Nevada City, California • 800-346-5350

A Silent Personal Retreat

Are you seeking a place to go simply to be alone and be quiet? The Expanding Light can work very well for you. This is a retreat center that is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda on meditation and spiritual living.

Most of our guests enjoy meeting others from around the world and talking with them at meals and in public areas. However, we’re finding a growing number of people enjoy coming here and being in silence. We offer them a badge that says, “Please excuse me, I’m in Silence.”

There are special tables in the dining room set aside for silent dining, and during breakfast, the whole retreat is in silence. If you choose to be in silence, this will be completely respected.

You can enjoy twice-daily guided practice of yoga postures, Energization Exercises, and meditation, as well as guided meditation at noon.

The Expanding Light is part of Ananda World Brotherhood Village, a community of about 250 adults and children, whose lives center on meditation and yoga. Silence is a natural part of the spiritual life. Our rural location is very peaceful and beautifully expansive. You can enjoy long walks throughout our 800 acres, and even receive silent body-work at our Center for Radiant Health.

 

For more information, please send us a Question or Comment:

Name:   Email:  

Register now: 2 easy steps

Prices in the table below are all-inclusive and cover accommodations, meals, classes or activities, and course materials as appropriate.

Silent Personal Retreat starts the afternoon of the first date listed and ends with lunch on the last date listed. Please see our Daily Schedule page.

See Transportation and Directions for maps and directions whether you are coming by plane, car, bus or train. Our Frequent Questions page answers many of the questions you might have about How to Go on Retreat.

To Register:

  1. Choose your accommodation type. Click here to view options.

  2. Click on Book Now below or call 1-800-346-5350
If you can’t find what you want online, please phone us at 1-800-346-5350. Only a small percentage of our rooms are available online.
You cannot reserve online 2 days or less before your arrival date or if you want a single shared room.

Silent Personal Retreat (Book now)
Silent Personal Retreat is available almost every day, except the nights of:
July 1 – 3, Aug 8 – 14, Sep 10 – 11

If you’re looking for something that’s not yet on the calendar, please give us a call at 1-800-346-5350

Tent / RV	Standard Shared	Standard Private	Deluxe Shared	Deluxe Private
$55	$85	$145	$120	$195

“Within a few days I began to experience a peace and joy that I had never felt before in my entire life. What was unique and wonderful about this vacation was that the new level of peace I felt was a direct result of the yoga lifestyle I was living at The Expanding Light Retreat.”
~ Annalisa Cunningham, Author,
Yoga Vacations: A Guide to International Yoga Retreats