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Rejuvenate Your Mind With Holistic Institutes & Seminars: Your Spiritual Side Next Page >> OK, so you've just reached your weight loss goals and made it through a fad diet, commercial or medical weight loss program or weight loss center, and are eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly. Congratulations! You've been through diet plans like South Beach, Atkins and low-carb diets. But, you're STILL not happy with how you FEEL-the balance (or lack of it) in your life. You want more--methods to relax, relieve stress, meditate, and find deeper spiritual meaning in your life. Relax, BestDietForMe.com analysts and Marketdata have it covered. We published a major market study about the self-improvement market in February 2004 ("the Market for Self-Improvement Products & Services"). In this study, we have a chapter covering holistic institutes, where a variety of self-help, new age and spiritual workshops are held on a regular basis. Below are some excerpts and a list of the top institutes. Enjoy and find bliss! What Is a Holistic Institute, What Do They offer? Today Marketdata, through various sources, has been able to identify about 17 holistic institutes based in the United States that offer a broad variety of self-improvement courses, workshops, and training. Some are urban centers and others are residential retreats. Many of these institutes' courses are geared toward Eastern religious teachings related to yoga, meditation, Tai Chi, Zen, holistic medicine, and other techniques, although a substantial number of them do cover “staple” areas such as weight loss, addictions, improving relationships, and stress management. Courses encompass both physical and spiritual topics. An examination of these institutes’ current course catalogs reveals a wide variety of courses, not only related to self-improvement topics but also including spiritual, esoteric, dance, poetry, music, writing, marriage and family issues, relationships, and other non-self-improvement areas. The New York Open Center’s personnel indicate that perhaps 40-45% of their course offerings are directly related to self-improvement topics, with the remainder falling into the spiritual and esoteric areas. Institute Directors we interviewed agreed that this market is “growing up.” Things like holistic expos, angels, and crystals are out—practitioners with real credentials that can give people what they want in a short program, imagery, and self-healing are in. In addition, for today’s time-pressed consumers, one-day programs are frequently more popular than two-day or lengthier ones. As for pertinent trends, in addition to “staple” self-improvement workshops related to stress management, wellness, improving relationships or communications skills, weight loss, meditation, etc., most of the institutes have recently expanded into more spiritual areas (herbs, yoga, Tai Chi, Buddhism, Zen, natural and holistic health/medicine). Other growth areas mentioned were: improving relationships, sexuality topics, retreats, and whole-brain learning. Fees… Programs vary widely in length, and therefore also in cost. A person may attend a one-evening, three-hour workshop for $30, a one-day program, a weekend retreat, or a five-, seven-, or ten-day residential program or retreat. Facilities can vary from spartan to nearly luxurious. A stay at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health may cost $225 per night, while some one-session classes at the New York Open Center can cost as little as $20.
Directory of the Major Holistic Institutes in the United States Below are listed the major holistic centers we’ve been able to identify: Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center P.O. Box 578 Detroit, OR 97342 (503-854-3314) Website: www.breitenbush.com
California Institute of Integral Studies 1453 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (415-575-6100) Website: www.ciis.edu
Elat Chayyim: The Woodstock Center for Healing and Renewal 99 Mill Hook Road Accord, NY 12404 (800-398-2630) Website: www.elatchayyim.org
Esalen Institute 55000 Highway One Big Sur, CA 93920 (831-667-3000) Website: www.esalen.org
Expanding Light Yoga Retreat Center 14618 Tyler Foote Road Nevada City, CA 95959 (530-478-7518) Website: www.expandinglight.org
Kalani Ocean Side Retreat R.R. 2, Box 4500 Pahoa, HI 96778 (808-965-7828) Website: www.kalani.com
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health Box 793 Lenox, MA 01240 (413-448-3400) Website: www.kripalu.org
Lama Foundation P.O. Box 240 San Cristobal, NM 87564 (505-586-1269) Website: www.lamafoundation.org
Mount Madonna Center 445 Summit Road Watsonville, CA 95076 (408-847-0406) Website: www.mountmadonna.org.
The Naropa Institute 2130 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, CO 80302 (303-444-0202) Website: www.naropa.edu
The New York Open Center 83 Spring Street New York, NY 10012 (212-219-2527) Website: www.opencenter.org
Omega Institute 150 Lake Drive Rhinebeck, NY 12572 (845-266-4444) Website: www.eomega.org
The Option Institute 2080 S. Undermountain Road Sheffield, MA 01257 (413-229-2100) Website: www.option.org
Rowe Camp and Conference Center Kings Highway Rd. P.O. Box 273 Rowe, MA 01367 (413-339-4954) Website: www.rowecenter.org
The Potters House Healing Place ( formerly Betty Shabazz Holistic Retreat Center) P.O. Box 863 Otisville, NY 10963 (845-386-2106)
Wainwright House 260 Stuyvesant Ave. Rye, NY 10580 (914-967-6080) Website: www.wainwright.org
The Whidbey Institute (formerly Chinook Learning Center) P.O. Box 57, 8898 State Rd 525 Clinton, WA 98236 (360-341-1884) Website: www.whidbeyinstitute.org
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