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SeekaRetreat - California retreats, retreat workshops, programs and events. Directory of retreat leaders and spiritual directors and coaches. Retreats include themes with topics including: spiritual retreats, religious retreats, healing, yoga, self improvement etc...
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| California is a state located on the west coast of the United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. California is the most populous state in the United States bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada (E) and across the Colorado River to Arizona (E), Mexico (S). |
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Retreat Centers with Scheduled Retreats
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Nestled in the tranquil mountains above Lake Arrowhead, our secluded 74-acre resort is surrounded by 2,000 acres of untouched beauty. At Pali Mountain, guests experience the heart and soul of nature firsthand, from clear sunny blue skies by day, to gorgeous sunsets at dusk ending with spectacular star-filled evenings - the ultimate California retreat.
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Our facility comfortably accommodates up to 350 guests in either our Grand or Oak rooms. Guests enjoy the majesty of our mountain surroundings at any of our outdoor meeting areas, each situated in its own beautiful setting.
Our facility also features a swimming pool and outdoor spa, endless hiking and jogging trails, numerous sporting fields and courts, a large pond, and an unparalleled menu of exciting activities to choose from.
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"This is by far the best retreat facility we've used over the past 4 years!"
Laguna Beach United Methodist
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The Glen Ivy Center provides a unique opportunity for relaxation, rejuvenation and spiritual renewal.
Situated on 60+ acres adjacent to The Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa and the Cleveland National Forest, this retreat appeals to both the nature lover and the spa lover.
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Click here for upcoming events
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"Deer Springs preserves the natural environment. Looking out on the forest and hills is relaxing and causes one to reflect on the beauty of God's creation."
UCI student and Visitor
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Situated on 40 lush acres in the majestic mountains of Southern California, bordering the San Bernardino National Forest and only minutes from Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear.
At DeerSprings, we are very pleased to welcome our guests to a lovely retreat center, with a fantastic view and untouched beauty.
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People of all ages immerse themselves in the quiet beauty of this natural setting.
With 2 furnished mountain cabins and a large meeting room, our accommodations will comfortably suit all your relaxation, recreation and spiritual needs.
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Our Cabins: The Cove comfortably sleeps up to 30 people and Whitney sleeps up to 30 as well.
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In all seasons, the view is breathtaking!
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Our rates are the best, or we'll meet or beat any price!
Info/Reservations: 714-269-3989
or email us at deerspringsretreat@yahoo.com
More details on our website - www.deersprings.com
Retreat Location: 31675 Highway 330, Running Springs, CA 92382
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Located in historic San Juan Capistrano, California, is a "Spiritual Oasis" where people can leave behind the hustle and bustle of day-to-day living to experience peace and balance of body, mind and spirit. Beautified by its green rolling hills and shimmering lake, Rancho Capistrano's environment of serenity and peace surrounds its conference and wedding facilities, schools, sanctuary, fields and trails.
Local and International non-profit organizations, associations, ministries, family reunions and professional groups have chosen Rancho Capistrano
for their meetings, conferences, retreats, weddings, celebration events, training, spiritual and personal growth activities. As an Ecumenical Ministry, we are open to all denominations.
Conference & Retreat Center
The peaceful and relaxing atmosphere of a beautifully landscaped resort, with the meeting facilities (over 15,000 sq. ft.) of a fully-stocked conference center, and the dining experience of a top-quality restaurant. Our meeting rooms have a garden or lake view! The ropes challenge course facilitator offers leadership training, problem solving and team building programs.
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Sunburst Sanctuary encompasses 4,000 acres of natural beauty, pristine meadows and oak-covered hills. The sanctuary is located approximately 40 miles north of Santa Barbara, on California's Central Coast.
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You are invited to transform your life...
Immerse yourself...in a private retreat to heal your body, mind and soul. Refresh your spirit in the abundant peace and quiet of our sanctuary.
Experience...group retreats and workshops throughout the year that offer the Sunburst teachings and tools of meditation along with a variety of creative programs, such as Organic Gardening and Farming, Sustainable Living and Sacred Geometry workshops.
