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Once in a while there comes a time when we need to get away for rest and relaxation, perhaps feed our minds and hearts with inspirational insights, and pamper our bodies with spas and massage treatments.  The following are a handful of sites offering holistic, metaphysical and spiritual oriented retreats and workshops in the United States. A few are beach getaways and spa resorts, some are cruises, others are mountain retreats.  If you would like a site added to the list, please write the name and website on the Comment box for consideration.  This list will be updated periodically so bookmark it for future reference.  Have a wonderful life transforming workshop and a chance to get rested.

Holistic Life Designs at Sea

Holistic Life Designs and  World Tours and Cruises  are partners in offering holistic, metaphysical and spiritual tours and cruises worldwide. Several workshop tours and cruises on Tantra and Para-Tan Sound Healing, Angel Communication, Discovering Past Lives and Energy Therapies are building up for 2010.  Divine Romance at Sea series and Warrior Goddess Boot Camp will also be launched in 2010.  For more specific information, contact World Tours and Cruises.

Law of Attraction Workshops and Cruises

The Abraham-Hicks "Law of Attraction" workshops allow you to participate in a dialog with Esther and Jerry Hicks and the teachers called Abraham.

"Law of Attraction" workshops, offered in over forty U.S. cities a year, plus two scenic 8-day cruises, are the ideal way to learn from Abraham, and are the basis of all the recordings offered by Abraham-Hicks Publications.

Cost for each workshop is $195 until 4PM CT the business day (M-F) prior to the workshop and $245 after 4PM CT (the day prior to the workshop) until the workshop starts.

Call for Workshop Reservations (830) 755-2299.

Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health 

Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to promoting the art and science of yoga to produce thriving and health in individuals and society. Program topics include wellness, Ayurveda, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, relationships, meditation, spiritual practice, professional training, and much more. Yoga programs are offered for people at all levels, feature all yoga traditions and styles, and include therapeutic yoga, yogic anatomy, and trainings for teachers. Many Kripalu programs offer continuing education credits for professionals in fields such as social work, counseling, nursing, and massage and bodywork.

For program questions, information and registration, call 1-866-200-5203 toll-free in US;
(413) 448-3152 for international and local calls. E-mail.

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The Crossings in Austin

The Crossings in Austin is a destination spa bridging inspired treatments, transforming programs and green-minded facilities with the energizing essence of 200 acres resting atop the expansive Balcones Canyonlands Preserve in the Texas Hill Country near Austin.

For program questions, information and registration, call 1-877-944-3003 toll-free in US: (512) 334-4649 for international and local calls. Email.
 

The Omega Institute

The Omega Institute is offering more than 40 professional trainings designed to enrich your career and your life. By taking a holistic approach to life and learning, their professional trainings explore the link between personal and cultural transformation while offering ways to make the world healthier and more humane. They are located in New York, California, US Virgin Islands, and Costa Rica. Check out the Wellness Conferences sponsored by Omega.

For program questions, information and registration, call 1-877-944-2002 toll free in US or (845) 266-4444 for international and local calls. Email.

Pendle Hill Retreat

Pendle Hill was established in 1930 as a Quaker study center designed to prepare its adult students for service both in the Religious Society of Friends and in the world. It is located in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, 12 miles southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

For program questions, information and registration, 1-800-742-3150 toll-free; (610) 566-4507 for international and local calls. Email.

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Holistic Networker

Holistic Networker is a guide for Holistic Practitioners and wellness-oriented businesses. It lists daily events available worldwide hosted by global directory of 3,000 Holistic Practitioners with over 120 categories dealing with body-heart-mind-spirit connections.

Holistic Networker hosts the Wellness Expo. For information, call (972) 403-0940.

Wisdom Magazine Calendar of Holistic Events

Wisdom Magazine is one of the country's largest free holistic publications with 150,000 copies printed monthly in three regional print editions. Wisdom is dedicated to opening people's hearts and minds to the philosophies, products and services of the new millennium.

Holistic Living Expo

Holistic Living Expo lists multiple annual expos throughout California hosted by the Green Society, Conscious Music, Wellness Secrets TV and Psychic Fairs.

Exhibitors from multiple holistic and metaphysical disciplines and healing arts from around the world provide a forum to educate attendees through mini-workshops and make-shift healing booths. A few of the topics covered are Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Color Therapy, DNA Transformation, Essential Oils, Flower Essences, Reflexology, Herbology, Hypnotherapy, Iridology, Magnetic Products, Medical Intuition, Nutritional Supplements, Psychic Surgery, Reiki, Shamanic Healing, Shiatsu, Sound Healing, Vibrational Healing, After Life Communication, Angel Readings, Animal Communication, Astrology, Channeling, Dream Interpretation, Hypnotherapy, Life Coaching, Numerology, Palmistry, Past-Life Regression, Psychometry, Psychotherapy, Relationship & Compatibility, Runes and Tarot Reading.

By Gina Alzate, World Tours and Cruise

** Gina Alzate is also the National Interracial Relationship Examiner and the Philadelphia Romance Examiner.