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SeekaRetreat - California directory of retreat leaders and spiritual directors and coaches. Retreats, retreat workshops, programs and events. 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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Featured Retreat Leaders
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God, Spirituality and the Brain
Truth Lessons for Your Soul from a Catholic Neuroscientist/Professional Facilitator
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Dr. Kevin J. Fleming, President/CEO of Grey Matters International,a unique "thinking" company designed to awaken the truest of spiritualities underneath our decision making, our relationships, and ultimately our life's goals, can customize the brain's truths to ANY spiritual, religious or self-growth oriented retreat. It is easy to feel good at a retreat; harder to be transformed with rare gems of wisdom that will change your life. Trained as a
- Neuropsychologist
- Spiritual advisor
- Life/Executive Coach for the high profile clientele
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...the brain and behavior change information here will enhance information of any spiritual or faith denomination, for underneath it all there will always be a common denominator: a human being, a brain, and a decision. How do these three interact amidst self-growth and spiritually charged realms? What are illusions and what is true? Can we know reliably the difference?
Finally, an ideologically-free way to discern fact from fiction without invoking human resistance and defensiveness.
If you think about it, can you experience God without your brain or your heart? And what type of communication system goes on between these two that can enhance or detract from the quality of your life's decisions or relationships?
A worldclass facilitator who has written with Deepak Chopra, Stephen Covey and others, he has worked with church groups, dioceses, Hollywood clientele, and organizations across the globe. A three time Notre Dame graduate, Dr. Fleming integrates solid spiritual rigor with humorous and deep insights that create a transformative experience full of "practical wisdom" typically not experienced in retreats.
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Will customize to any retreat topic and travel worldwide. Contact him directly at kevin@greymattersintl.com or at 888-833-4580. For testimonials check out:
www.effectiveexecutivecoaching.com/books/half-truth-high
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Personalized Retreat Apprenticeships
For Healing Insight, Personal Transformation, and Self-Realization
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The Art of Living Your Destiny!
Ronda LaRue, M.S., has an unusually diverse and rich background blending science, art, psychology and the sacred into a deeply transformational playground of inquiry, healing empowerment and celebration of who you really are!
An avid student of eastern philosophy, western religion, earth gnosis, modern physics, and transpersonal psychology, Ronda's work is devotional toward the sacred inner knowing that is the ground of all being, and who you really are.
An internationally-regarded author and SoulArts teacher, Ronda offers life-transforming small group and private one-on-one direct experience training retreats and artisan spa for those seeking to know the art of transforming one's life conditions, wounds, fears and stories into a soulful adventure of self-healing freedom, inner guidance, peace and meaningful connection.
Ronda LaRue works from a novel and contemporary approach to the ancient tradition of one-on-one sacred apprenticeship for facilitating self-healing insight and direct Self-Realization. Rated one of the top 10 spiritual retreats in the world for this novel and integral approach by Asia Spa Magazine, 2007
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Jana Fleming, is the founder of A Journey to Wholeness Retreats. She has been leading retreats all over the country since 2004. She is a Master Certified Life Coach, a Certified Law of Attraction Practitioner and a Primordial Sound Meditation teacher through the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, CA. Jana was a support staff with The Ford Institute in San Diego, CA for four years assisting best-selling author Debbie Ford with the renowned workshop ‘The Shadow Process.” During the past two years she taught meditation at the renowned Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, CA under the direction of Drs. Deepak Chopra & David Simon.
She has produced her first Meditation CD “Nurturing the Spirit” and is the final phase of self publishing a spiritually based book on the teachings that have transformed her life to be published as an e-book later this year. In her private coaching practice she specializes in spiritual coaching in harmony with all faiths. It is her belief that we all need spiritual tools to journey through our lives. The tools she teaches are practical and easy to adopt.
Jana’s mission is to inspire people with her life's story of overcoming a childhood of abuse, neglect, and poverty. Her greater life’s vision is to open an Integrative Holistic Healing & Educational Center that supports people from all walks of life to transform their lives through emotional healing and connecting with their life's purpose.
Jana lives in Santa Fe, NM with her husband.
"When I began facilitating retreats is was simply because I wanted to create a retreat that I wanted to attend. My mission is to provide a weekend where women can reclaim the wisdom of their inner voice, relax and rejuvenate all the while learning the spiritual tools to create more joy, peace and abundance in their lives."
