Encinitas Retreat
Contact
Retreat Office:
Phone: +1 760-753-1811
Email:
[email protected]
Office Hours:
Mon – Sat 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sun 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Welcome to the Encinitas Personal Retreat Program
“Every person needs a retreat, a dynamo of silence where he may go for the exclusive purpose of being recharged by the Infinite.”
—Paramahansa Yogananda
The SRF Encinitas Retreat is located in the coastal city of Encinitas, California, approximately 95 miles south of Los Angeles and 30 miles north of San Diego. Our program provides a quiet and spiritual environment where individuals can take the time to focus on deepening their spiritual practices of meditation, reflection, and study of Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings.
Retreatants have the opportunity to visit the SRF Hermitage—where Paramahansaji lived for many years and wrote his Autobiography of a Yogi—as well as enjoy the meditation gardens during daylight hours, meditate in the SRF J-Street Chapel across the street from the retreat building (see below for hours), and attend a variety of activities at the SRF Encinitas Temple.
Activities while you are on retreat
We suggest that during your personal retreat you include the following (see schedule of activities offered below):
- Daily individual and group meditations
- Practice of the SRF Energization Exercises
- Inspirational classes and services led by SRF monastics
- Pilgrimage visit to the SRF Hermitage
- Time to relax and enjoy the beautiful and serene meditation gardens
- Personal meditations in the J-Street Chapel
- SRF books for private study
- One-on-one monastic counseling
Program
Along with your private spiritual practices, retreatants are invited to participate in the rich program of inspirational monastic-led services, Energization Exercises and meditations, and study groups provided at the SRF Encinitas Temple and J-Street Chapel. Also, a scheduled visit to the Hermitage is offered.
| Wednesday – Sunday 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
J Street Chapel | Individual meditation |
| Wednesday 7:00 – 9:00 p.m |
J Street Chapel |
Lay-led Meditation (2nd & 4th Wednesday) Lay-led Kirtan & Meditation
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| Thursday 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. |
J Street Chapel | Monastic-led Energization Exercises & Meditation |
| Thursday 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. |
Temple | Monastic-led Inspirational Service |
| Friday 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. |
J Street Chapel | Monastic-led Energization Exercises & Meditation |
| Friday 2:00 p.m. |
Meet at Retreat Office |
Hermitage Visit |
| Friday 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
J Street Chapel | Monastic-led Meditation |
| Saturday (except 3rd Saturday) 7:40 a.m. |
J Street Chapel |
Energization Exercises & Lay-led Meditation
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| Saturday (except 1st Saturday) 5:40 – 8:00 p.m. |
Temple | Energization Exercises & Lay-led Meditation & SRF Lessons Study |
| Sunday 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Temple | Monastic-led Inspirational Sunday Service |
| Sunday 5:40 – 8:00 p.m. |
J Street Chapel | Energization Exercises & Lay-led Meditation |
*Please check EncinitasTemple.org for calendar changes.
Conducted Weekend Retreats are currently not offered.
About Your Stay
Location
The retreat is located at 1136 -1144 Second Street in Encinitas, California. Located less than a block from the Self-Realization Fellowship Encinitas Meditation Gardens as well as, the retreat is also just a block away from our Encinitas Temple.And the J-Street Chapel is across the street.
Availability
The retreat is available for reservations from Wednesday through Sunday.
Accommodations
The retreat is within an enclosed apartment complex. Each retreat apartment is comfortably furnished with one or two bedrooms, living room, and kitchen facilities. Two-bedroom apartments provide retreatants with a private bedroom and a shared bath. Fresh towels and bed linens are provided.
Meals
Meals are not provided in the retreat program currently offered. Each retreat apartment kitchen is equipped with cooking equipment, dishes, cups, and utensils so retreatants can prepare their own meals. We recommend that retreatants go grocery shopping before they arrive at the retreat (there are several grocers within a couple of miles) or use a grocery or meal delivery service. We ask that no meat, fish, or fowl be prepared or consumed in the retreat apartments.
Suggested Donation
$125 per night (Suggested donation made upon check-in)
