About The Mountain Mermaid
Our enchanted retreat home for so many years...
The property was originally built in 1930 as the Sylvia Park Country Club in the mountains above Los Angeles.
It was converted into a boy’s school for a time, and during World War II became a gambling house and brothel operated by mobster Mickey Cohen. It was reborn as an American Legion Hall, movie theatre, and later in the 50s as a gay nightclub called The Canyon Club.
In the 70s it reemerged as the legendary Mermaid Tavern featuring world-class music, and more. By the late 1980s it was a ruin, structurally unsound, and destined for demolition.
In 1989, a local artist bought the property and initiated a restoration that continues to this day.
Photographers from all over the world come to shoot at the Mermaid. It is a local watering hole for town meetings and memorials. The Mountain Mermaid is a declared California historical, architectural, and cultural landmark.
The rest is history.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS:
The Mermaid is available for overnight stay. Contact bill@themermaid.com
About the Instructors and Facilitators
About Chaz (Transformational Retreat Leader)
About Shaman Randi Maggid (Breathwork)
Randi Maggid is an acclaimed BreathWork Facilitator and Shamanic Energy Healer, as well as author of Beverly Hills Concentration Camp: A Healing Journey and Memoir in which she discusses her personal story of being a daughter of Holocaust survivors, and her journey to heal herself from emotional and physical pain, that led her to teach others to do so.
She offers group classes and private sessions in Pranayama Yoga breathing, a two-stage technique that helps move energy in the body and invite ease while releasing fears and blocks. This conscious breathing brings about a meditative state of calm, relaxation and joy while illuminating truth and awakening spirituality. Healing through breath can be an astonishing experience and also provide healing breakthroughs.
She has appeared on numerous television and radio shows and lectures around the country. She lives with her husband and children in Los Angeles.
For more info visit www.randimaggid.com.
