Yokoji Zen Mountain Center is a Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located on 160 acres of wilderness in the wild and beautiful San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. Our mission is to provide a supportive environment for students and families for the teaching, training and practice in Zen Buddhism, and to ensure the continuation of the Buddha Dharma for future generations. Zen Mountain Center is committed to sound ecological principles in its developments and functioning.

ADVAITA is an eclectic group of friends interested in meditation, yoga, enlightenment, self realization, non duality teachings (Advaita Vedanta, Zen Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism). Francis Lucille, a long time friend and student of Jean Klein, is a spiritual teacher of the Advaita Vedanta tradition. There are 7 week long retreats every year and meetings every week at his home in Temecula, California. There are also retreats in Tampa (Florida), Paris (France), Barcelona (Spain), Munich (Germany) and S …

A basic Vipassanā /sitting and silent (non-guided) meditation for 20-30 minutes, followed by 5 to 8 minutes of walking meditation (deliberate walking around in a circle feeling connection to the earth) followed by reading and discussion for 20 to 30 minutes. Our first discussion book will be Pema Chodron's book "Start Where You Are" – a wonderful discourse on mindfulness. Whether you are new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner this session offers each of us the ability to practice …