(No availability) 3 Day Meditation, Healing, and Yoga Retreat in Pahoa, Hawaii

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.

Arrival by airplane

Please book a flight to Hilo International Airport (ITO) or Kona International Airport (KOA). Kirpal Meditation and Ecological Center provides shuttle service to and from the Hilo airport at 80 USD either way. A shuttle service to and from Kona airport is available at 220 USD either way.

Directions from Hilo International Airport (ITO):

• KMEC Hawaii is only a 60 minute drive from this airport.
• Leaving the Hilo Airport, turn left at the traffic light onto HI-11 / Hawaii Belt Road / Kanoelehua Avenue and go about 5.9 miles
• Turn left onto HI-130 / Keaau Pahoa Bypass Road continuing to HI-130 and go about 16.4 miles
• Turn left onto Kamaili Road and go about 5.3 miles
• Turn left onto HI-137 and go for about 3.5 miles
• Turn left onto Pohoiki Road and go about 0.7 miles
• KMEC Hawaii will be on the right
• Helpful hint - please try to arrive during daylight hours as this will make your drive easier and will facilitate your check-in process

Directions from Kona (KOA) Airport:

• KMEC Hawaii is a nice 2.5 to 3 hour scenic drive from Kona, halfway around the Island of Hawaii, the Big Island, via either the northern or southern routes, or the newly finished saddle road passing Mauna Kea
• Make a left out of the Kona Airport and drive north on Route 19
• Continue on Route 19 through Waimea, down the Hamakua coast (still Route 19) until you get to Hilo
• Past the waterfront side of town, make a right onto Highway 11 at Kens House of Pancakes (sign says Volcano 30 miles)
• Turn left onto HI-11 / Hawaii Belt Road / Kanoelehua Avenue and go about 5.9 miles.
• Turn left onto HI-130 / Keaau Pahoa Bypass Road continuing to HI-130 and go about 12.2 miles
• Turn left onto HI-130 / Keaau Pahoa Bypass Road continuing to HI-130 and go about 16.4 miles
• Turn left onto Kamaili Road and go about 5.3 miles
• Turn left onto HI-137 and go for about 3.5 miles
• Turn left onto Pohoiki Road and go about 0.7 miles
• KMEC Hawaii will be on the right
• Helpful hint - please try to arrive during daylight hours as this will make your drive easier and will facilitate your check-in process

Arrival by bus

Please book a Hele-On Bus, Hawaii County mass transit agency. Take into account the very limited public transportation via the Hele-On county bus that leaves from downtown Hilo. This is a slow, but inexpensive option that comes to Pahoa, if you can coordinate schedules. A pick up from Pahoa can be arranged with KMEC. For more information visit the Hele-On bus website: http://www.heleonbus.org/.