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Roger has been a Healer since 1978, and is a Full Healer Member of the National Federation of Spiritual Healers, a non-denominational charity, based in Sunbury on Thames, England. It is the largest healing organization in Europe with over 6,500 members and from 1992-1995 Roger was Regional Chairman of the South West area, stepping down in April 1995 to devote more time to his healing and other interests. He is an accredited tutor for the NFSH and has run their workshops throughout the UK and USA.
Roger has also worked at the Bristol Cancer Help Centre, a registered charity, which takes an integrated approach to health - allopathic and complementary therapies working together for the good of the patient. For 5 years, together with his wife Kim, he ran a Holistic Centre on the outskirts of Bristol, UK.
He actively encourages the link between the medical profession and healers, and has worked with a number of doctors and hospitals in the Southwest of Britain as well as in California. He has worked as a volunteer in the cancer unit of a hospital in California, doing his healing work.
Roger is committed to the development of spiritual and personal growth of people interested in Healing and for many years ran Meditation & Healing Groups- at Colleges, Hospitals (for doctors and nurses) in the UK, as well as in Ventura, Ojai and Santa Barbara in the USA.
He is a regular speaker at the Omega Program of Santa Barbara City College, Continuing Education, and has appeared on television, both in Britain and US.
His many years experience in industry enable him to have a very “down to earth” approach to wellness and he is able to work on many levels with clients.
Roger sees many patients at his practices in Ventura and Santa Barbara in California, but also does life coaching and distant healing for clients who live in different parts of the country who are unable to see him personally.
He also runs Healing Development workshops throughout USA for those people wishing to develop their healing gift.
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For over 40 years, John-Roger has traveled the world guiding people to find the Spirit within themselves, and teaching how to live a healthy, loving, peaceful and rewarding life.
In 1968, John-Roger founded the nondenominational Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, through which he has shared the teachings of Soul Transcendence, which is becoming aware of oneself as a Soul and as one with God, not as a theory but as a living reality.
John-Roger has led groups of up to 150 people on Peace Awareness Trainings throughout the Middle East. His journeys have taken him to such places as the former USSR, Yugoslavia, China, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and throughout Africa, South America, North America, Australia and Europe.
In the late seventies, John-Roger established Network Of Wisdoms (NOW) Productions, which has recorded over 6000 of his seminars, and also produces his national cable TV show, "That Which Is." Besides his own show, John-Roger has appeared on other television and radio programs including CNN's Larry King Live, the Roseanne Show, and Politically Incorrect.
His influence extends into the educational arena, as he is the founder and Chancellor of the University of Santa Monica (USM). USM offers three Master's degrees all approved by the State of California. He founded and is President of Peace Theological Seminary and College of Philosophy, which offers Master of Spiritual Science (M.S.S.) and Doctor of Spiritual Science (D.S.S.) degrees and whose headquarters is home to Peace Awareness Labyrinth and Gardens. He is also the founder and Chairman of the Board of Insight Seminars.
John-Roger is a prolific writer, with over 50 books to his name and 4 Bestsellers, including a #1 NY Times Bestseller. His newest books, The Rest of Your Life (written with Dr. Paul Kaye) and Timeless Wisdoms, are available for order online through Amazon.com and are in bookstores nationwide. To keep up with his writing, John-Roger founded Mandeville Press, an independent publishing house that publishes books offering a contemporary look at ancient wisdom.
In all that he does, he encourages people to check out for themselves the information he presents, and through their own experience see how it works to bring them more abundance, joy and loving in their lives. He has transformed the lives of many people by educating them in the wisdom of the Spiritual Heart.
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Michael J Tamura
Celebrated Spiritual Teacher, Clairvoyant, Healer, Visionary
& Award-Winning Author of You Are The Answer
Michael J Tamura awakens souls. With compassion, humor and wisdom, he heals thousands of people from around the world and helps guide them to their true destiny and life purpose. Michael believes that no matter the circumstance, everyone can find happiness and spiritual fulfillment if they just know how.
Born and raised in Japan, yet educated in American schools, Michael has spent a lifetime bridging gaps: not only between East and West, but also between men and women, young and old, mind and body, heart and soul
Today, Michael is revered around the world as a master teacher, life coach, visionary, healer, clairvoyant, and pioneer of spiritual healing and psychic development. His award-winning book, You Are The Answer, is highly celebrated and his powerful seminars are booked long in advance as people flock to experience his unique 'No Pain - All Gain' approach and profound healing work.
