summer Lake Retreat Highlights
Folk Craft
For our folk craft we’ve planned a paper mâché mask workshop that is a playful, hands-on experience where participants learn simple layering and sculpting techniques to create a unique solar-inspired mask that reflects the radiance, symbolism, and energy of the summer solstice
Re-Wilding
Meet us in the desert to experience the magic that happens when women gather with intention. Through inspired readings from the book Women Who Run with the Wolves and guided journaling, we will tap into the wild power of our inner instinctual nature.
Sound Medicine
Embrace the ancient tradition of song circles, absorb the energy of the medicine drum, or drop into the healing vibration of crystal bowls during our intentionally curated offerings.
The Experience
Connect with the Land
Fellowship & Community
Fellowship & Community
Explore the serene expanse of the Oregon Outback. Soak up the wild energy of Summer Lake with natural mineral pools, big sky views and spectacular star gazing.
Fellowship & Community
Fellowship & Community
Fellowship & Community
Our time together will include sacred circle gatherings, gentle yoga, guided journaling, folk crafting, intentional movement, and quiet moments for restoration.
Nourish Your Body
Fellowship & Community
Nourish Your Body
Savor chef-catered meals every day, cooked with love and utilizing local, organic ingredients. Gluten-free and dairy-free dietary needs accommodated with advance notice.
Rhythm of the Wheel
Meet Courtney!
Courtney Kinder is the founder and circle tender of Rhythm of the Wheel, a community-based women’s gathering circle rooted in earth-honoring traditions following the Wheel of the Year.
She is a registered dietitian and functional medicine practitioner, as well as a crafter, gardener, and hobby farmer, weaving together nourishment, creativity, and ancestral wisdom in her work.
Through shared meals, circle, and folk craft, Courtney creates welcoming spaces for reconnection — to the land, the body, and the natural rhythms of the year.
Learn more about Rhythm of the Wheel here.
Soma Wellness
Meet Sam!
Samantha Freda is someone who walks many paths— chef, yoga teacher, retreat facilitator and writer amongst them. Sam grew up in the kitchens of her Sicilian great-grandmothers, worked every summer in fine dining and studied creative writing in college.
After years of traveling Europe and living abroad she returned to the U.S. and opened her own restaurant— a health food bistro called Soma Cafe that served as a special community gathering place.
Since then Soma has relocated to Central Oregon and grown into a wellness company that offers retreats, chef services, farm to table dinners, private yoga, journaling circles and more.
Sam loves to weave magic and mindfulness into her menus; in the kitchen you will often find her singing blessings or speaking positive affirmations into the food she prepares with love and intention.
Options for Joining Us
Tent/RV
Day Pass
Tent/RV
Set up under the wide open desert sky during one of Oregon's most beautiful times of year. Shared bathrooms and showers available.
$450
Cabins
Day Pass
Tent/RV
We have reserved a limited number of cabins, artfully decorated and equipped with bathrooms and kitchenette.
Option to bunk alone or with friends!
$500-$750
Day Pass
Day Pass
Day Pass
Would you like to attend but are not able not to stay the whole weekend? Consider joining us for the day on Saturday 6/20!
Your day pass includes yoga, soaking in the hot springs, a nourishing lunch and dinner, and a hands-on solar folk craft.
$195
Land Acknowledgement
As we gather in celebration, reflection, and community, we pause to honor the original stewards of this land—the Northern Paiute peoples. We acknowledge that our celebration takes place upon territory that was cared for, respected, and loved by these tribes for countless generations.
With gratitude, we recognize their spiritual relationship with this land—its rivers, forests, and high desert—and the wisdom carried across centuries by Indigenous communities. We remember that through treaty, this land was ceded but never surrendered in spirit, and we affirm the living presence of their descendants among us.
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