What if you had a virtual home base that actually made your REAL life fuller and more peaceful?
Introducing Camp Gaia
a membership for people who want to feel more fully alive and energized— personally and collectively— to tap into more joy and fight for the better world we ALL deserve
If you’re anything like me…
You probably want to yeet your phone into the ocean most of the time. 🤳🏻🌊
While the doomscrolling can provide temporary mind-melting relief and entertainment, of course it can ALSO end up leaving you feeling even more 😵💫 🫨 than before. And there is no putting the genie back in the bottle— to a degree, chronically-online is our new normal.
But here’s the thing: This world NEEDS us to push back. If we just surrender to the hyper-militarized, asshole-billionaire, swipe-shop AI slop of it all because we’re too overwhelmed or zombified, THEY WIN. And I don’t mean a particular political party. I mean ALL of the forces that cause us to drift into complacency despite the dire situation we find ourselves in.
Here’s just SOME of what we’re up against:
Disconnection + Polarization
We’re more disconnected than ever from ourselves, each other, and the world around us. And an ultra-polarized society makes that even worse, pitting us against each other. The revolutions needs us TOGETHER, not more separate.
Convenience Capitalism
We feel more broke than ever, yet we’re also leveraging convenience capitalism more than ever, and hyper-targeted ads convince even all of us smartypants that we “need” new STUFF all the time. The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the landfills and oceans keep getting crammed with more of our shit.
The Wellness Industrial Complex
Everyone and their cousin Blakeley has started calling themselves a “spiritual life coach” on IG and claims to have the secret to ultimate happiness, well-being, and wealth. It can be hard AF to discern between people/offerings of substance and ones that are just looking to make their next ✨$20k month working just 10 hours a week!! ✨
I don’t claim to have a “quick fix” solution to any of this. But what I do know is that when we commit to approaching well-being in a way that deeply integrates individual and collective healing and growth— we become the solution.
Let me be completely honest here—
When you can go be out in the woods with your people, by all means, DO THAT.
But of course, that’s not accessible for many of us a lot of the time. Which is why we put our heads together to dream up…
What would be an offering that could reach people wherever they are in the world and serve as a home base to nourish their mind, body, spirit,* relationships, and collective care/activism engagement?
A space that isn’t a one-and-done “course” to complete, but an ongoing stream of replenishment, where there’s no such thing as “behind”?
*“spirit” may be the word for some folks— “inner life” or “interconnectedness” might be the word for others. We work a lot with religious trauma and welcome members of all spiritual backgrounds AND those who are atheist and woo-averse.
INTRODUCING
Camp Gaia
the membership for folks who are deeply committed to individual AND collective well-being
What’s waiting for you inside Camp Gaia…
Every month, you get:
16 Fresh On-Demand Offerings
weekly, biweekly, and monthly content drops including mindfulness and movement practices, easy recipes, relational and community wellness strategies, and a LOT more
4 Live Virtual Sessions
alternating weekly sessions of group coaching and coworking to get the support and connection you need— AND the dedicated space to put it all into action
A New Community Challenge
with a new themed community challenge each month, you’ll have the opportunity to get a new camp badge for each challenge you complete— we love a gamified personal/collective growth moment!
But WTF exactly is a “membership” anyway?
So glad you asked! Camp Gaia is…
the online home base for your ongoing growth and healing— accessible anytime, anywhere
not a course, so there is no such thing as “behind”— use only the pieces that resonate with you, at your own pace
handcrafted by a skilled team of therapists/coaches from The Gaia Center in Nashville— at a fraction of the cost of the value
Weekly Drops
A new audio or video mindfulness practice each week, integrating diverse modalities
Four new mindfulness practices each month:
Seasonal or Earth-Centered Practice: Because after all, the earth is our larger body— and connecting with our animal nature and the earth’s rhythms is foundational to well-being 🌳 💨 🌊 🔥
A Breathwork Practice: One of the best access routes to down-regulate or energize the nervous system 😌🕺
A Loving-Kindness practice: A powerful way to tap into and radiate compassion for self, loved ones, community, and all beings 💞 🌎
A Wild Card Practice: Think tapping, hypnosis, walking meditation, etc.— because variety is the spice of life, right? (anyone else singing Spice World rn? 🤓)
Biweekly Drops
a blend of recorded and live offerings, PDF resources, and members-only bonus podcast content
Every month, you’ll get:
2 Movement Practices: One short (< 15 min) and one longer (25+ min) recorded practice; a mix of yoga, dance, and strength for all bodies, minimal equipement required
2 Group Coaching Sessions: One facilitated by Valerie Martin, one by another skilled Gaia Center coach, for you to get individualized guidance + support (join live or watch the replay)
2 Body Doubling / Coworking Sessions: Accountability space for doing anything from laundry to calling the dentist to working on your novel!
