Due to our limited staff, we have limited hours for check-in. Our staff is available to welcome you from 2 pm to 4 pm (Thursday and Friday), to allow time for the evening meditation before supper; so please plan to arrive between these hours. If your plans require an earlier or later arrival, please contact us to make arrangements. However, regretfully, we are unable to accommodate arrivals after 6:30 pm. If you are not able to arrive before 6:30 pm, you may need to make alternative lodging arrangements for the night. Then you can check in the next morning.

Check-out time is 1 pm on the day of departure.

The Retreat provides towels, bed linens, books, devices loaded with inspirational media, cushions, and armrests (used for practice of the SRF Aum technique). Please bring your toiletries and personal headphones. Hair dryers and alarm clocks are available upon request. 

We ask that retreatants dress conservatively in casual and comfortable clothing that is modest, in keeping with the ideals of a spiritual community. The coastal weather at the Retreat can be unpredictable. Layers are recommended.

The suggested donation is $150 per night, per person. This donation includes the cost of accommodations, the retreat program, meals, 24 hour tea service, access to the Lake Shrine grounds during daylight hours, and all the amenities that the retreat center offers. We request that donations for your retreat stay be made in-person during check-in. We accept VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, check, money order or cash.

As there is considerable work involved in each booking and confirmation we send, we ask that guests research possible flight options and employment time off requests before requesting a reservation. If you need to cancel your reservation, please let us know as soon as possible by email lsretreat@yogananda-srf.org or by phone at 310-459-4740. For cancellations made within 24 hours of a retreat, we suggest making a donation of $150 to the Retreat Building Fund. This donation helps offset the costs of reservation cancellation processing and the loss of the Retreat room for that weekend as we are unlikely to be able to book the room again at such short notice.

The LAX Airport is 13 miles and the Burbank Airport is 25 miles from Lake Shrine Retreat.

The Retreat does not provide a shuttle service. Most retreatants are using rideshare services like Lyft or Uber or a taxi. Commercial shuttle and public transit options are more cost effective, but take considerably more time.

Los Angeles traffic can be heavy, and even using the fastest rideshare or taxi option can take an hour or longer to arrive at the Retreat.

We remind retreatants that check in time is between 2-4 PM. Please book plane tickets and transportation options accordingly.

The Lake Shrine Retreat entrance is located at 17080 Sunset Blvd. Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. Your confirmation materials will include directions and a map for entering the Retreat grounds, including code numbers for locked entry gates. Please be sure to bring these enclosures with you so you will have all the information you need when you arrive. Please note that the Retreat and the Lake Shrine Gardens do not share the same entrance.