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Stanford
Inn by the Sea
44850 Comptche Ukiah Road, POB 487, Mendocino, CA 95460
707-937-5615 or 800-331-8884 (Toll-Free)
Cuisine: Dine at the inn's vegan eatery "Ravens Restaurant".
Description: Nestled on a Mendocino Coast hillside, Stanford Inn, a Mendocino Resort, sits atop a meadow overlooking Mendocino Bay.
Pepper
Tree Retreat
1130 McAndrew Road (P.O. Box 1560) Ojai, CA
93024
805-646-4773 or 877-355-5986 (Toll-Free)
Cuisine: A vegetarian breakfast buffet with vegan options is offered
each morning.
Description: Pepper Tree Retreat, an Ojai bed and breakfast
inn is the
former home of philosopher J. Krishnamurti, perhaps
Ojai's most famous resident.
Learn Vegan Cuisine
San Diego Spiritual Retreat Center, 5049 Highway 78, Santa Ysabel, CA 92070
619-333-8557
Cuisine: Vegan
Description: All guests receive recipe handouts. Learn how to make Vegan Cuisine. 
Glen
Ivy Hot Springs
25000 Glen Ivy
Road, Corona, CA 92883
888-453-6489 (Toll-Free)
Cuisine: Some vegetarian & vegan options at their GOCO Cafe.
Harbin
Hot Springs
18424 Harbin
Springs Rd., Middletown, CA 95461
707-987-2477 or California toll-free:
1-800-622-2477.
Cuisine: Vegetarian options at all meals. Eclectic
cuisine often features organic produce from local
farms.
Description: Temporarily closed due to fire. One of the oldest and most beautiful hot springs
in California, Harbin Hot Springs is now operated
as a non-profit retreat and workshop center.
Sacred
Springs Retreat
Middletown, CA
707-987-9044
Cuisine: 100% raw, living foods or a mix of raw
and cooked foods or liquid diet including juices,
soups, super food smoothies; use locally grown
produce whenever possible.
Description: Offer a combination of a spiritual retreat and alternative, holistic healing therapies. Visits by appointment only.
Sierra
Hot Springs
521 Campbell Hot Springs Rd., Sierraville, CA
96126
530-994-3773
Cuisine: Although they do serve meat and fish entrees, there is always a vegetarian option
Description: Sierra Hot Springs is a non-profit retreat and
workshop center.
We Care Detox Spa and Spiritual Retreat
18000 Long Canyon Rd., Desert Hot Springs, CA
92241
760-251-2261 or 800-888-2523 (Toll-Free):
Cuisine: Their program is an "all-liquid juice
fasting & detoxification
process. We Care Spa prepares a nutritious green salad for you to take on the plane or to eat prior to departure.
Description: Family-owned spa
and spiritual retreat.
Tassajara
Zen Mountain Center
39171 Tassajara Road, Carmel Valley ,
CA 93924
415-865-1899 (Summer Guest Season
reservations)
Cuisine: Three vegetarian meals are served daily to overnight guests. Breakfast and dinner are family style. For lunch, guests may choose between eating in the dining room or making a “bag lunch” from a buffed.
Description: Soto Zen
Buddhist monastery which, from May through
August, Tassajara opens its gates for
workshops, retreats, guest practice,
work-study programs, and the quiet,
peaceful solitude of our mountain
valley.
Deer
Park Monastery
2499
Melru Lane, Escondido, CA 92026
760-291-1028
Description: A 400-acre Buddhist
sanctuary providing a safe, secluded,
peaceful place to cultivate inner solidity
and clarity, under the guidance of their
teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh. " We welcome you
to come and practice with us, for a Day of
Mindfulness, for a few days a week or
several weeks."
Yokoji
Zen Mountain Center
58900 Apple Canyon
Road, Mountain Center, CA 92561
951-659-5272
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Description: Offer offer year round training in Zen Buddhism,
both residential and non-residential.
Shasta
Abbey Buddhist Monastery
3724 Summit Drive,
Mount Shasta, CA 96067-9012
530-926-4208
Cuisine: All meals are vegetarian (may include
dairy and egg).
Description: Throughout the year we offer a range of retreats that focus on the fundamentals of Buddhism, Buddhist Scriptures and Sutras, and aspects and questions arising out of contemporary practice.
Green
Gulch Farm Zen Center
1601 Shoreline
Highway, Muir Beach, CA 94965
415-383-3134 (Tue- Sat
9am-noon and 2-4pm; Sun 9-10 am. Hours vary
during retreat times).
Cuisine: Vegetarian.
Description: Afilliated with the San Francisco Zen Center.