2 Recipes: With 30-min or less prep time; all recipes are vegan and gluten-free for max inclusivity and kindness, minus the diet culture BS 🚫
Rise Up - Collective Care + Activism: Strategies for staying in the fight while refilling your own cup, curated by our BIPOC and queer clinicians
2 “Shooting the Shit with Em & Val” videos— co-hosts of our podcast “But For Real” (bonus content exclusively for Camp Gaia)
Monthly Drops
High-value, bite-sized (5-15 min) trainings to deepen and expand your healing + growth journey
Four new mini trainings each month, including:
Amplify Your Therapy: How to get even more out of your therapy sessions (or if you’re not in therapy atm, your self-work!) 📓☕️
Relational Wellness: Strategies from our couples therapists for enhancing ALL your relationships— romantic, friendships, family, etc. (queer + ENM-affirming)
Neurodiverse Universe: Tips from our resident neurodivergent baddies + experts 🧠🌶️🪐
Sexual Wellness: Sex therapy is one of our specialities at The Gaia Center, so we just had to bring it to Camp Gaia— but we WILL be checking to make sure everyone is in their own bunk at Lights Out! 🤓
Community
it’s HARD making friends as an adult, y’all— especially when you’ve outgrown some of your old friendships. In Camp Gaia, you’ll have the opportunity to build connection with fellow growth-minded humans.
The membership includes:
a private members-only community NOT on Facebook 😍 (built on a beautiful platform called Heartbeat with a solid mobile app!)
channels like The Compass for those WTF moments, The Trailhead for social justice conversation, Dumpster Fire Phoneix to celebrate the wins in this weird AF timeline, and more
a monthly themed community challenge to have an opportunity to earn a new camper badge while working toward your own unique goals! 🤓 (just for funsies, totally optional)
Hey, I’m Val—
I’m the founder of The Gaia Center for Embodied Healing in Nashville (a psychotherapy practice) and the lead creator here at Camp Gaia. I’ve always been a personal development junkie, and ever since I stepped into my first Social Justice class back in 2010, I’ve had a passion for figuring out how to bridge individual and collective healing. Frankly, I can’t stand personal growth content that seems oblivious to the immense suffering in the world— at best, the “manifesting love, light, and abundance for all” ethos is really no different from the philosophy of trickle down economics (AKA doesn’t work) or ✨thoughts and prayers.✨ At worst, there’s a disturbing appeal to wealth and opulence that makes me feel ill when I consider the conditions most of humanity lives in.
Well damn, I guess I could have just said “hey I’m Val, the resident buzzkill!” 😝 Okay really though — my POINT is that I think there’s a way to do it differently, and I don’t see a whole lot of online personal growth spaces doing it. I’m not here to judge people who are going after financial success— I just think there are already plenty of spaces dedicated to that work, and very few that are exploring how we can integrate our personal healing and growth with collective healing and growth .
Last thing— I’ve had a few start-and-stop attempts at creating things online in the past, and I learned something very important from the last time: 1) If it pulls my attention away from my core mission (“Grow Within, Heal Together”), I can’t give it the time and energy it would need to succeed. 2) Stop trying to do shit alone. Why it took me so long to realize I could create THIS thing and do it WITH my Gaia team, I don’t know— but I am so thrilled they’re on board, and you’ll be learning more about them shortly!
Choose your membership option:
total value of over $300/month ($3,600/year)
We offer 3 tiers of pricing to make the membership more accessible. Please only choose the Supported option if you have significant financial limitations. If you are able to comfortably choose the Sustainer option, you make it possible for us to continue expanding accessibility— thank you!
LIMITED TIME: The first 25 total members will lock in Founders Rate pricing for life!
and THIS is the amazing Gaia team 🤗
We’re pretty damn cool if I say so myself. 💁♀️ You’ll get to know a lot of these folks when they create lessons and do coworking and coaching inside the membership, but here are just a few tidbits for now:
Is Camp Gaia for you?
We’re not trying to be all things to all people. Here’s a bit about who this membership is designed for— and who may prefer to pass on it.
Camp Gaia is perfect for you if…
you view your personal growth as something dynamic, ongoing, and worthy of support
you’re a therapy poster child or self-help nerd
you give a shit about people and issues both within and outside your own community
you want more connection with growth-and-activism-minded folks
It’s probably NOT a fit for you if…
you’d rather eat cardboard than read a self-help book
you feel content with the level of connection and community you have
you think the orange man is a good leader (just sayin’)
you like a course that you can complete once and be done with
What makes this course different?
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Choose your membership option:
total value of over $300/month ($3,600/year)
We offer 3 tiers of pricing to make the membership more accessible. Please only choose the Supported option if you have significant financial limitations. If you are able to comfortably choose the Sustainer option, you make it possible for us to continue expanding accessibility— thank you!
LIMITED TIME: The first 25 total members will lock in Founders Rate pricing for life!
we 💜 our clients
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— _______, coaching client
Have questions before joining?
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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