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"God is alive, and can be felt, known and seen, face to face, right within you."
—Norman Paulsen
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Welcome to the Mary & Joseph Retreat Center
Join us for some time away from the daily grind ~ step back from the everyday and view your world from a new perspective. On weekdays and weekends, individuals and groups gather at this center on the hill” for a brief respite from their personal cares and worldly pursuits. They find a peaceful, inspirational environment, conducive to thoughtful exploration of both spiritual and temporal matters. At our center you will experience 8 acres of scenic beauty located on a hilltop in on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. We offer meeting rooms, overnight and dining accommodations.
Attend one of our retreats and workshops
Day Programs, Weekend Retreats, Extended Retreats and Ongoing Programs.
At Mary and Joseph Retreat Center we offer a variety of sponsored retreats. These are organized by our Center and we provide presenters. These include themes that are spiritual/religious in nature such as contemplative and scriptural retreats, personal development workshops and retreats, recovery retreats for 12 Step participants and other topics related to faith growth and transformation."
For more information...
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Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens is a place where people can be in retreat without leaving the city of Los Angeles. Come and walk the hand-carved stone outdoor labyrinth, find peace and quiet in the meditation garden, or chant the names of God in the Sacred Tones Workshop. Visit our Event Calendar
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 Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens is conveniently located one block south of the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles, between the Crenshaw and Arlington exits. Call or email us for information and registration for events, tours, walking the Labyrinth, and for further directions. For more information about group programs contact Carol Jones, Program Director
Phone: (323) 737-4055 ext. 124
Email: programs@peacelabyrinth.org
Click here for upcoming retreats
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Mercy Center
Burlingame CA
www.mercy-center.org
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Telephone (650) 340-7474
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Mercy Center is known worldwide for its pioneering work in spiritual direction, Taize prayer and East-West meditation. Other popular programs include Centering Prayer training, Men’s Retreats, programs in Spanish and a monthly Speaker Series. |
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El Carmelo Retreat House
P.O. Box 446
Redlands, CA 92373
Telephone: (909) 792-1047
E-mail: ElCarmelo@juno.com
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Spiritual Meditation Retreats
Center: Amphitheatre of the Redwoods At Pema Osel Ling
Link - www.polmountainretreat.com/
City: Santa Cruz, CA
Telephone: 831 761 6266
Retreat Email: events@polmountainretreat.com
Located on 104 acres of redwoods we offer a place of retreat and renewal with Traditional Tibetan practices. Also available for other events.
Our faciilities are available for weekend and weekday destination weddings. We also have options for one-day weddings.
We host a myriad of group events. Once an event has been hosted at Amphitheatre of the Redwoods At Pema Osel Ling they come back year after year.
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Anubhuti Meditation and Retreat Center provides an environment of spiritual hospitality. We invite people from all walks of life and of all faiths to explore the inner values and strengths that enable them to lead fulfilling and productive lives. We offer weekend residential retreats, workshops, one day retreats, and weekly classes in spiritual awareness, meditation and the practical application of spirituality.
 The Retreat Center sits on top of a hill near the San Francisco Bay. Surrounded by protected open space, water and a nature preserve, it has a full 360° degree view. The vistas create a perfect standpoint to see the inner viewpoints within the self. Accommodation at the retreat center is comprised of shared bedrooms set among landscaped gardens with spectacular views of the Bay, Novato creek and the rolling hills of Marin County.
 Anubhuti offers a variety of retreats as well as classes, workshops, and programs . Courses in Meditation are offered as well as a variety of workshops and programs.
Topics include Positive Thinking, Stress Free Living, Self Managing Leadership and Self Esteem. Attending one of these offerings provides an opportunity to spend time in the spiritual and tranquil environment of Anubhuti Meditation and Retreat Center and enjoy hearing from experienced meditation teachers.
All the retreats are led by experienced facilitators and teachers of meditation. They give their time freely to help others see the inner changes which are necessary to cultivate a deeper contentment, and a greater joy, in an often chaotic world. Our retreats offer relevant ways for people to explore and understand their own spirituality.
