Hoffman Institute Foundation

Hoffman has transformed my life. What an amazing process. If you are thinking about going to the White Sulphur Springs location, make sure NOT to stay in the smelly, dorm-​like, rooms, that they call the «carriage house.» Its shared bathrooms and dirty rooms that smell like sewage.
The food was amazing.
Otherwise, a beautiful location and unbelievable process.

I’ve dabbled in new-​age self-​improvement movements throughout my adulthood (I’m 67 now). Living in San Francisco, it’s almost hard not to do that, even though I tend to be generally skeptical of such solutions to one’s emotional issues. Of them all, the Hoffman Institute’s offerings have been by far the most effective and have helped me both excel in parts of my life and weather emotional crises in others.
I first went through their 8-​day process in 2007 and six years later I’m still free of two of the bad habits/​addictions I had at the time that went away as byproducts of the process, i.e. I did not focus on them during that 8-​day experience. Since then I took their weekend review of their Process (Q2) a couple of times to help get myself going again. In 2010, I was trying to get off my anti-​depressant Effexor and though I followed the doctor’s directions it was too abrupt for my body chemistry sending me into a extreme depression. Even when I reluctantly went back on the Effexor, I couldn’t kick the extreme depression I found myself in. I took a weekend Q2 and that totally got me out of the depression.
Additionally, they really take great care of their clients. Highly recommended.

i never thought that going away for 8 days could change me forever. i finally love and respect myself.
it’s difficult to explain what it actually is, but it was worth every cent. i’m recommending it to everyone!

The best personal/​spiritual growth experience I can think of. I highly recommend this program to anyone having a range of life experiences including lack of joy, difficulty finding direction/​meaning/​satisfaction in life, difficulty connecting with others, feeling controlled by fear or other unpleasant patterns… the website can explain more than I can. But the point is, they do a marvelous job… if you can get over yourself enough to participate in sometimes cheesey activities. Hey, whatever works. It’s one week of life that lasts.