Pali Mountain is the perfect location for group retreats. Our facility comfortably accommodates up to 200 guests in either our Bear's Den 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.

Miramonte, a Contemporary Mediterranean Estate, lies at the foothills of the majestic Santa Rosa Mountains. Minutes from Palm Springs in the affluent city of Indian Wells, Miramonte Resort & Spa offers guests a true luxury spa resort experience found no where else.

• Accommodations
  Lavish bougainvillea-covered villas welcome you with grand archways to beautifully designed guestroom retreats. Each of our 215 guestrooms and suites can be described as luxurious, stylish and gracefully appointed.
  
  
• Meetings & Events
  A variety of meeting facilities are available that can accommodate up to 500 guests, making Miramonte Resort & Spa the ideal choice for a host of events from retreats to reunions in Southern California.
  
  
• Dining
  Dining at the resort and spa include: The Grove Restaurant, the Vineyard Lounge, Poolside food & beverage service and 24-hour in-room dining
  
  

• Activities: The centerpiece of Miramonte is the richly appointed luxury spa, The WELL.
  Overlooking three championship golf courses, Miramonte Resort & Spa provides a multitude of thrilling golf opportunities.
  
  

• Rent this center for your group.
  
• Teach your classes in this relaxing and beautiful setting.
  
• Take advantage of the peaceful quiet and beauty of this center to offer a more intensive learning experience to your Meditation, Spirituality or Personal growth classes.
  

Accomodations: Our facility has three bedrooms; one with two twin beds, one with a full sized bed and one queen size bed, as well as dormatory style sleeping on comfortable Japanese style bedding that sleeps up to an additional 6. There is also a queen sized air bed that fits comfortably in the master bedroom or dormatory sleep area.

In the warmer months tents may be pitched to accomodate additional guests. We ask that you please keep the maximum number of individuals (including yourself) to 20.

BLACK MOUNTAIN PRESERVE and RETREAT CENTER is located in the Russian River area of Sonoma County and offers reasonably-priced group retreat facilities for up to 250 participants. Our center hosts many diverse groups such as yoga/health practitioners, university choirs, leadership trainers, permaculture designers, spiritual teachers and retreats, family reunions.

A SETTING WHERE NATURE ABOUNDS

The Black Mountain Center is nestled amongst 485 acres of coastal redwood and oak woodlands with hilltop meadows, ocean views and creeks, all easily accessible by wide paths or deer trails. We are committed to keeping Black Mountain Preserve and Retreat Center a pristine wildlife and forest area.

Tel: 707.632.5629
Fax:707.632.5324

reservations@blackmountaincenter.com
www.blackmountaincenter.com

23125 Fort Ross Road, Cazadero, CA 95421

• Ananda spiritually-oriented Hatha Yoga

• Meditation

• Spiritual Retreats

• Lifestyles for Radiant Health

Here, among the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, we live and work throughout the year. We invite you into our lives through opportunities for solitude and silence, for participation in workshops, earth celebrations and spiritual dialogue.


Come to Skyline for private retreats, facilitated workshops, private consultations and communion with the natural world. We offer our facility to individuals, couples or small groups, who provide their own direction, as well as those groups who would like us to facilitate an experience for them. Using both the Ranch House and the Cabin, we can comfortably accommodate a group of 12 people.
We also offer our Hermitage, nestled in a secluded wooded spot, for those seeking longer periods of contemplation.

Leaders: In 1988 Diane Pendola and Teresa Hahn co-founded Skyline Harvest as a response to the needs of incarcerated and chemically-dependent women. Our eco-contemplative center expands our commitment to justice for the poor and marginalized, to include justice and healing for the whole earth community.

More about Diane and Teresa

"Leave behind a world that values doing over being and enter an eco-contemplative way of life. Return to center. Return home".

Yokoji Retreat Center is an eco-friendly environment located in the heart of the San Jacinto Mountains, Southern California.

Yokoji Retreat Center is the picture of tranquility, set in a remote mountain valley, far away from all the stresses and strains of urban living. We are a year round Zen Buddhist training center, so you will meet and be served by monks and practitioners during your stay with us. Yoga, Tai Chi, leadership, relaxation and spiritual retreats have all been successfully held on our grounds in the past years. The rugged beauty of our environment is perfect for those seeking peace, to reconnect with nature; for those seeking solitude and also those looking to bond over a shared experience.

The Center is set up on ecological principals. Our power is harnessed from the sun and the wind and our water is drawn from an on-site well. The food we serve is 100% vegetarian, and largely organic.

• Accomodations: Variety of accommodations providing living space for up to 45 people.
  
  
• Meeting Hall: we provide your group with a spacious hall for your indoor activities. The room is a purpose built meditation hall, and lends itself very well to Yoga, Tai Chi and other activities requiring a space in which a number of people can meet and move around.For conference purposes, we can provide a limited number of chairs and tables, and you are welcome to bring your own to fit your specific needs.
  
  
• Dining Facilities: All the food served at Yokoji Retreat Center is totally vegetarian. We cater for allergies and religious preferences, however, due to the large number of people who simply dislike one food or another, we can not cater for individual preferences. We asked to be notified at least 2 weeks in advance for any food requests according to the above rules.
  We have a dining hall which is kept warm in the winter months with a wood-burning furnace, and picnic tables outside for the warmer months.