 Each retreat is an opportunity to explore the deepest insights into the true nature of our being, review the purpose of our life, and to learn practical methods to sustain calm and clarity in everyday living. Weekend meditation retreats offer a spiritual oasis, while gatherings of specific professional groups are sensitively designed to explore spiritual values and their application in the workplace.
Anubhuti, meaning “to experience,” is located 25 miles north of San Francisco in Marin County. This meditation and retreat center is operated by the Brahma Kumaris.
Click here for upcoming retreats
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Join us at The Expanding Light, situated within Ananda Village, one of the most successful intentional communities in the world - celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2008. Walk our 700 acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Enjoy lovingly prepared vegetarian meals in the company of others on retreat, Expanding Light staff and Village residents.
Learn ancient and effective techniques to expand your own sense of harmony and gain an increased sense of God’s loving presence in your own life. People of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome and respected.
Select from a long list of planned programs and events, or fashion your own personal retreat.
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Highlighted Retreats
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Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens is a place where people can be in retreat without leaving the city of Los Angeles. Come and walk the hand-carved stone outdoor labyrinth, find peace and quiet in the meditation garden, or chant the names of God in the Sacred Tones Workshop. |
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- Weekly Events
Tours and Labyrinth Walks
Enjoy the beautiful gardens, walk the labyrinth to relax and let go.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11 AM-3 PM, tours starting at
11, 12, and 2 PM.
Sundays, 12-4 PM, tours starting every half hour.
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These powerful life-changing retreat intensives invoke Ronda's revoluationary SoulArts process for tapping into and living by one's own inner wisdom and sacred purpose.
Ronda's unique mentoring stye has become internationally recognized for its amazingly gentle, spontaneous, creativily-engaging, and profound life transforming impact in healing lives and relationships to Life! (See testimonials, videos and articles on this site for more...and then take up the courage to follow that still small voice within that calls you Home in your Self!...
- February 21-25 (Ojai, CA): RONDA'S BIRTHDAY SPECIAL! "New Year Healthy Living Retreat" - a New Year Healthful Living Retreat (with pre-post support via teleconference added options as well!) at one of Ojai's premier Historical Estates and Wineries! (limitted space with early bird discount as Ronda's "happy birthday celebration!)
- February (21-25 + 1 extra day): SoulArts I: Advanced Apprenticeship #1
- April (Ojai, CA): "SoulArts Women's Retreat: Midlife Magic" (Weekend Workshop)
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For Ground-breaking Perspectives on People and the Change Process
Far more than a personality typing system, Roxanne has called the Enneagram "A Map of Love in Action." If you want to work more deeply with your clients, this substantive course will open new vistas on the dynamic human experience.
Develop sensitivity to what is underneath the 9 coping styles and the nine unique paths of healing & growth. Deepen your own ground and presence in your professional work.
Roxanne is the author of the internationally acclaimed book, "Deep Coaching: Using the Enneagram as a Catalyst for Profound Change" and is known for teaching with an open heart, clarity, depth of presence, all supported by her expansive knowledge. Experience the profound impact of Roxanne's sophisticated, yet accessible approach to the Enneagram.
Twelve 90 min sessions by phone with Roxanne plus an added optional benefit of learning in a small group with a Deep Coaching Mentor at no additional cost
For more information on the many ways you can benefit, the logistics, comments by former students and to REGISTER NOW, go to
http://lifewisecoaching.com/deep-coaching-certification/deep-coaching-teleconference-series/
COACHES: Class approved for 16.5 CCEU'S through the International Coach Federation
Click here for a brochure
 Roxanne Howe-Murphy , Ed.D ., Principal, LifeWise Learning Institute and author of Deep Coaching: Using the Enneagram as a Catalyst for Profound Change . Howe-Murphy is a veteran coach who continues to pioneer and teach new applications of the Enneagram to help increase individual and collective consciousness. www.lifewisecoaching.com
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Anubhuti Meditation & Retreat Center
820 Bel Marin Keys Blvd
Novato, CA 94949
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 March 6th day retreat
Spiritual Eco Friendly Lifestyle
10 am - 5 pm
Relax, slow down, breathe deeply, and re-connect with the beauty of nature and a source of Divine energy.
