San Diego Spiritual Retreat Center

Mission: Our mission is to cultivate spirituality & educate guests on the importance of consciousness in their everyday lives. Our focus here is spirituality, though we don’t ignore all other holistic methods for healing, personal development & creativity. The more you are in balance with yourself & your emotional, physical, mental & spiritual body the more meaning you have in your own life & a “Life is Good” attitude thrives.
We practice sustainability & we want to be a model of sustainability and unconditional love, and have a show about it. If you know photography and you are quite a peaceful person, please inquire..

We are starting to til our very first garden in April and there is much to be shared about the techniques of organic gardening and permaculture. Learn about soil composition, planting, seed-starting, fertilizing and, of course, weeding! All meals are lovingly prepared by our chef. Share your own cooking tips. Other staff helps a little bit with this too bringing in yummy ayurvedic dishes.

Accommodations include a furnished shared bedroom with a twin bed, including linens and shared bathroom with one or two other guest(s). The dinner is made by the guests on a rotating schedule. Breakfast and snack food are made available to be and are lovingly prepared individually by guests. All basic necessities for simple living are also provided: toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap, shampoo, conditional, body soap, laundry soap, etc. Laundry, water, all utilities and high speed Wifi is included.

What we require in return:
Integrity in your spiritual practices, day and night.
A willing, serviceful and detached attitude while completing your requirement of seva (selfless service) hours.
A willingness to let go of the unnecessary distractions of the mind and senses while you are with us.
Devotion. If you don't yet have that, no worries. . .. you will find plenty of it here!

Work requirements is an average of 28 hours per week. There is no fee for joining. Please email us for an application. Only internship applications for two week stays or longer will be considered.

From www.ic.org/directory/san-diego-spiritual-retreat-center/:

We are an intentional community and also a retreat center, native flower garden, and wedding venue.The community living onsite helps with the community domestics of gardening, cooking and cleaning and also, the community helps with the spiritual retreat center business doing things such as greeting guests, teaching at the retreat or teaching yoga. We are welcoming interns who are interested in living a very healthy lifestyle. We practice yoga, eat sprouted foods and enjoy vegan and vegetarian cuisine. We are also looking for people who are good with secretarial skills, marketing, farming and computers, too. Rv's or motor homes welcome.

A service of the Data Commons Co-op. The project has been supported by Equal Exchange, the Cooperative Charitable Trust, the USDA, and many others - thank you! Tech volunteers over the years include: Benjamin Bradley with support from GAIA Host. Ben Mauer with support from Quilted. Paul Fitzpatrick. Ronin Tech Collective, Brattleboro Tech Collective, Sligo Computer Services. Jason Lemieux. Default map tiles courtesy of MapQuest. Default map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA.