Our Intention and Our Vision

Our vision and mission for A Place of Peace is to provide a Sanctuary of Peace in the Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties – to be available and accessible to those in need of a Place to go for: assistance, connection, education, spiritual development, outreach – community.  We provide a place for people to come together for inspiration, creation and service – to raise consciousness toward balance and healing.  Balanced and harmonious individuals create stable families and stable families become viable members in their community and society as a whole.  It does take a village to change the world!  At A Place of Peace we begin one by one – one service at a time, one session, one meditation, one lecture, one class….

We are a community within the community for the community – a “Place” to journey: emotionally, spiritually and personally - a home for body/mind/soul.

We beieve we all continuously recover from fear and negativity.
Our vision is to support and inspire Peace, Love, Harmony and Balance.


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Weekday Morning Meditation 
7:30 AM Tuesdays - Fridays.
We come together in our community circle to begin our day and to raise our minds, hearts, and energies toward Love and Peace as we ignite our light.
We surrender the day in our sweet, quiet, gentle sanctuary.  
For a brief look at our meditations see this 1 minute video at: http://vimeo.com/24452524


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Yoga Mornings
Yoga: Tues. & Thurs. at 8:30AM
with Gina

Chair and Mat

Gina Bartiromo, MA, CYI, completed her yoga instructor training at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts, the first and largest yoga and retreat center in the United States. Rather than emphasizing the perfect pose, Kripalu yoga integrates body, mind and spirit using consciousness and compassion to accentuate our unique potential.
 
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Greetings of Peace, Love, & Light to Our Friends of A Place of Peace! 

We are in the midst of our 2nd year in our new home since leaving Main Street, Downtown Ventura, and we are looking forward to sharing our "Place" with all the new folks who have found their way to our sanctuary.  It is such a quiet oasis in town for our journey...on "a road less traveled".  If you have not found us yet - Inside the complex it feels like a retreat, and at night - Camelot.  We have grounds for our children on Sundays and a Gazebo for our Community events....a lawn for our outdoor concerts, drum circles, full moon gatherings, and weddings, etc.  It is  just beautiful! Pictures soon!  Our Sanctuary, our 5 new offices, and our Gazebo-Peace Patio, are surrounded by rivers of running water and huge old trees.  There is ample parking all around the complex and once you step onto the inside grounds ...the pathways are just pure peace.

Our Sanctuary is aglow now in our second year here! We welcome new practitioners, Our Wellness Center is growing, our classes are expanding, and we experience harmony in our hearts.  See "About Us" to learn about our practitioners - the gifts they offer.

Our exciting news is the A Place of Peace Recovery Home for Women we will open soon, off-site.  We have the assistance of our new and wonderful Development Director, Monique De La Cruz, who brings her experience in opening four others in the California area.  We will keep you posted.  If you are interested in contributing to the Home's opening you may do so with Pay Pal below, or by sending a check to our address above.   We so appreciate any donations toward this new project - $5, $10, $20, $50...$100 or more - it's all a blessing and a gift from one heart to another!  The clients who will come to this Home will be devoted and dedicated to creating a positive life for themselves and their children - in being competent and contributing members of Ventura County.   We believe people who want to change can - especially with the support and love of a peaceful community and with the classes, guidance and focus from the heart.  We offer that here at A Place of Peace.  Our program is unique and we believe it will provide the women who come with all that is needed to make the permanent changes necessary and desireable for their graduation into a balanced and healthy life.  

You are always welcome in our casual circle anytime.

Personally, I am so very grateful for each moment spent and each heart encountered at A Place of Peace - so many beautiful hearts!  The gift of Peace I find just showing up each day fills me with joy...with hope. Deep gratitude fills my soul!

Peace to your heart!  Teri

Our Pay Pal link is below - at the very bottom, our phone number and address are listed below, and your donation is tax deductable.  

Together with love and peace all things are  possible. Thank you!

We deeply appreciate the pledges, gifts and donations from all of our friends, community, and supporters of A Place of Peace.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

We especially thank and acknowledge the following sparks of light for their gracious willingness to  help:

Sandra Jo Higginbotham, Elisa Rodriguez, Jeanne Fitzgerald Benitez, Steve Yapp, Illayne and Mark Keil, Jill Foreman, Nancy Portolla, Missy Lambrinos, Jim DeSchmidt, Roger Bowman and Penny Woodgate, Diane Mortenson

                                Blessings...A Place of Peace is within you!