A Refuge In The Redwoods

Mount Madonna Center is a Yoga, Conference, and Retreat Center nestled among redwood groves on top of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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A Learning Community

Our vibrant community nurtures personal growth through experiential learning, reflection, and dialogue around values, action, and transformative practices.

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Find Your Center

The Center offers a beautiful, supportive space to return to your authentic self, and rediscover a deeper and more connected way of living.

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Living & Learning through Service

At the heart of our community, Karma Yoga, or selfless service, is a core value and practice that inspires our volunteer organization.

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Supporting Transformation through Yoga

“Yoga is not one particular method. As soon as a person starts thinking 'I want to be a better person' that is the start of Yoga" - Baba Hari Dass

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Unified Through Yoga

We are a learning community inspired by the example of our teacher, Baba Hari Dass. Located on 355 acres of redwoods and grasslands, our peaceful haven is a place where you can step back, slow down, and reconnect to your center, to nature, and to a more authentic flow of life.

At our core we offer a beautiful, community managed space for yoga retreats, personal practice, spiritual and personal development programs, and a variety of classes and workshops. Our modern meeting spaces evoke a rustic and tranquil atmosphere and provide a variety of settings to gather and practice.

Programs & Retreats

Step into a nourishing container for transformation for a night, a week, or more. We host a rich array of retreats, classes and programs taught by renowned teachers set in a rejuvenating environment.

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Many Ways to Grow

Yoga Teacher Training

We teach a comprehensive system of Yoga that has endured for over 5000 years. Rooted in classical Aṣhtāṅga (eight-limbed) Yoga and steeped in a community of practice, our 200 and 300-hour and Prenatal Yoga Teacher Trainings offer a comprehensive program to deepen personal practice and develop a strong foundation for teaching.

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Yoga Service and Community

Join a vital residential community rooted in the study and practice of Yoga. Spend 3 or 6 months in experiential learning deepening self-awareness, improving interpersonal and practical life skills, and cultivating connections within a small group and our greater community. Help serve and host groups and individuals seeking personal growth, healing, and alternative paths of education.

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Āyurveda Programs

Āyurveda addresses the root cause of dis-ease by rebalancing mind, body, and spirit. Explore the finest classical training in the principles and methods of Āyurveda - today’s lifestyle medicine.

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Annual Yoga Retreats

Our four annual retreats welcome practitioners of all levels to explore Yoga through the daily rhythm of Sādhana (spiritual practice including prāṇāyāma, meditation, and āsana), Satsang (supportive spiritual community) and Bhakti rituals of devotion.

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Mount Madonna Institute

A private, non-profit educational institution providing high quality, professional and academic instruction and training in the fields of Yoga, Āyurveda, and Community Studies.

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Host Your Group on the Mountain

We accommodate groups from 15 to 500 in a variety of beautiful, peaceful mountaintop settings. Our dedicated staff provides delicious vegetarian meals and full support for your retreat or program.

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Sankaṭ Mochan Hanumān Temple

The Sankaṭ Mochan Hanumān Temple was founded by Baba Hari Dass in 2003. Supported by the residential community, numerous volunteers, and well-wishers from around the world, the Temple serves as a place for the practice of Bhakti Yoga (yoga of devotion), and welcomes people from all faiths. Ārati (ceremony of light) is performed twice daily, with special events held throughout the year.

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Baba Hari Dass

Baba Hari Dass, master yogi and silent monk from the Himalayan foothills, encourages his students to serve, build community, and regularly practice spiritual disciplines. Through his example of selfless service and his teachings of classical Aṣhtāṅga Yoga, he inspired the creation of the Hanumān Fellowship and its many projects, including the Mount Madonna Center.

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Upcoming Events

MMC Events

Programs

Āyurveda

Sep 21 - 23, 2018

Jane and James Baraz - Insight Meditation Vipasana Retreat

How present are you for your own life? Most of us spend more time worrying about the future, replaying the past, or lost in fantasy, than experiencing what life is offering to us right now.

Sep 27 - 30, 2018

Stillness Retreat: From Sound to Silence

There are many doorways to stillness. At our stillness retreat, we slow down and look at ways to quiet our mind and thoughts, as according to yoga philosophy, stilling the mind offers a path towards inner peace.

Sep 29, 2018

Hindustani Music Concert

Nād Yoga through Khayāl. A spiritual journey starting from Anāhata Nād—the ‘unstruck’ primordial sound—to Rāga Music, coloring the mind with Shrutis.

Oct 5 - 7, 2018

Healing with Ayurveda: A Journey of Self-Discovery

Learn basic principles to determine your individual mind-body nature and how to apply these to personal, family and community life. Develop a personalized diet and lifestyle program, and examine root causes of imbalance and disease.

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Free Daily Yoga Classes

Join us for daily Yoga classes exploring meditation, asana, pranayama, and philosophy.

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