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Retreats at Manzanita Village
Retreats at Manzanita Village are open to all. They weave together the teachings and practices of the Buddhist Traditions with the timeless themes of Peace-Making and Non-Violence, Social-Justice, Personal Integration and Creativity.
Our Teaching Orientation. Retreats integrate traditional forms of practice, blending Vipassana style with Zen, in a relaxed, open, and non-judgmental atmosphere.
Retreat Days. Typical Retreat Days include meditation, Dharma talks, discussion, and movement; with some unstructured time for hiking, reading, or resting.
The Teachers. We are a Buddhist inspired center and offer traditional Dharma practice, we are also ecumenical in spirit, inquisitive by nature, and equally comfortable with current teachings and practices in the areas of personal development, neuroscience, and social entrepreneurship, as we are with traditional Buddhist teachings 
The Teachings. The teachings here are flexible and practical. The style in which they are presented is non-coercive, non-hierarchical, and creative, and always honors the wisdom that we understand to be inherent in every person.
As a result of this open approach there is a natural sense of community that seems to emerge on every retreat.
Silent Retreat. Retreats are silent. However reatreats also include instruction, lectures and teaching, and discussion as well as questions; and on longer retreats, interviews with teachers. The silence applies to social conversation. Meals are silent; and social talking is discouraged.
Workshops
In addition to traditional retreats we also offer workshops and trainings with specific themes — creativity, creative-writing, martial-arts, deep-ecology, as well as specific retreats for transgendered people and allies.
We also offer certification training in Hypnosis and NLP (neurolinguistic programming)
Contact: Manzanita Village, PO Box 67, Warner Springs, CA 92086
760-782-9223
