Meals at BBRC
Our Kitchen offers freshly prepared meals that support the retreat experience.
Retreats In Nature,
Gathered in Community.
Nestled within the ancient Juniper and Pine woodland. Our center and land are perfect for reconnecting with nature. Only 2 hours from Los Angeles, we are a residential retreat center space of respite and calm.
Freshly Prepared Meals for Retreat
Food greatly nourishes the work of healing and restoration, designed for inclusivity and community.
Our organic, and seasonally inspired menus, feature fresh and local ingredients. Our indoor and outdoor dining hall is open 24/7 with self-service coffee, tea and healthy snack options.
For Meditation Retreats & Workshops/Relational Retreats:
We serve vegetarian meals. Expect a hearty breakfast, lunch as the main meal of the day, and a light dinner with mainly soup and salad. These meals are designed to support the meditation and mindfulness retreat experience.
For Rentals:
Our meals options are primarily vegetarian. However, we offer options for groups on meat and menu adjustments to support what is restorative, healing and a sense of grounding for the communities you are working with. Contact us to learn more about your group’s menu.
Yes. We serve coffee in the mornings with breakfast. We also have self-service coffee and tea available anytime in the dining hall.
Yes. We offer 24/7 snacks available for guests on retreat. Expect fruit, hard boiled eggs, cheeses, juices, and other light healthy snacks. Guests are welcome to bring snacks to store in the common kitchen areas of the dining hall or cabins.
Host Your Group
Host Your Next Retreat at Big Bear Retreat Center
We host a variety of groups from trainings, gatherings, leadership, and workshops. Host your next group on our beautiful land with the amenities to support healing and grounding in nature.
Accommodations
Simple and elegant lodgings to support rest and renewal.
Our rooms are uniquely designed to offer comfort, conveniency, and simplicity. All of our cabins are surrounded by nature with forest sights and sounds. Lodgings are a short walk from spaces for dining and gathering.
We have 34 bedrooms with 47 beds in 10 cabin buildings. We offer single-room and shared-room options (based on organizer preference). We also offer camping and offsite lodging options for overflow and larger groups.
All our beds are twin. We balance comfort with simplicity in our lodgings. Our cabins include living rooms, private decks, kitchens, drive up acces, and wifi.
Meals
Food greatly nourishes the work of healing and restoration, designed for inclusivity and community.
Our organic, and seasonally inspired menus, feature fresh and local ingredients. Our indoor and outdoor dining hall is open 24/7 with self-service coffee, tea and healthy snack options.
Our meals options are primarily vegetarian. However, we offer options for groups on meat and menu adjustments to support what is restorative, healing and a sense of grounding for the communities you are working with. Let’s discuss more if this is supportive to your group.
The Land
Located amidst thousands of acres of ancient Juniper and Pine forests, our land support healing and grounding in nature.
Step outside and breathe the fresh nature air. Our land is located in the beautiful mountain forests of Southern California, just 2 hours from Los Angeles. This is the perfect place to connect with nature, self, and others.
Our land offers plenty of spaces for relaxing, hiking, and exploring.
Meeting Spaces
Our Gathering Spaces are spaciously designed to provide an atmosphere that feels deeply integrated with nature and the surrounding forest.
We offer two versatile spaces that are conducive for meditation, movement, workshops, trainings, and other community gatherings. Both have capacity of fitting up to 45-70 depending on the type of programming. Both also offer outdoor wrap around decks in nature.
We also offer additional spaces to gather and for programming. This includes outdoor spaces with popup tents and chairs, decks outside of buildings, the dining hall and spaces along the trails and campus.
We’re happy to talk more about your groups needs for convening and connecting.
Activities
Our Land and Center offers a variety of activities and options to integrate into your hosted retreats and trainings.
Each group is unique that hosts a retreat with us. But some common amenities and activities integrated into retreats by groups include:
- Hikes
- Guided Meditations
- Guided Movement / Yoga
- Labyrinth Walk
- Sound Bath
- Stargazing
- Bodywork and Massage
- Art and Creative Activities
- and more!
Inquire to find out what is an option for your group. Please note, most of these activities are organized by our groups with local vendors.
We Believe In…
Belonging in Community
All should feel safe and secure here. That all of us feel seen, accepted, included and cared for during our time here.
Co-Creation with Intention
This is a creative space for collaborating with our partners and communities to create unique healing spaces to live our values collectively.
Care for the Land
We are all stewards of the land, acting in a way that honors a holistic view with care of the land and environment.
Access to Retreats
Practice giving what we can and paying it forward to one another as a show of kindness, gratitude and care for all.
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Our stay at BBRC was exactly what we needed as an organization: restorative, productive, and fun! As a result of our stay with you we feel more aligned and bonded as a team. The center itself was beautiful and functional. The cabins were nicely equipped and all of us felt very comfortable and at home. The BBRC team could not have been more gracious. Thank you for creating a space for us that has strengthened our relationships and catalyzed a fresh energy with which we are approaching our work. I can't tell you how much your support means to us. (2022)
Healing Dialogue and Action
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Big Bear Retreat Center is a centering, calm, and majestic place to stay. As a team who hadn't met one another in person due to COVID, this one of a kind property and lack of distractions gave space for us to bond as a team and understand one another wholly. The team, food, accommodations, and cabins were perfect and we encourage any person or team to experience this beautiful space! (2022)
Swipe Out Hunger
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The retreat enabled us to look ahead 25 years and do some deep work on our values as well as rest and enjoy the beauty of the place. BBRC’s staff are so responsive and generous and really helped us have a very special time. (2021)
Creative Acts
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