Headlands Institute is a certified Green Conference Center located in the beautiful Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Ocean views, miles of trails to explore, and outdoor meeting areas make our center a naturally inspiring location for your next meeting or retreat.

• Facilities for group sizes of 10 - 200
• Delicious and healthy gourmet meals
• 180,000 acres of park land to explore
Overnight accommodations for up to 200
• Wireless internet access

• Youth retreats
• Men’s and women’s retreats
• Spiritual and yoga retreats
• Family reunions and more

• Organic ingredients used when possible
On site composting of all kitchen waste
Zero emissions vehicles are used to make onsite deliveries
Non-toxic cleansers are used to clean all meeting and sleeping areas

• DAY OF RECOLLECTION
  

On Tuesdays or Thursdays we can host a directed or non-directed Day of Recollection for a group of ten to thirty persons. A group may choose to bring in its own speaker, or it may ask ahead of time to have one of our monks serve as the speaker. A group may keep its own schedule, respecting, however, that we serve lunch from 12 Noon to 12:30 P.M.

Fees
- Groups bringing in their own speaker: $15 per person
- Groups requesting a monk as a speaker: $20 per person
- Fee payments only in cash or by check.

• RETREAT

Groups or individual persons may reserve time and space for their own retreat programs at the monastery. Those on retreat may attend prayers and Mass in the monastery church, or they may keep their own schedule, respecting, however, the monastery’s schedule for serving meals.

Fees (Covering both Rooms and Meals)
- Weekends (Friday-Sunday) $65 per night per person.
- Weekdays (between Monday and Friday)— if staying only one night— $65 per person.
- Weekdays (between Monday and Friday)— if staying two or more nights— $50 per night per person.
- Fee payments only in cash or by check.

• ROOM ACCOMODATIONS
  

All rooms have twin-size beds, private baths, a desk and a lamp. Some rooms have an outdoor patio as well. Eighteen rooms have one bed each, and thirteen rooms have two beds each. We can host forty-four overnight guests. Two rooms are fully equipped for wheelchairs.

• OTHER FACILITIES

Without further fees, overnight groups may reserve use of the various conference rooms, the wooden chapel, the gift shop, library, prayer walk (Outdoor Stations of the Cross).

The chapel supplies (liturgical vessels, vestments, candles, altar cloths, altar breads, altar wine) are available only for use by Catholics.

Two dining rooms are available: one of them is usually reserved for those who wish to eat in silence.

We also offer programs that integrate religious wisdom, spirituality and depth psychology. Our primary resources are the life and teachings of Jesus and the work of C.G. Jung, together with other traditions that illumine the life of the soul: http://www.foursprings.org/seminars.htm

Four Springs was established in 1956 by the founders of the Guild for Psychological Studies, Elizabeth Boyden Howes, Sheila Moon and Luella Sibbald. It has become a sacred place for generations of seekers whose spiritual work has shaped Four Springs and been nourished by it.

The amenities of our bay area retreat center are well equipped to host a variety of group meetings and events, from retreats, and weddings to outdoor educational activities and training seminars.

• Sunday meditation services and daily group meditations
  
• Group retreats and workshops
  
• Private retreats
  
• Tools of meditation
  
• Yoga and breathwork
  
• Astrological counseling
  
• Nutritional and herbal counseling
  
• A Hopi labyrinth
  
• Hiking and biking trails, and sacred spaces
  
• Organic gardening and farming
  
  

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.

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.

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. A complete calendar of our offerings can be found at www.mercy-center.org.

We are a meeting place for nonprofit organizations and other groups seeking a tranquil setting for their conference or retreat. Although we are a retreat center in the Catholic tradition, Mercy Center welcomes groups of diverse faiths and cultural backgrounds who appreciate our contemplative environment.

Located on thirty-nine acres of mature oaks and lovingly tended grounds, we offer soothing gardens and beautiful walking trails. Ten minutes from San Francisco International Airport, and five minutes from Millbrae BART, we are conveniently located for national and international visitors. Overnight accommodations include 90 bedrooms in a quiet and informal community setting.

People from many walks of life find Peace Labyrinth and Gardens an ideal spot for personal recharging and for group activities.

There are also evening and weekend classes focused on the teachings of the Spiritual Heart through the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), including classes on the benefits of walking the labyrinth.

Labyrinths are a kind of archetypal design that have been in existence for hundreds of years as part of mystical and religious traditions and cultures throughout the world.

The meditation garden offers sanctuary to reflect and recharge in natural beauty with the sounds of water all around.

The Ananda Meditation Retreat offers a variety of accommodations in cozy lodges, cabins and cottages spread throughout 60 acres of beautiful wooded forests with window views of the surrounding mountains and forests.

Cabins are cozy and range in size and amenities from those with full bathrooms and kitchenettes, to simple one-room accommodations. Our cottages feature kitchens, dining & living area and some have separate meditation rooms. Our Lodge rooms feature separate bedrooms that share an indoor bathroom.

Guests may apply to stay at our retreat 365 days a year. A variety of accommodations choices are available. We also offer an entire range of events and programs for those guests who want a comprehensive retreat experience. Our dining room offers three delicious vegetarian meals per day.