Location
Poised above the Pacific on the beautiful Palos Verdes Peninsula, Terranea Resort is a luxury resort destination surrounded by tranquil waves and breathtaking views of the Los Angeles coastline. Celebrated for its natural beauty, it’s the perfect place to focus your attention within and begin your personal transformation.
Updated COVID-19 protocols
We’ve put policies and procedures in place to keep you safe at our retreats, so you can focus on your growth without worrying about anything else.
As of September 15th and until otherwise communicated, all staff and guests at Chopra events are required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 prior to arrival.
Click below to learn about the requirements to attend the retreat, as well as protocols once you arrive.
A sneak peek at Well Within's
• Group meditations led by Chief Meditation Officer, Roger Gabriel
• Advanced guided meditation
• Breathwork (pranayama)
• Yoga Nidra
• Somatic therapy breakout
• Energy healings
• Tea and cacao ceremony
• Self-expression through writing/journaling workshop
• Medical Vedic astrology workshop
• Ayurvedic nutrition session
• Self-abhyanga (self-massage) tutorial and practice
• Mind-body type interactive meal
• All-level yoga, level 2 yoga, and chair yoga
• Mindful fitness sessions
• Free-form movement/dance sessions
• Sound Bowl healings
• Kirtan (call-and-response chanting)
• Poetry and musical performance by Londrelle
• Sunset reception on Friday
• Concert and movement on Saturday evening
• Closing celebration on the lawn
DEEPAK CHOPRA™ MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a whole health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His 90th book and national bestseller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential (Harmony Books), unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his latest book, Total Meditation (Harmony Book, September 22, 2020) will help to achieve new dimensions of stress-free living and joyful living. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” www.deepakchopra.com
Mallika Chopra is Chopra Global's Chief Executive Officer and a mom, media entrepreneur, author, and public speaker. She is the author of the Just Be Series - Just Breathe, Just Feel, and Just Be You - a trilogy of illustrated how-to books for children (and the adults in their lives). These books provide simple tools to understand and support social and emotional knowing, resilience, meditation, mindfulness and self reflection. Mallika's newest book, My Body Is a Rainbow, helps children imagine a rainbow of colors radiating from their body and combines this color connection with breathing exercises to help them relieve stress, tension, fears, and sadness and to feel happier and more at peace. In Living With Intent: My Somewhat Messy Journey to Purpose, Peace and Joy, Mallika shares insights she gained while seeking meaning and balance as a mom and entrepreneur who felt she was overwhelmed by work, family and too many responsibilities. Mallika has taught meditation to thousands of people, and is currently a mindfulness consultant for the animated series, Stillwater, on Apple TV+. She enjoys speaking to audiences around the world about intention, balance and living a life of purpose. Mallika has a BA from Brown University, an MBA from Kellogg Business School, and an MA in Psychology and Education with a mind body spirit concentration from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Daniel (they/them) is a 500-hr E-RYT based in Charlotte, NC. Daniel moves through this world as a trans, non-binary activist, educator, and facilitator of yoga and meditation. They are one of the 7 co-founders of the Trans Yoga Project, a group of wellness educators committed to creating equitable and affirming spaces for trans and queer communities.
Devi Brown serves as the Chief Impact Officer at Chopra Global and is the voice of daily meditation on the Chopra wellness app. A wellbeing educator, author of Crystal Bliss, founder of Karma Bliss, a founding board member of the Mental Wealth Alliance, host of Black Effect Network podcast Dropping Gems, seasoned broadcaster and multi-modality healing practitioner. Devi is devoted to spiritual connection meant to aid in the healing of intergenerational trauma and internal liberation. Her work is rooted in weaving ancient and modern practices into tangible healing tools that are in support of emotional growth and radical self-love.
Sheila Patel, M.D. is the Chief Medical Officer for Chopra Global and a board-certified family physician who is passionate about helping people improve their health and wellbeing by integrating holistic healing practices with modern medicine. For more than a decade, she practiced full-spectrum family medicine for all ages and now continues an outpatient practice in Southern California. She is a Chopra certified meditation, yoga and meditation instructor and now enjoys teaching mind-body practices that allow people to heal, balance, thrive and live to their full potential.
Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar is a world-renowned Ayurvedic physician and medical astrologer from a family of traditional Vedic healers in India. He holds a B.A. in Ayurvedic medicine and completed a three-year residency as an M.D. (doctorate in Ayurvedic internal medicine) at the prestigious Pune University in India.
Jackie is a sound musician, meditation leader, & mental health advocate who has played sound bowls & led breath-work for some of the largest meditations in the world. Jackie facilitates sound globally for mass meditations through The Big Quiet, has worked on tour with Oprah Winfrey, is resident sound practitioner for Chopra Global, & Director of Medi Club (sister community to The BQ).
Jennifer Johnson has worked at Chopra for the past sixteen years as a core educator, creator, and master trainer of Chopra’s signature spa services. She is certified in Massage Therapy and Hypnotherapy, and is also working towards a certificate in medical intuition. Ayurveda is at the core of everything Jennifer believes and practices, and she loves to teach others how to take control of their own health, happiness, and healing using its principles. She is passionate about using energy medicine to find the source of a person’s disease or discomfort, and loves to try to treat even the most challenging of cases. Jennifer has one mission: To help people find their joy. Her goal is to teach others to connect to their bodies and shift their attention to what makes them happy, so they can use that joy to better their lives and spread happiness to those around them.
Karena Dawn is an entrepreneur, trainer, best-selling author, and co-founder of Tone It Up, the leading fitness and lifestyle community for women. Her lifelong passion for fitness, mindfulness, and spiritual empowerment have made her a leader in the wellness space. Born and raised in Indiana, and currently lives in Austin, Texas by way of California. Dawn began cultivating her spiritual practice from a young age. Meditation and movement transformed her life and helped her overcome a dark period of depression and substance abuse. Since then, she has practiced daily meditation and followed The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success for more than 10 years. She is honored to speak about The Seven Spiritual Laws and how to apply them to your everyday life. As the co-founder of Tone It Up, Dawn empowers women around the world. Through workouts, nutrition products, and community connection, Tone It Up helps women live their healthiest and happiest lives. Most recently, Dawn created Toned Body, Toned Mind, a holistic program in the Tone It Up App that combines yoga, meditation, and self-care practices and includes many teachings she learned while studying meditation at The Chopra Center. She is co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Tone It Up: 28 Days To Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous and Balanced and Beautiful: 5-Day Reset For Your Body, Mind, and Spirit. Her upcoming memoir is being released in Spring 2022.
Born in Liverpool, England, Roger Gabriel spent his formative years in the United Kingdom and first learned meditation there in the early 1970s. It instantly became his passion and he soon trained to be a meditation teacher under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Sarah Finger is the co-founder of ISHTA Yoga, LLC and the private yoga teacher of Dr. Deepak Chopra. Sarah is the co-presenter with Dr. Chopra of the online course, “Finding Connection Through Yoga,” produced by Yoga Journal and The Chopra Center. She teaches trainings, workshops, and retreats internationally with her husband, Yoga Master Alan Finger, and is a featured expert on Jiyo, a revolutionary new digital platform that brings health and wellness to online communities all over the world. Sarah is on the Board of Directors for Exhale to Inhale, a non-profit organization that teaches yoga to survivors of domestic violence. Her daughter, Satya, inspires her every day to live a life based on love and unbound potential.
Most humans like myself are bound by the limitations of our own minds, ingrained beliefs that stunt our possibilities to truly be whatever we wish to be. Following the directions and absorbing the teachings and meditation practices can slowly but surely show us the way to enlightenment and a far more fulfilling existence.