June 12th, 2009 FindtheDivine
Dozens of religious retreats are nestled in the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley of upstate New York, many open to visitors seeking quiet getaways and personal enlightenment. Stay for meals or overnight, you’ll likely be asked for a donation or pay a small fee. Come for organized retreats for weekends, weeks or longer, with guided learning, solitary prayer or meditation, and pay program fees.
This blog suggests you how you can find a few of those quiet places in many spiritual traditions.
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June 12th, 2009 FindtheDivine
Retreat centers for meditation are established in order to provide a quiet and relaxing place to profoundly contemplate which is not usually achieved within the corners of a quiet room. There are several retreat areas for meditation in California to choose from.Institute for Internal Transformation in San Francisco, the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, the Ananda Meditation Retreat in Nevada City and Saratoga Springs at Upper Lake.
This blog gives you details regarding those 4 California Meditation Centers
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June 12th, 2009 FindtheDivine
After serving for more than 80 years as a place of respite and a spiritual hub, the Cenacle Retreat House in Lake Ronkonkoma is set to come down.
The house, which sits at the center of the 45-acre Ronkonkoma Cenacle retreat center, will be replaced by a new, energy-efficient facility, said an attorney for the Sisters of the Cenacle, the Catholic order that runs the center.
This blog is about the human and economical challenges that the Cenacle face today and how they chose to resolve them.
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June 12th, 2009 FindtheDivine
This blog is a follow up on our latest one about “spiritual tourism” in Pennsylvannia.
Several Pennsylvania destinations fall into the spiritual-travel category, with philosophies as varied as the locales they call home. Here are a few: St. Joseph Institute, The Himalayan Institute, Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, Pendle Hill
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June 12th, 2009 FindtheDivine
“Frazzled Americans look increasingly to such destinations as the St Joseph Institute in Port Matilda, PA, to decompress from their mile-a-minute lifestyles, redefining the concept of “spiritual travel.” State tourism gurus in Pennsylvania in recent years have produced literature promoting what they called “growing interest in spiritually based retreat destinations.”
St. Joseph has been attracting visitors since 1971. Some come for retreats, some for wellness worskshops or conferences, and others for the peacefulness of the place.
For more about St Joseph and the phenomenon of “spiritual travel” of click on this blog
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