72223 Juanita Drive
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
(760) 504-6556
Ox Yoke Retreat is available to Self-Realization-Fellowship Kriyabans, or SRF Lessons students, accompanied by a Kriyaban. Reservations are required to ensure your stay, as retreat facilities are limited. It is suggested that reservations be made well in advance. Only retreatants with reservations have access to the secured retreat grounds. Please let us know as soon as possible if you need to cancel a reservation.
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The SRF Ox Yoke Retreat is supported solely by donations. To maintain this wonderful retreat haven, we suggest the following donation rates:
Kitchens are equipped with cooking equipment, dishes, cups, and utensils so retreatants can prepare their own meals. It is recommended that retreatants go grocery shopping before they arrive at the retreat. Please note, it is requested that no meat, fish, or fowl be prepared or consumed in the retreat houses.
Ox Yoke Retreat is located in the scenic high desert in Twentynine Palms, California, approximately 150 miles east of Los Angeles. Paramahansa Yogananda spent time in the desert near Twentynine Palms meditating deeply and working on his writings. He envisioned a retreat here where devotees could find peace, strength, and spiritual renewal. This dream was
realized when Self-Realization Fellowship made the Ox Yoke property available to a committee of lay disciples, who transformed the three adobe structures on the property into retreat houses with modern facilities. In a radiant desert setting, Ox Yoke now
provides the ideal atmosphere for silence, solitude, and meditation. On February 14, 1970, SRF’s third president, Sri Daya Mata, dedicated the Ox Yoke retreat for SRF Kriyabans attending Self-Realization Fellowship Temples in California and Arizona.