Spirit Falls
personal spiritual retreats
Nestled in the cool mountains of Arizona's "rim country"
Birds and wildlife found 'on silent retreat' at Spirit Falls
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Spirit on the Move, Melissa Motola
Gentle Spirit Publishing (C) 2010
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Spirit Falls is a rare find in personal silent retreat and self-guided meditation in the southwest. Hidden in Arizona's cool mountains east of Sedona, it is a peaceful refuge for self-inquiry and awakening awareness. Nestled in a tall pine forest with small soothing waterfalls, it is one of the best personal retreats in the US, and a secluded place of peace, serenity, and simplicity.
Spirit Falls offers personal retreat hermitages (with kitchenette, private bath) for suggested donations of $250 or $300 for a week stay. Wind in tall pines and water dancing over rocks--plus a screened yoga meditation gazebo and forest spa--add to the allure of Spirit Falls as a quiet mountain sanctuary for healing recovery, fasting, and relaxation in nature.
Spirit Falls is a solo or couples mountain retreat for hiking forest lakes and Sedona red rocks, creative writing and creek swimming, dancing, spa, massage, and enjoying each moment of being outdoors. Secluded in Arizona's cool mountain forests, individual retreats at Spirit Falls are affordable getaways for writing and artistic inspiration and outdoor yoga and meditation.
At Spirit Falls, expanding awareness and spiritual awakening arise in a beautiful stillness--punctuated by quail songs, distant chimes, and gentle breezes. Deer and squirrels are your companions in silence--sharing a quiet forest sanctuary in one of the top retreats in America.
Mountain retreat cabins by small waterfalls--with kitchenette, private bath and deck--are offered by suggested donation for solo or couples retreat. A cooktop, fridge and microwave are provided with dishes, linens and towels, and weekly room service.
In-cabin wireless internet, a yoga meditation gazebo and forest spa are also included, and cell service and cd player are available. With short walks to Tonto Forest, a yoga massage studio, town restaurants and deli, Spirit Falls offers all the simple basics for a personal silent retreat into nature and self-awareness. Suggested donations are:
Retreat Cabins 'Heart Cave' 'Hopi Creek'
(ceiling fan, no a/c) (single bed) (couple: +$20/night)
3 night mini-retreats $45 / night $55 / night
Extra nights $35 / night $45 / night
Weekly retreats $250 / week $300 / week
Extra weeks $200 / week $250 / week
Extended sabbatical retreats
(Available Nov 15 - Mar 15) $450 / month $550 / month
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'Cave of the Heart' (single)
"Divine" Jesse Kalu
Journey of the Heart
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The spirit of Spirit Falls is making a difference through retreats and suggested donations are intended to sustain these affordable personal retreats. Service or work donations can be arranged for those in need and for monastics via email to spiritfalls_gmail.com.
Spirit Falls is ideal for self-directed silent retreats that deepen your personal meditation and invite spiritual awakening After sunset, waterfalls and boulders are softly lit, and the forest spa invites you to relax under the stars. It is a time of tranquility and peace, and a retreat experience that will linger long after you leave.
'Hopi Creek' (single or couple)
Cool mountain hiking, biking, swimming, yoga and meditation in a peaceful forest sanctuary
At Spirit Falls, a screened yoga meditation gazebo by a soothing waterfalls offers a quiet place to deepen your spiritual practice and enjoy each moment in growing awareness and inner peace. Your private self-contained hermitage offers you a precious freedom to go deeply into self-inquiry and personal discovery in your own way and own pace. Guided by the spirit within, an individual retreat is a journey into silence--a peaceful solitude retreat, a self-directed spiritual retreat, and a conscious awakening retreat that stills the mind, opens the heart, and expands awareness.
Personal retreats at Spirit Falls can also be silent awakening retreats in nature--sacred spiritual journeys in the cool Arizona mountain forests or the Sedona Red Rock Nat'l Scenic Area (video). Solo or couples retreats are opportunities for hiking or biking in the largest US Ponderosa forest, and lakes and swimming holes are both short drives. Sedona--known for earth energy vortexes, soul journeys and native spirituality--is only 70 miles, and the Grand Canyon is a three hour drive.
