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VIBE: Launched by a former tech CEO, this retreat center nestled among Santa Cruz County redwoods has a packed schedule of big-name visiting lecturers and classes on living a balanced life. STUDY: In the “Being Your Own Best Doctor” seminar, Elson Haas, MD, provides a framework for using Eastern, Western, and naturally inclined approaches to personal health. STAY: Some of the rustic-chic hotel rooms have gas fireplaces and French doors that open out to the forest. Don’t miss the infinity hot tub at the campus spa....

In response to the rapidly growing needs resulting from the CZU Lightning Complex Fire and COVID-19 pandemic, 1440 Multiversity – one of the nation’s premier nonprofit learning destinations – and Operation BBQ Relief have begun a two-week strategic partnership effective September 1, 2020, that provides support to the Santa Cruz County community and evacuees ravaged by these current crises....

1440 Multiversity has attracted thought leaders and mindfulness experts like Elizabeth Gilbert, Cheryl Strayed, Sharon Salzberg, Julia Cameron, Judith Orloff and many more icons who visit the property to gather, educate, enrich, and simultaneously experience being the best version of themselves. The retreat center’s namesake, 1440, comes from the number of minutes in a day. “Each one [is] a chance to connect with what truly matters—both within and around us,” their catalog reads....

At a retreat set amid towering redwoods near Santa Cruz, California, a gaggle of techies are searching for their souls. The event, a “mindfulness weekend for the tech immersed”, has been organised by 1440 Multiversity, a new resort cum self-help refuge co-founded by Scott Kriens, chairman of the $11bn (£8.2bn) networking giant Juniper....

There are 1,440 minutes in day. Joanie Kriens started thinking about that one day while in the midst of a few self-aware moments gardening in her backyard. Out of this, Joanie and her husband Scott Kriens had the name for their new charity, 1440 Foundation, which “aims to improve the state of the world…one person, one relationship, one connection, and one minute at a time.”...

Last weekend, two of the United States’ most famous memoirists met in person for the first time, after a years-long friendship conducted via email and phone. Liz Gilbert and Cheryl Strayed finally met in real life, and the Internet somehow managed not to implode from the collective awesomeness of so much spiritual guidance in one place....

Recently the word retreat has become more noun than verb. Off-the-grid destinations from Arizona to India draw the drained and directionless with promises of self-improvement and recharging. Still, 1440 Multiversity, differentiates itself through its emphasis on an oft-ignored asset: the higher mind. ...

1440 Multiversity, situated in a towering redwood forest outside Santa Cruz, caters to the Silicon Valley cohort’s approach to extracurricular learning and enlightenment as a luxury pursuit, while also modernizing the type of wellness-centric offerings that older establishments, such as Esalen and Omega Institute pioneered....

1440 Multiversity is bringing a dose of modern mindfulness to a former bible college with a higher-education-meets-retreat-style model of classes, workshops, healthy eats, and overnight stay options to fit all budgets....

Kenny Woods is living a dream as executive chef of the the new, luxuriously rustic-chic 1440 Multiversity in Scott’s Valley....

Santa Cruz County’s newest and largest hospitality venue is nearing completion in the redwood forest above Scotts Valley. With capacity to house 375 guests a night and feed them three healthful, vegetable-driven meals a day, the 1440 Multiversity aims to attract a different kind of visitor—one looking for experiences, knowledge and personal growth....

The Live Be Yoga team spends an “incredible weekend” at 1440 Multiversity, an adult education center nestled in California’s redwoods that helps people bring more power and energy to their lives and have a more positive impact in the world. Music by DJ Taz Rashid. ...

Imagine learning from an expert you’ve always wanted to meet at a three-day workshop in the redwoods....

A new wellness mecca has emerged in Northern California, and its all-encompassing methodology and integrative teaching methods are reshaping how its clients approach healthy living. Nestled in a redwood forest in Scotts Valley, 1440 Multiversity debuted last month after four years of development, planning, and construction....

After four years of plans, construction, and development, 1440 Multiversity opens its doors May 26, 2017. 1440’s state-of-the-art campus is an all-new learning-meets-vacation destination set in a 75-acre redwood forest between Silicon Valley and Santa Cruz, California. The location will host renowned thinkers and teachers—from writers like author Elizabeth Gilbert, to singer Alanis Morissette, to Harvard-trained neuroscientist Richard Davidson, and meditation experts like Sharon Salzberg....

After decades as an executive in the tech industry, Scott Kriens resigned as CEO of Juniper Networks in 2009 to follow his passions in the areas of authentic leadership and integrated living. Now his new project, 1440 Multiversity, is scheduled to open in May 2017 as a retreat center offering “teachable skills for better living” programs presented by top names in personal development, health and wellness, leadership, career development, and more....