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Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
The largest retreat centre of its kind in North America, in a former Jesuit novitiate above a Berkshire lake. A set daily schedule of yoga, meals…
Wellness Type: Yoga & meditation
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Omega Institute
A 250-acre nonprofit campus in the Hudson Valley running workshops through the warm months. Closer to a summer school than a spa, and priced and scheduled…
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Insight meditation in the hills of west Marin, with silent residential retreats running from a weekend to two months. Serious practice rather than an introduction.
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Insight Meditation Society
One of the oldest vipassana centres in the West, running long silent retreats in rural central Massachusetts. Read our guide on what day three is like…
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Drala Mountain Center
Six hundred acres at 8000 feet with the Great Stupa of Dharmakaya at the centre. The altitude is a real factor and arriving a day early…
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Feathered Pipe Ranch
One of the oldest yoga retreat centres in the United States, running small residential weeks in the Rockies since the 1970s. Rustic by design.
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Satchidananda Ashram — Yogaville
A working ashram on the James River with a full daily schedule and a resident community. Genuinely monastic in rhythm, which suits some people and not…
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Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch
Classical Sivananda practice in the Catskills, with a fixed schedule that starts before six. The closest thing to a traditional ashram within reach of New York.
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Mount Madonna Center
A redwood ridge above Monterey Bay, run by a resident community since the late 1970s. Quiet, unpolished and considerably cheaper than the coastal alternatives.
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Karmê Chöling
A Shambhala practice centre in the Northeast Kingdom, running everything from weekend introductions to month-long group retreats.