Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Dear Erin, If you are interested in also learning while you are working, then I'd suggest you check out Esalen in Big Sur, California. Rachel ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 A Christian camp can be very reasonable. There also used to be a very inexpensive yoga retreat in Virginia Beach. I heard it was pretty rustic, dorm rooms, etc. Another possibility is in Mexico. Resorts there can be more reasonable. Some of the famous human portential movement resorts are Esalen, Heartwood, Omega, Kripalu. There are more. I don't know how reasonable they are, but they might have work-study accomodations. There's also the Transcendental Meditation headquarters in Iowa, the Americana Leadership College in Osceola, Iowa and New Braunfels, TX. Iowa appears to have some sort of spiritual vortex, or at least that is what I have heard. Osceola's a working farm. You also might try some of the National Parks. They have a program where you can work for the season and stay in dormers. Toni On 6/1/07, Erin (from Goshogawara) <Jade_Frog wrote: > > Hello, this is my first time to see this website and post. Please > forgive me if this question has been asked before. :-) I'm > currently in a job in Japan, and will be finishing my contract > within a year. After that year is up, the sky's the limits for what > I can do next before my next job. > Something that I've really wanted to do is go to some kind of > spiritual retreat - to meditate, eat vegetarian foods, be surrounded > by nature and an environmentally healthy way of living - pretty much > a total mind/body cleansing. I don't know if I'll be able to afford > it for very long (at least not at the prices I've been finding). I > would like to be there for at least 2 or 3 months. > My question is - does anyone know of a good retreat that would > allow me to work for room and board, or barring that, a retreat with > low costs that would allow me to be there for a while? To be > honest, I don't know much about retreats, but I really feel like my > life is becoming more and more clogged with unhealthy things (food, > habits, lack of spirituality, no nature around me, etc.). I want to > step back and really cleanse myself of all that collected junk. > Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated!!! :-) > ~Erin~ > P.S. I suppose it helps to know that I'm not part of any specific > religion. > > > -- In wellness, Toni D. Roberts, BA, LMT Cumberland Muscle Therapy 2470 Windy Hill Road SE, Suite 227 Marietta, Georgia 30067-8617 (770) 984-8040 forums www.cumberlandmuscletherapy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Look into the Insight Meditation Society in Barrie, Massachusetts. in loving kindness, Linda ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Hello Erin, Kripalu, Omega Institute, Vipassana Centers (Goenka), and the Insight Meditation Center in Barrie, Massachusetts all have some kind of work exchange programs and are in very pretty places. Debbie Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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