Finding a weekend meditation retreat is easy enough. Simply click on a search engine and you will find plenty to choose from. Getting the most from your retreats means finding the ones that offer the most for your time spent there. The following list highlights some of the best meditation retreat centers in the U.S. where you can enjoy a soothing relaxation for the mind and rejuvenate your body at the same time.
Hawaii Raw Detoxification Retreat
Not only will you be surrounded by the most beautiful scenery anywhere in the United States on this famous island of Hawaii but you will enjoy meditation classes, learn methods of fasting for healthy cleansing, and receive nutritious raw food fasting in their special programs designed to detoxify your body from general everyday foods, household toxic chemicals, and when necessary, drugs.
Sky Meadow Retreat
For a true meditation retreat weekend the Sky Meadow Retreat is hard to beat. Located in the gentle hills of Vermont they offer yoga classes, ritual dances on the full moon, 2 – 5 day intensive silent meditation retreats, an elderhood retreat for older individuals, and a unique writing and meditation retreat for creative individuals. It is one of the most affordable weekend meditation retreat centers around with prices ranging from $130 for a basic meditation weekend to $450 for indepth studies in specific techniques. The elderhood retreat is a weeklong event that runs $1565.
Peace Village
Located in upstate New York Peace Village offers luxury accommodations surrounded by a beautiful wooded backdrop on 300 secluded acres devoted to meditation and relaxation of the mind and body. The weekend meditation retreats at Peace Village center on Raja Yoga practices that bend the body and the mind into perfect atonement with the soul.
Spirit Fire
Spirit Fire hosts resort weekends at their facility in Massachusetts and other special sessions across the country so it is easy to find one near you. They have spiritual meditation classes in esoteric healing, astrology, psychology, awareness meditation, and even business consciousness. For extra healing benefits and relaxation at home after your weekend meditation retreat they also offer podcasts to help you center your being all year long.
Find the weekend meditation retreat that fits your personal philosophy and provides the mental relaxation you need to come home more fit and energized. There are hundreds of retreats all across the U.S. that deliver beautiful lodging and learning experiences.