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Guest Rooms

Caravansary of Joy

This distinguished housing facility is designed by Lloyd Wright with its inspiring Aztec native stone buttresses. Each wing of The Caravansary of Joy flanks Friendship Hall and it consists of 25 guest rooms with private and semi-private bathrooms. Each room features a unique angle view of sweeping ancient Joshua Trees with its famous back country views. It's also near Light Park where delegates can meditate and commune with nature.

 
The Dingle House
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Guest Rooms

Caravansary of Joy

This distinguished housing facility is designed by Lloyd Wright with its inspiring Aztec native stone buttresses. Each wing of The Caravansary of Joy flanks Friendship Hall and it consists of 25 guest rooms with private and semi-private bathrooms. Each room features a unique angle view of sweeping ancient Joshua Trees with its famous back country views. It's also near Light Park where delegates can meditate and commune with nature.

 
The Dingle House
Originally designed by the famous Frank Lloyd Wright, with its continued Aztec native stone buttresses, this self contained home has 10 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, a 1940's kitchen, a spacious meeting area and adjoining dinning room. The backyard area has two outdoor patios and three large garden areas which are privately secured with tall green oleander trees spacious enough for our guest's outdoor requests.
This facility is ideal for: Small meetings, retreats, seminar groups, Yoga, Tai Chi,
Meditation groups.
 
Apartments & Cottages

 

Angel, Crystal, Star & Rose

Nestled around the Dingle House are the Angel, Crystal, Star & Rose cottages. Each provides two to three shared bedrooms with private to semi-private baths, small living, dinning and kitchen area. The cottages are ideal for large retreat groups that mainly congregate to the Dingle House and are housing facilities for the teacher and their staff members.

 

Meeting Facilities

Friendship Hall

Beautifully designed "Friendship Hall" is nestled between the "Caravansary of Joy" apartments. Designed by Lloyd Wright in the late 1940's, this venue is spacious with a large welcome bar area, high wooden ceilings, and adjoining native stone fireplace to the main room and to the small sitting room. This building is surrounded by large full length windows leading to three patios with a commanding panoramic view of our sun kissed mountains.

Friendship Hall is our most requested facility; please book a year in advance for your next event:

 

Characteristics

  • Capacity: 210
  • Electrical - indoors & outdoors
  • Indoor women & men bathrooms
  • Parking: Outdoors
  • Phones
    An outdoor pay phone is located at the entrance
    Indoor phones may be requested - please give 3 weeks advance notice
  • Swamp cooler & heater
  • Sound system & microphone are available
  • White round table linens are available
  • Tables & Chairs are available
  • Rectangle tables
  • Round tables
  • Large white presentation screen available

 

 

 

Preceptory of Light

Located West of the campus to nearby Magnolia Terrace and the Sanctuary, a private path of surrounding lush oleander trees leads to the Preceptory of Light building. The Preceptory has a front greeting area, three meeting/counseling rooms off to the side, a very spacious hall with full padded wool carpeting and a high vaulted ceiling.

Characteristics

  • Capacity: 300
  • Electrical - indoors
  • Indoor & outdoor women & men bathrooms
  • Parking: Outdoors
  • Phones:
  • Nearest payphone is across the way at Magnolia Terrace
  • Air-Conditioner, swamp cooler & heater
  • Sound system is available
  • Panel ceiling lighting available
  • Platform stage is available
  • White round table linens are available
  • Tables & Chairs are available
  • Rectangle tables
  • Round tables
  • Large white presentation screen available
  • Meditation pillows area available

 

The Sanctuary

Majestically perched above a small hill, the Sanctuary with its signature steeple is located west of the facility, adjacent to the Preceptory of Light and Magnolia Terrace. Surrounded by lush tall trees and wide cathedral steps leading to the main entrance, this meeting area gives a spacious feeling with its vaulted ceiling and octagonal floor design. A raised stage with two speaker podiums is the focal point of the area and the main seating is designed with two fixed rows of light wood pews with a center aisle.

  • Church Sunday Service
  • Conferences, Meetings, Mixers, Seminars, Workshops
  • Graduation Ceremonies
  • Musical Concerts
  • Weddings

 

Characteristics

  • Capacity: 300
  • Electrical - indoors
  • Indoor bathrooms
  • Parking: Outdoors
  • Phones
    Nearest payphone is across the way at Magnolia Terrace
  • Swamp cooler & heater
  • Sound system is available
  • Panel ceiling lighting available
  • Platform stage is available
  • Large white presentation screen available

 

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Cafeteria

Magnolia Terrace

Overlooking a panoramic view of our desert vista, Magnolia Terrace offers informal indoor and outdoor dinning. Located across the Sanctuary and Preceptory and walking distance from the Apartments and the Ridge Cottages, this beautifully designed Lloyd Wright building is surrounded by full length windows, high ceilings and tiled floors. In the center of the main area are three wide brick columns and seven wall columns which can showcase large paintings, banners and group informational presentations.

 

Characteristics

Capacity: 170 Interior

  • Outdoor Patio Area: 60
  • Commercial Kitchen
  • Commercial hot/cold buffet area
  • Food delivery area
  • Salad Bar Cart - available
  • Electrical - indoors
  • Indoor women & men bathrooms
  • Parking: Outdoors
  • Swamp cooler & heater
  • Large Screen available

Phones

  • An outdoor pay phone is located at the entrance

 

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Our Meeting Facilities are Well Suited for:

  • Art Exhibitions & Book Signings
  • Fundraising Events
  • Auctions, Breakfasts, Murder Mysteries, Themed Events, Tea Parties, etc…
  • Conferences, Meetings, Mixers, Seminars, Workshops

Holiday Parties

  • New Years
  • Valentine's Day
  • Easter
  • 4th of July
  • Halloween
  • Thanksgiving
  • Hanukkah
  • Kwanzaa & Christmas

Musical Events

  • Musical Concerts & Recitals

Instructional Certificates

  • Body Movements
  • Massage
  • Yoga
  • Tai Chi

Special Occasions

  • Anniversaries
  • Awards Ceremonies
  • Baby & Bridal Showers
  • Birthdays
  • Bar Mitzvahs
  • Debuts
  • Farewell & Retirement Parties
  • Reunions
  • Welcome Home
  • Weddings
  • Quincenieras

 

 

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Mailing Address: Physical Address:
Mentalphysics
P.O. Box 1000
Joshua Tree, CA  92252
Insitute of Mentalphysics
59700 29 Palms Hwy
Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Phone 760-365-8371
Fax 760-228-0626
retreat@mentalphysics.net

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