Raphaelle Tamura
Renowned Spiritual Teacher, Clairvoyant, Healer and Life Coach
For 25 years, Raphaelle Tamura, a renowned and gifted spiritual healer, teacher and life coach, has been astounding clients around the world with her powerful clairvoyant reading abilities. Her international client-base ranges from celebrities, to top corporate executives, to thousands of everyday people looking for healing and guidance in their lives.
Raphaelle dedicates her everyday to lovingly tending to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of everyone she encounters. Her clients leave her counseling sessions armed with an array of spiritual tools and a focused path of empowerment that accelerates their healing and dramatically shifts their thinking and their lives.
In addition to being a gifted clairvoyant, healer and spiritual teacher, Raphaelle is also a talented animal communicator, helping owners better understand and communicate with their pets. Her love of animals has inspired her to write a book called Aiko's Lives, about her own beloved dog. In the book, Raphaelle shares her intimate experience with a dog soul, who has returned to be her faithful companion for the third time in her lifetime. Aiko's Lives is also being developed as a children’s book and film.
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Roxanne Howe-Murphy, Ed.D., is an executive and (mid)life coach, teacher, retreat leader and author. She is the Director of the Enneagram Institute of the San Francisco Bay Area, and is on the faculty of the Core Strengths Coaching Program at San Francisco State University. She specializes in retreats for people in midlife. Some retreats are held for women only.
Her mission is to inspire, deepen, and animate that which is best within and to honor one’s True Nature while navigating the big transitions in life. She supports others to access and embody their inner authority and has inspired countless people to live a fuller, more conscious and liberated life. Her work is done in service of encouraging our innate Inner Light to shine while bringing greater peace to the planet.
While specific retreats have different emphasis, they all center around expanding the capacity for being present, becoming more internally expansive,”being at home” in one’s own skin, releasing self-criticism and creating inner peace. She teaches and integrates the principles of the Enneagram as it offers a robust framework for awakening to reality, seeing ourselves more clearly, and recognizing our inherent connectedness to the Divine.
Beyond her formal education and extensive experience, she says, "It is my own life journey, guided by my faith in the power of the human spirit that most inspires my work. Since I was a child, I’ve been drawn to the preciousness of this human experiment, to entering into the Mysteries, and to experiencing the Sacred in All of life. After a period of ‘forgetting who I am,’ I experienced a more profound connection through learning what it really is to be present. It is this direct experience of presence that is possible for each of us and makes all the difference.”
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Testimonials
"I could feel the Divine, a presence that was immediately in front of me, it was sublte, but much more strong than ever before."
"Basically I feel more happiness and peace than in any time in my life."
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The Self Awareness Institute is a gathering place for thousands all over the world who are actively engaged in raising their consciousness and realizing their full potential. We provide you the tools and training to access your inner knowing, purpose and raise your calibrated level of consciousness to full enlightenment. What makes us unique is our use of Shaktipat (Life Force Energy) to deepen your connection and awaken higher awareness. This is the fast track to Self Realization. Experience it for yourself.
Steven S. Sadleir is Director and co-founder of the Self Awareness Institute. Mr. Sadleir is a scholar and lecturer of philosophy and has written several books, one a compendium of every major spiritual path or teaching called: Looking for God, A Seeker's Guide to Religious and Spiritual Groups of the World (Penguin, 2001). He is also co-author, with Deepak Chopra and Wayne Dyer, of Wake Up, Live the Life You Love. His most recent book is Self Realization, An Owner-User Manual for Human Beings.
He has made several trips around the world studying meditation with many of the world's enlightened masters; apprenticed with two, and spent months sitting in India for, first, 8 hours a day, then 12 hours a day, and finally 23 hours a day for 40 consecutive days and nights to complete his training as a Yogi!
He founded the Self Awareness Institute in 1985 and has trained thousands of people from over 120 counties to meditate and find greater clarity, happiness and peace. He also holds a Master of Arts in Economics, from the University of Wales, United Kingdom, holds a securities license, worked as an investment banker and fund advisor for many years, and now lives in Laguna Beach, California and devotes all his time to teaching.