Offer daily meditation, regular monastic retreats
and practice periods, classes, lectures, and
workshops.
California
Vipassana Center | Dhamma Mahavana
P.O. Box 1167,
North Fork, CA 93643
559-877-4386
Cuisine: Vegetarian. "If the diet is too
specialized or would interfere with meditation, we
might have to ask you to wait until you can be more
flexible."
Description: 109 acre forested Buddhist center in the Sierra
foothills where the technique of Vipassana
meditation is taught and practiced. Ten day residential courses throughout the year.
Land
of Medicine Buddha
5800 Prescott Rd.,
Soquel, CA 95073
831-462-8383
Cuisine: 100% vegetarian cuisine "prepared fresh
daily by our team of dedicated chefs."
Description: Green certified non-profit retreat center located
in Santa Cruz County offering Buddhist classes and
retreats, and personal retreats.
Spirit
Rock Meditation Center (Map)
5000 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, Woodacre, CA
94973
415-488-0164
Cuisine: Vegetarian.
Description: Buddhist Vipassana Meditation, is at the heart of
all the activities at Spirit Rock. The Center hosts
a full program of ongoing classes, daylong
programs, and residential retreats. 
Optimum
Health Institute of San Diego
6970 Central Ave.,
Lemon Grove, CA 91945-3346
619-464-3346
Cuisine: Servs live raw organic
vegetarian meals consisting of sprouts, greens,
fruits, vegetables, enzyme-rich rejuvelac (a
naturally fermented, nonalcoholic beverage) and
sauerkraut. Wheatgrass juice is consumed twice a day.
Description: OHI is a healing ministry of the Free Sacred
Trinity Church. People of all traditions are
welcome to participate in our integrated program
for mental, physical, spiritual and emotional
healing.
Chumayo
Spa
120 H Street, P.O.
Box 191, Blue Lake, CA 95525
707-668-0101
Cuisine: Self serve. Upstairs guest room comes with
a kitchenette, basic cookware.
The
Ashram
2025 McKain Street,
Calabasas, CA 91302-2317
818-222-6900
Cuisine: Vegetarian.
Description: Retreats dedicated to health, fitness and
renewal.
Golden
Door
P.O.
Box 463077, Escondido, CA 92046-3077
619-744-5777
Cuisine: Mostly vegetarian, with vegan options.
Description: Escape to the original flagship Golden Door spa near San Diego, California, offering treatments and ideals rich in tradition, yet executed with a modern interpretation. Join us for a weeklong customized stay in this atmosphere of rare privacy, and achieve a deep, meaningful rapport with nature, enjoy the camaraderie of fellow guests, and discover a meaningful reconnection to your innermost self.
Osmosis
Day Spa Sanctuary
209 Bohemian
Highway, Freestone, CA 95472
707-823-8231
Cuisine: Dine at nearby restuarants.
Weimar
Center
20601 West Paoli Lane, Weimar, CA
95736
530-637-4111 or 888-370-8782 (Toll-Free)
Cuisine: Vegan.
Description: Seventh-day Adventist health & education
center offering the NEWSTART®18-day
program.
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The
Expanding Light
14618 Tyler Foote
Rd., Nevada City, CA 95959
530-478-7518 or 800-346-5350 (Toll-Free)
Cuisine: Vegetarian.
Description: We share the nonsectarian meditation practices
and yoga philosophy of Paramhansa Yogananda and his
direct disciple, Ananda's founder, Swami
Kriyananda. Give yourself a gift: unplug from busy-ness and recharge your spiritual batteries. Come almost any day of the year and stay as long as you like.
The
Ojai Foundation
9739 Ojai-Santa
Paula Rd., Ojai, CA 93023
805-646-08343
Cuisine: Vegetarian options.
Description: Their public and private programs, both in Ojai and
at other locations, offer individuals and groups of
all ages an opportunity to explore community, live
close to nature, find renewal, and mark significant
rites of passage through ceremony, quiet
reflection, and shared service.
Mount
Madonna Center
445 Summit Road,
Watsonville, CA 95076
408-846-4064 (Monday-Thursday 9-5. Friday
9-5:30. Saturday 11-5. Sunday closed.)
Cuisine: Vegetarian.
Description: Mount Madonna Center is a conference and retreat
center located on 355 acres of mountain-top redwood
forest and grassland overlooking Monterey Bay,
between Santa Cruz and Monterey, in Northern
California.
Sivananda
Ashram Yoga Farm
14651 Ballantree
Lane, Grass Valley, CA 95945
530-272-9322 or 800-469-9642 (Toll-Free)
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Description: Yoga retreats based on the teachings of Swami
Vishnudevananda. |
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