The Retreat Center is 5200 square feet on two floors and has lots of doors, windows, and the property, indoor as well
as outdoor, is laid out for spacial group living. Our Satsang
Hall has great couches and recliner chairs. All of our beds have
Queen-sized Sealy Posturepedic mattresses and springs.
Decorations are soothing. Pictures are
inspirational.
The Quan Yin Room and The Buddha Room each share a bath and the large kitchen on the same floor.
Every
retreat room has a comfortable armchair for meditation or
reading, a desk or table for writing and/or eating in private, a telephone with local service, internet access, a large closet, and a chest of drawers. Sheets, pillows, comforters, and towels are provided.
You provide your openness to heal, raise in vibration, and integrate there.
Bring
your own your toilet articles which you, along with your electric
shaver, hair clippers, and/or hair dryer (low voltage) if you use
one. European and Indian visitors will need adaptors for our 220
voltage. You will have your own towel rack and bathroom storage
space.
Local
telephone service is available. Bring your own long distance
phone card. Use of the Ashram phone for your own long distance
charges is not available. Please do not even ask.
You
are responsible for your own transportation to and from the Ashram, and
gas contribution if someone gives you a ride or runs an errand for you
while you are here. Please schedule your arrival to be in agreement
with your retreat times you arrange with Guruji. Her time and
energy are precious and shared by many.
If you are travelling from Europe or India, and have not already purchased Homeopathic No-Jet-Lag,
please do so and start taking it just before you fly here, during, and
after the flight. Many have said they are not effected by jet lag, get
here, and with the combination of the extra Shakti of being in
residence and jet lag, get knocked out and sleep during regular daytime
hours, sometime for days.
Being
physically Conscious while you are here is definitely a plus.
Some, even with taking No-Jet-Lag, have taken long spontaneous daily
naps for hours for two weeks, which makes for an interesting schedule.
If you are driving, request emailed directions when you register.
Ace
Express Shuttle offers service at $60 US Dollars cash or US check each
way, $97 roundtrip provides pre-scheduled door-to-door service seven
days weekly leaving the Phoenix airport or a nearby central location
between 4 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. (1-928-649-2720).
Shuttle service is also provided by the Sedona-Phoenix Airport Shuttle
at $40 US Dollars cash each way, roundtrip $75, pre-booked eight trips
seven days weekly (except Thanksgiving and Christmas) leaving Phoenix
between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., arriving at the nearby Camp Verde Chevron
Station stop (1-928-282-2066). This requires the availability of
our staff to drive you the remaining 20 minutes at $10 each way, which may not be realistic, given our schedule.
If
your retreat includes meals, simple, healthy vegetarian food and
distilled water will be provided. Do not bring snacks or
supplemental items unless pre-approved by Guruji. Our meals
support Consciousness as well as your healthy physical, emotional, and
mental bodies.
If
you have arranged to provide food for your stay, have it with you when
you arrive, including any special diet items, drinking water, and food
to share for at least one meal if you are at the Ashram for the weekly
potluck, usually the Sunday evening meal.
Each
participant providing their own food will have your own kitchen cabinet
shelf space, refrigerator and freezer shelves as needed. Please
use only the glass or metal containers provided. We live in the
country, and and these containers do not encourage insects or rodents,
whereas cardboard or plastic do not stop them, and plastic outgases.
Label your own food items if a group is here, to avoid confusion. Freezer tape to do so is provided.
Dharmasala
Retreat House has three fully-furnished kitchens with lots of stainless
steel and some glass cookware, stainless steelware, dishes, 3 Champion
juicers, toasters, blenders, 3 electric stoves, five refrigerators, a
stand-up freezer, and a large washer and dryer. Drying racks are
also available and their usage is encouraged.
Dharmasala
has central electric heat and air conditioning and three supplemental electric
mini-split room furnaces. Many rooms have ceiling fans. The
house is on an artesian well and septic system, and has weekly garbage
pick-up.
Dharmasala
Retreat Center is on 2.9 acres at the end of a quiet street, and so
there is lots of area for walking contemplation or just to sit.
The Ashram is on a 1 acre lot on a quiet street. The Ashram, ten
minutes from Dharmasala, is a short walk from a private entrance to Oak
Creek, where there is also an area to walk or sit down by the
water. In warm weather, you can wade, if you bring a bathing
suit.
Bring
suitable modest clothing, including extra warm socks for meditating,
loose, comfortable clothing that is not suggestive and not revealing
(not too tight, too short or with low-cut necklines, holes in revealing
places, and no bikinis or going without underwear). Layered
options (shirts, sweaters, jackets) works for varying mountain weather,
sturdy walking/hiking shoes or boots; a modest knee-length bathrobe, or
a raincoat or coat that can double as one. Sweat suits or clean
jeans are O.K.
Also
bring pens and paper or a notebook or laptop computer that you can use
to record suggestions and your own notes, dreams, insights and
awarenesses, and spiritual experiences, etc. Spare cash, credit
card, and/or checks are useful in case you are moved to buy books,
flower remedies, epsom salts, special diet items, order aromatherapy oils, or on special occasions, especially at the end of your retreat, to go out to the movies or to dinner.
Please do not rearrange furniture without speaking FIRST to Guruji or
Judi and getting their permission. Our set-up supports your and
others retreats, space to support the integrity of each participant,
safety, and for ease in cleaning.
Anything
you break, you are responsible to repair or replace. We operate
the Ashram on a budget that does not include repairs or replacements
that you have caused.
Each room has adequate clothes-hanging and drawer space.
Bring
only what you are moved to bring or is needed to make your retreat stay
successful. More can be a distraction or a burden to care
for. We have no storage for leftover items you bring
