A year of deep, individualized spiritual guidance.

Designed to help you understand who you are, where you come from, what has shaped you, and what you are here to do.

2026–2027 Cohort
Applications Open September 1, 2026
Tuition: $15,555
Includes the international Year of Return retreat.

The Temple Year of Return is an immersive, year-long experience for those who know there is more to who they are, more to what they carry, and more to what they are here to do.

Over the course of the year, Professor Melanie works closely with each student through private readings, individual guidance, live teachings, group integration, and six progressive chambers of exploration.

This is a space to understand yourself more deeply, uncover what has remained hidden, and gain clarity around your identity, spiritual origins, bloodline, relationships, embodiment, and original assignment.

Guided personally by Professor Melanie

Throughout the Year of Return, Professor Melanie works closely with each student through private readings, one-on-one integration sessions, live teachings, and individualized spiritual guidance.

What The Year Includes

  • Six guided Chambers
  • Private readings and one-on-one integration sessions with Professor Melanie
  • Live teachings
  • Monthly group integration sessions
  • Individual spiritual guidance throughout the year
  • Personal practices, reflection work, and integration resources
  • Private student community
  • Extended integration following Chamber 6
  • International Year of Return Retreat

The International Retreat

The Year of Return retreat is an immersive extension of the work we have already begun together.

Through the four elements, intentional spiritual practice, deep healing and clearing work, and experiences with expert healers, shamans, and practitioners, students are given space to move beyond intellectual understanding and into direct experience.

Accommodations, meals, retreat programming, and local transportation are included in tuition.

Who This Is For

The Temple Year of Return is for those who:

  • Know they are here to do meaningful work but want greater clarity around what that work truly is
  • Have strong spiritual experiences, gifts, or inner knowing they are ready to understand more deeply
  • Have already done personal or spiritual work and are ready to go beyond surface-level exploration
  • Want individualized guidance rather than another generalized course
  • Are ready to devote a year to understanding themselves at a deeper level

You do not need to arrive with every answer.

You do need to be willing to meet yourself honestly.

2026–2027 Temple Year of Return

Tuition: $15,555

Tuition includes the complete Year of Return experience and international retreat.

Application Fee: $111
The application fee is non-refundable and separate from tuition.

Admission is selective, and the cohort is intentionally limited.

Applications close September 30, 2026.

What If This Is the Year You Stop Searching for Pieces?

You may already know that there is more to who you are.

You may already know that you are here to do something significant.

Perhaps what you have been missing is not another piece of information.

Perhaps it is the opportunity to finally understand how the pieces belong together.