Moya Living
An Intentional Community in the High Country
Moya is an intentional community rooted in embodied healing, ritual and land stewardship in the high country of North Carolina. Here, we weave movement, play and restorative justice into everyday life.
Moya is not just a gathering place - it is a living, intentional community. We come together to remember how to live in right relationship with land, lineage and one another. Through body wisdom, ritual, and collective care, Moya cultivates a sanctuary where healing is lived, not abstract.
What Moya Is
Embodied gatherings & Ritual - From Interplay to creative movement, fire and river ceremonies, Moya celebrates the body as a source of wisdom and connection.
Community meals and land care - Potluck brunches, shared meals, and stewardship if gardens, trails and facilities keep our community nourished and rooted in place.
Restorative Justice Circles - Embodied, trauma-informed circles that repair harm and strengthen our living community agreements.
Retreats (Funded & Hosted) - Grief tending, contemplative practice, and repair-focused retreats - both at Moya and in partnership with other communities.
What We Do
Our Rhythm
Sundays - “Sacred - ish” gatherings with movement, contemplative practice, ritual, potluck & land stewardship.
Seasons - Fire and River Ceremonies, Grief Rituals, Collective Celebrations and Seasonal Rituals
Yearly - Hosting portions of Antara’s Facilitator Gathering and supporting facilitator-led projects that align with our values.
Our Commitments
Intentional Community - Moya is guided by shared agreements and collective care, not just occasional events
Equity and Belonging - Multicultural, Intergenerational, and accessible by design.
Land as Teacher - We honor the land as a living participant and tend to it through stewardship and ceremony
Restorative Justice - Repair and accountability are part of how we live together, not an afterthough.
Offerings to the Land - As part of our rhythm, we make regular offerings of gratitude to the land.
Moya exists on lands originally stewarded by the Cherokee. We honor the Indigenous people whose ancestral relationships with this land continue today. Our commitment is to walk in equity and accountability - learning, listening, and building relationships with those whose stewardship predates us.
Impact
8+ restorative justice circles supported this year
1 Restorative Justice Training
10 Community Agreements created
100+ participants engaged
Whether you come for a single gathering, share a meal, or step into ongoing stewardship, you are a part of Moya’s evolving intentional community.
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Support Moya’s GROWTH
Moya is growing as an intentional community- and your support helps us build the infrastructure that makes this possible. Two current priorities invite your partnership
Outbuilding Renovation - Community and Resilience
We are renovating our outbuilding to create a year-round hub for community life at Moya. This space will host restorative justice circles, grief rituals, facilitator training, and youth programs — and it will also serve as a disaster relief shelter in times of need.
With heat, light, and reliable infrastructure, the outbuilding becomes more than a gathering hall. It is a resilience resource for the High Country — a safe space where neighbors can gather, grieve, organize, and support one another during storms, power outages, or community crises.
This renovation turns Moya from a seasonal gathering site into a sustainable home for intentional community and regional resilience.
🌱 Youth Housing Fund — Sustainable Living for Young Leaders
Moya is an intentional community rooted in land, movement, and collective care. For this community to thrive, young people need affordable ways to live here, grow into leadership, and help steward the land.
The Youth Housing Fund ensures they not only have roofs over their heads, but also the essential infrastructure for living well together. This fund supports:
Building permanent platforms for yurts, glamping tents, and tiny homes.
Creating a revolving loan pool that helps youth purchase their housing units, with repayments cycling back in for future youth.
Installing composting toilets across the land, providing ecological, accessible bathrooms.
Renovating the outbuilding into a community kitchen, giving youth and community members a space to cook, share meals, and gather.
Together, these projects create equity, resilience, and intergenerational leadership on the land — ensuring youth at Moya have not just housing, but also dignity, belonging, and community.
Join Us in Building Moya’s Future
Every contribution — large or small — helps create spaces where body wisdom, ritual, and restorative justice can thrive. Together we are making Moya a living model of intentional community, rooted in land, equity, and resilience.