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The Esalen Institute, commonly called Esalen, is a non-profit American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses on humanistic alternative education. [2] The institute played a key role in the Human Potential Movement beginning in the 1960s. Its innovative use of encounter groups, a focus on the mind-body ...
The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine lies a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean, on Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, California.It was founded and dedicated by Paramahansa Yogananda, on August 20, 1950, [3] [4] and is owned by the Self-Realization Fellowship. [5]
Couples who are dissatisfied with their relationship may resort to a variety of sources for help including online courses, self-help books, retreats, workshops, and couples' counseling. [ 10 ] Before a relationship between individuals can be understood, it is important to recognize and acknowledge that each person, including the counselor, has ...
New Camaldoli Hermitage (formally called Immaculate Heart Hermitage) is a rural Camaldolese Benedictine hermitage in the Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur, California, in the United States. The Camaldolese branch of the Benedictine family was founded by St. Romuald in the late 10th century.
SRF has a sister organization in India called Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), founded by Yogananda in 1917 and headquartered in Dakshineswar (near Calcutta). [ 37 ] [ 18 ] YSS oversees 200 kendras , mandalis , retreats, and ashrams throughout India and Nepal, [ 38 ] along with more than 20 educational and medical facilities.
The Annenbergs envisioned Sunnylands becoming the "Camp David of the West," [13] a place for national and foreign dignitaries and diplomats to gather for summit meetings and retreats in a relaxed setting, available to leaders from all political parties. [4] President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, joined the Annenbergs to golf and fish.
Several other prominent California women including Ellen Browning Scripps, Mrs. Warren Olney Jr. and Mary Sroufe Merrill were involved in the creation of the retreat. [7] In 1956, the State of California acquired Asilomar, and architect John Carl Warnecke was commissioned to design seven additional buildings to expand the grounds. [8]
Harbin Hot Springs is a hot spring retreat and workshop center situated at Harbin Springs (formerly, Harbin Hot Springs [1] and Harbin's Springs [2]) in Lake County, Northern California. Operated by Heart Consciousness Church, a non-profit , it is named after Matthew Harbin, a pioneer who settled in the Lake County area.