Yoga

People from all over the world, practicing various yoga styles, have discovered the power of yoga here at Kirpal Meditation and Ecological Center. You will practice yoga with Aloha (love). This will be supporting all those who choose Kirpal Meditation and Ecological Center as a place to go deeper into their body and find the balance they are looking for. With the freeing and empowering experience, you will have on the Big Island will be remembered for a lifetime.

Meditation

Meditation is the act of choosing to go within. For some people, this is simply closing their eyes and breathing while others can travel to the depths of your soul and beyond. The intention at Kirpal Meditation and Ecological Center is to create the space and let you determine the level at which you want to reach. Kirpal Meditation and Ecological Center allows all those who come, no matter what their beliefs, to share in the oneness created.

Accommodation

KMEC is an off-the-grid retreat center that can accommodate up to 30 guests on an idyllic 10 acre property. It is situated on ten acres featuring organic fruit orchards with a beautiful Balinese meditation pavilion for prayer and healing as well as the yoga pavilion that can accommodate up to 20 yoga practitioners or a seated audience of 100.

KMEC offers a wide range of accommodations depending on your level of comfort and privacy; from a private cabin with its own kitchen and bath, to a simple single bed private cabin including a variety of options in between. All bathrooms have flush toilets and the showers have hot water. Accommodations are simple and comfortable, with no televisions or phones.

Yoga Hale

KMECs largest event space, it has a floor space size of about 20-feet by 40-feet and has about 1000-square feet of floor space. It can accommodate over 100 people sitting or standing or about 20 people stretched out and lying down (i.e. on yoga mats). The Yoga Hale includes its own kitchen and full bathrooms.

Meditation Hale

KMECs Balinese meditation pavilion opens 24 hours a day for prayer, small group meetings, yoga, or solitude. Custom made in Bali, it is a very holy and special place for prayer and reflection. It can accommodate 30-40 people sitting on cushions. It is equipped with a TV, DVD-player, light, cushions, and own independent solar power system.

Amenities

In order to accommodate you during your workshop, KMEC has available a large variety of items for your use and some at no additional cost. You will receive a list of these items eight weeks prior to your arrival. Items can include:

• Back jacks (floor-level seating with back support)
• Flip chart with stand
• Folding chairs and tables
• IPad dock with speakers (CD player on request)
• Laptop / mp3 player hookups
• TV and VCR / DVD player
• Yoga mats, blankets, straps, and props

Cabins

All KMECs cabins can be occupied by one person or two persons (except Milo 1, and Papaya1, each of single occupancy). Our Dragonfly, Butterfly, Mango and Rollinia Cabins can even comfortably sleep up to four persons.

Dragonfly Cabin

Queen bed, plus two bunk beds with Ocean and Lava Field Views. Includes Private Bath. These 20’ x 24’ spacious cabins boast a beautiful screened in porch offering spectacular views of the new lava fields with an ocean backdrop.

Butterfly Cabin

Queen bed, plus two bunk beds with Ocean and Lava Field Views. Includes Private Bath. These 20’ x 24’ spacious cabins boast a beautiful screened in porch offering spectacular views of the new lava fields with an ocean backdrop.

Mango Cabin

Queen bed, plus two bunk beds. A lovely octagon cabin, the shared fully equipped kitchen, and two full clean and modern bathrooms, with a great jungle view are about 60 feet away.

Rollinia Cabin

Queen bed, plus two bunk beds. Elegant and cozy, it will catch your breath from the hustle and bustle in the serenity of this cabin. The shared fully equipped kitchen and two fully equipped clean modern bathrooms featuring a great jungle view are about 60 feet away.

Lilikoi Cabin

Queen bed, two persons.

Noni Cabin

Queen bed, two persons.

Papaya Cabin

Single bed, one person.

Milo 1 Cabin

Single bed, one person.

Milo 2 Cabin

Queen bed, two persons.

Milo 3 Cabin

Two single beds, two persons.

Yoga Hale

Queen bed, two persons.

Retreat location

KMEC is a sustainable community in the center of Hawaii volcanic and natural wonders. This property was once a papaya farm and is now newly planted with soursop, jack fruit, pomegranate, rolling, variety of bananas, figs, passion fruit, mamey sapote, avocados, papayas, sugar cane, coconut, lilikoi, and guava. There are also loquat, cacao, macadamia nut, cashew nut, noni, starfruit, breadfruit, tangelos, grapefruit, oranges, tangerines, lemons, pomelos, and more.

The octagonal Balinese meditation pavilion is set among shade-trees with an expansive view of the ocean. The island wildlife is all around KMEC - a variety of birds by day and at night, there's the pleasant chirping of Coqui frogs, and there are no snakes. Natural wonders include Volcanoes National Park, lava and crater viewing, volcanically heated warm ponds directly on the ocean, steam vents (as outdoor saunas), and other wonders of the lush tropics.

Nearby places

• Black Sands Beach at Kehena, 7 miles
• Issac Hale Park, 0.5 miles walk to the ocean
• Kaimu / Kalapana Volcanoes, 11 miles
• Kapoho Lagoon, 5 miles
• Lava Tree State Park, 4 miles
• Local Ahelanui Beach Park, 1.5 miles walk
• MacKenzie State Recreation Area, 3 miles
• Steam Vents Natural sauna caves, 15 miles
• Volcano National Park, 40 miles

Delight and help yourself to fresh organic tropical fruit at KMEC spacious and open organic trees property. Any fruits and vegetables grown at the center can be shared.

Enjoy a beautiful nature walk at KMEC

Off-property adventures

Natural view Lava Tree State Park

It has curious lava formations from a previous eruption.

Natural view MacKenzie State recreation area

Quiet, accessible picnic spots on spectacular lava coastline, and not for swimming.

Snorkeling at Kapoho

Snorkeling at Kapoho Lagoon Reef and tide pools on Kapoho Bay. Pleasant and safe.

Surfing

• Surfing at Isaac Hale Beach Park. Also known as Pohoiki, this is an oceanfront park, and surf location along Pohoiki Bay. Recommended for experienced surfers only.

Swimming at Kehena

Swimming at Black Sands Beach at Kehena. A hard but short climb up and down, swimming could be dangerous. This is a clothing optional beach and frequented by dolphins.

Volcanoes National Park

Best crater viewing and nature museum.

Volcanoes Kaimu / Kalapana

Great lava viewing, best in the evening. No entrance cost.

• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled up to 7 days before the arrival date.