In the peace and stillness of meditation re-discover yourself, renew your inner strength and power, and come alive.
In this retreat we will:
* Explore our thoughts and budget energy
* Practice seeing the self as a spiritual being through meditation
* Learn healthy food preparation for body and soul
* Participate in group activities & share insights
* Renew inner strength and power for self-sustenance
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive."
~ Howard Thurman
Click here to register
 March 19th-21st weekend retreat
Leadership from Within
Friday 6 pm to Sunday 4 pm
Enlighten, Empower, and Trust Your Inner Self to Lead
Inner leadership is crucial now to enable us to make better choices. We can lead ourselves from within and live each moment filled with passion, presence, spirit and heart, and stay connected to the Source.
A blended approach of dialogue, reflection and meditation will enable you to learn the secrets of self management. Develop a clear sense of direction by taking stock of where you are and where you want to be. Discover your personal compass and how to navigate towards your success and fulfillment.
Facilitator: Marcelo Bulk Gimenez- author, business consultant, and national coordinator for the Brahma Kumaris in Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador.
Click here to register
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STILLPOINT
A Personal retreat
March 26-28, 2010
A gift of stillness
A weekend for renewal
A spacious & relaxed experience
A time for silent reflection & meditation
A rare opportunity for new perspectives
A time away from your daily routine
Lightly & mindfully guided by Glen Ivy staff
Adjacent to the Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa
Click here for more information and registration
Upcoming events
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May 14 - 16, 2010
Quiet Mind ~ Open Heart: Learning to Live from the Inside Out
Facilitated by Karen Ely and Becca Pronchick at the Napa Women's Club in Napa, CA
-- CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ---
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Joshua Tree is a sacred place in the High Desert of California. A jewel for those seeking serenity and connection to the Divine. This sacred land is a place of peace and stillness – a place you can disconnect from the world and find the center of your own beingness. Come reconnect, restore and nourish your Spirit on this land of sweeping mountain vistas, cool desert summer nights and warm days. This location is the perfect environment for balancing mind, body and spirit.
We will use a variety of ways to journey deeper into ourselves:
- Primordial Sound Meditation (you will receive your unique mantra)
- Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga
- Journaling & Imagery
- The power of Ritual
- Embracing Shadow
- Nurturing bodywork (Massage, Reiki)
If you identify yourself with the following qualities, please decide today to join us for a magical weekend.
- You are emotionally healthy and take responsibility for the quality of your life.
- You are motivated to take your life to the next level.
- You feel content with your life but long for greater clarity and passion.
- You feel a deep desire to express more of your creative potential.
- You practice self-care and are ready to make a difference in the lives of others.
Cost: $375 before March 15th, $475 afterwards
Click here to register
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- Programs in Chartres, France: Walking a Sacred Path
May 24 - 28 Living an Authentic Life: Walking the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practicewith Lauren Artress
- Creativity is a Spiritual Path: Using the Labyrinth to Awaken our Muse
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
July 30th - 31th, 2010
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Michael and Raphaelle Tamura offer unique psychic and spiritual training in many types of teaching formats, including: TeleSeminars, workshops, All-Day Seminars and Retreats.
Click here for our complete calendar of Events
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The Headless Way offers you a practical, user-friendly way to see Who you really are. This method was developed by the philosopher Douglas Harding. At the heart of this approach are the Experiments - awareness exercises that guide your attention directly to your deepest identity.
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Over the years POL has hosted spiritual retreats of all traditions including Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Sufi, Jewish, Taoist, and others. We also host yoga, meditation, chi gong, women’s spiritual gatherings and other New Age events.
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"God is alive, and can be felt, known and seen, face to face, right within you."
—Norman Paulsen
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For know, all healing comes from within. And the application of vibrations, of medicinal properties, mechanical applications or massages only attune the vibrations of the body in such measures as to awaken them to the divine within. 1198-2
www.caycegoldengate.com
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