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Lynda Terry
Leader Credentials: Founder of Vessels of Peace, an international spiritual peace and service network for women; author of The 11 Intentions: Invoking the Sacred Feminine as a Pathway to Inner Peace; meditation teacher and spiritual mentor
707-539-2081
vesselsofpeace.com
lyndaterry@vesselsofpeace.com
Retreat Themes: Women, Peace, Sacred Feminine, Meditation, Silence, Service, Global Consciousness
Spiritual Focus: Multi-faith, interspiritual, ecumenical
Address: P.O. Box 9006
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
 Lynda Terry is a meditation teacher, spiritual mentor, author and the founder of Vessels of Peace. Over the past 15 years, Lynda has transitioned from a career in marketing communications, college teaching and public relations, to a life and work grounded in spiritual service. She began teaching meditation in the early 1990s, after her own meditation practice – initiated to cope with a life crisis – transformed her physically, emotionally and spiritually. People began asking her to teach them to meditate, and she realized she had found her calling. |
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I work with individuals on all spiritual paths, including those who are unaffiliated with a particular religious tradition. Many of my clients are on a creative, interfaith or integral path. I am a graduate of the Spiritual Directors Institute (Mercy Center) and the Kaiser Hospital Training Program for Interfaith Chaplains, and am former director of the interfaith spiritual direction program at the Chaplaincy Institute. In addition to being a spiritual director, I am a professor, writer-poet, and creativity coach who teaches courses on spirituality, creativity, literature, and work visioning. I also volunteer as an interfaith chaplain at Kaiser Hospital.
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Margaret Wolff facilitates retreats and is a popular speaker at conferences around the US. Her work provide resources -- models, skills, and inspiration -- to help others, no matter what their spiritual tradition, learn to respond to their innate wisdom and integrate their most deeply held values into their daily lives.
"Though I have degrees in Art Therapy, Psychosynthesis, and Leadership and Human Behavior, and have been nationally recognized as a training consultant and journalist, what contributed most to the person I am today began not in the halls of any university or the board rooms of any corporation, but in the midnight hours of my childhood. It was then that I first began to carry on long, intimate conversations with an unseen but palpable Presence I called "The Magic," a presence that filled me with uncharacteristic bravado about my ability to master my life -- and sometimes, joy."
Margaret's Book - "In Sweet Company Conversations With Extraordinary Women About Living A Spiritual Life (Jossey Bass), is a compelling collection of intimate conversations with 14 remarkable women, each with a spiritual life that nourishes them and serves as a dependable compass for their decision-making.
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Retreat Leaders and Resources
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Credentials: BA Religious Studies, MA Experiential Education, Vista Volunteer Juneau,AK, Facilitated Youth Retreats at La Salle Manor Retreat Center, High School Religion Teacher, Published Author, Poet, Outdoor Educator, Lifetime member of the Girl Scouts, Member of National Eating Disorder Association, Active participant of University of Santa Monica's Spiritual Psychology Program, Team building Facilitator, Experiential Educator.
Retreat Themes: General Youth, Finding the best in ourselves, Teambuilding, Service, Soul-Centered Education, It's not about me -Following Spirit.
Mary Pat is a dynamic,Inspirational speaker, facilitator and Author who provides a space for individuals to become their authentic selves. Her program Learn,Lead and Serve offers an opportunity for students of all ages to experience Body,Mind and Spiritual techniques that will assist them in becoming present in their own lives. There is no better time than the present to become who you were truly meant to be - YOU!!!
Mary Pat's book "Reflecting Grace" is a compilation of beautiful and artistic poems that take you on a personal jouney of life. Get it today on Amazon.com.
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Swami Khecaranatha
info@rudramandir.com
Sacred Space Yoga Sanctuary
830 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-486-8700
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Swami Khecaranatha (born Steven Ott) began practicing Kundalini Yoga under Swami Rudrananda (Rudi) in 1971. Rudi recognized him as a teacher within this lineage in 1972. Khecaranatha lived in an ashram for 30 years, and has traveled to India, Nepal, & Asia, spending extended time in meditation and spiritual practice. At the same time he is very accessible, and understands the pressures of living in the world. He has dedicated his life to spiritual development and to serving others in their spiritual quest.
Khecaranatha grew up in an international environment. When he was 6 he moved to Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina -- basically the bottom of the earth. He lived there until age 12. He moved directly from South America to North Africa where he lived in Tripoli, Libya until 1970 when he moved back to the U.S.
Shortly thereafter, Khecaranatha met Swami Rudrananda -- in October of 1971. He moved into the ashram in January of 1972. He lived in the ashram in Indiana, Massachusetts, and most recently in Portland, OR. In June of 2001 he moved to Berkeley to start a spiritual center and to establish his import business -- which is a business path that is seamless with his spiritual focus and commitment.
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Mary Pat Nally