Outdoor adventure, self-discovery, creative inspiration and healing recovery are why Spirit Falls is a top personal retreat. With 300 days of sunshine, mid-summer rains, and occasional winter snows, Spirit Falls has average high temps of 50's in winter, 60-70's in Mar-Apr or Oct-Nov, and 80's or 90's from May to Sept. Low humidity, few bugs, forest shade and gentle waterfalls make it one of the best solitary retreats. For rest and recovery by healing waters, a quiet forest walk, relaxing massage, or watching birds and wildlife, a Spirit Falls personal retreat is one of the best individual retreats in the US, and a transformational experience for singles and couples.
Sedona, Arizona
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Spirit Falls is a peaceful mountain retreat nestled at the edge of Pine, Arizona (el. 5500 ft). It is a quiet sanctuary for an awakening heart--a place with soothing waterfalls and gentle breezes, of mourning doves and white tail deer, of inner peace and joyful stillness--ideal for private spiritual retreats, personal silent retreats, and retreats for spiritual awakening in the quiet solitude of northern Arizona's mountain forests.
Surrounded by tall Ponderosa pines, the quaint mountain town is also a sanctuary--a quiet refuge from a hectic world. Its restaurants and deli offer a chance to eat out, and seasonal produce, fresh herbs, baked goods, and local honey are available along with a nice library and laundry. Only two hours from the Phoenix airport, Spirit Falls retreat is also just three hours from the Grand Canyon and the beautiful Havasu Falls (video). Havasupai Falls is a ten-mile hike into the Grand Canyon. and is an amazing part of this land of enchantment.
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Beyond Coaching
After satsang with Robert Adams, retreats with Gangaji, extended stays
in India with Ganesan near the ashram of Ramana Maharshi, and a
pilgrimage to Himalayas, Bodhi Heart realized that in stillness, nothing
more is needed. He returned to Pine and began his own retreat in 2005.
Over the years a peaceful forest sanctuary came into being with gentle
waterfalls and secluded places for reflection and meditation. Moved to
share this private retreat, Bodhi built two log cabin hermitages in 2010
and Spirit Falls opened to awakening hearts and souls.
The solitary retreat cabins were designed as inexpensive hermitages close to nature and soothing waterfalls. Large windows, wood ceilings with quiet fan, kitchen equipped with fridge, cooktop or microwave, a private shower bath, and a small deck, make these solo or couples hermitages ideal for low cost spiritual retreats and individual silent retreats.
Spiritual Healing
Alchemy Techniques
Awakening Medium
Poet, Artist, Facilitator
Reviews
What makes Spirit Falls so special are the guests. To read the guest perspectives and retreat experiences, click this orange "guest reviews" button.
Reservations
To ask availability, email date and cabin choices to Bodhi Heart at spiritfalls_gmail.com or call 7-5 MST 928-476-6584. Please note your interests (solitude, awakening, healing, writing, etc.) On receipt, Bodhi will email available dates and reservation instructions.
To make your reservation (after confirming availability) use the PayPal reservations link to
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make your donation. Sorry, but no smoking or pets please because of the fire danger and abundant wildlife.
Climate and transportation
The most popular visitor season is March to November. Mid-November to mid-March is ideal for sabbaticals and silent meditation retreats, when occasional snows blanket the forest with moisture and deepen the joyous silence. Once daily shuttle transportation to Payson is available for longer retreats through White Mountain Lines, wmlines.com . On week-long retreats, an airport car rental is best. Please email Bodhi with any questions.
Getting here
Spirit Falls is less than 2 hours north of Phoenix Int'l Airport on scenic Hwy 87 through Payson to Pine. From airport, take 202 east 10 miles to Payson and north Hwy 87 exit. In Pine, turn left on Hardscrabble Rd, go 3/4 mile and turn right on Navajo, then first left on Ute and 3rd right on Hopi Lane and 500 ft to 3701 Hopi Lane, which is the first driveway on right. Zoom in [+] on the map to see the roads to Spirit Falls retreat.
