The Temple Has Opened

A Welcome Message from Christopher Shaw Founder of Merkaba Retreats | Steward of the Sacred Fire

There comes a moment on the spiritual path when silence begins to speak.

Where what once felt like longing becomes remembering. Where the call is no longer distant—but pulsing in the bones.

This blog—The Temple Journal—is a home for those moments. A sacred field of story, remembrance, and light… in written form.

Merkaba Retreats was born not as an event, but as a temple. A living prayer. We do not simply host earth medicine journeys—we midwife soul initiations. And every person who walks through our gates carries something sacred back into the world.

This journal exists to honor those returns.

The Temple has Opened!

✨ What You’ll Find Here:

• Reflections from our retreat alumni—their real, raw, radiant stories

• Guidance for integration—because the ceremony continues long after the altar is cleared

• Messages from the Council of Light and our beloved Guru

• Essays from our facilitators—walking the path beside you

• Explorations of sacred union, leadership, and embodied awakening

This is not content. This is offering. Each word written here is a thread in the golden web that binds us—soul to soul.

May these writings serve as torches for your path,May they remind you of what you already know,And may you always find your way back to the temple within.

Welcome to The Temple Journal.

Om Nityananda Om. Om Guru Om.

With devotion and purpose,

Christopher Shaw

Founder | Temple Keeper | Brother of the Flame