ABOUT US
The Growing Place is a spiritual retreat and meditation practice offering guided group meditations, workshops, and immersive experiences focused on inner awareness, healing, and conscious connection. Led by Sharon O’Hara, the site supports individuals seeking clarity, grounding, and deeper listening through meditation, reflection, and gentle movement. Our offerings include retreats, meditations, and sacred gatherings in serene natural settings, providing a space for spiritual growth and self-discovery.
​OUR VISION
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You stand on the precipice of a most remarkable time in human history. This epoch is characterized by accelerated technological advancements, social change, vast emotional upheavals, increased intellectual input, and soul awakenings throughout the planet. As each day passes you are expected to not only keep up with the shifting trends in your school and work environment, but you are looked upon to come up with answers, and also to help maintain a measure of peace and harmony in your environment.
FOUNDERS
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Sharon and Patrick O'Hara founded The Growing Place in 1976, in Honolulu, Hawaii. They both received initiations into a multitude of worldwide spiritual practices. Sharon and Patrick emerged as an embodiment of the internal integration of those spiritual initiations which were bestowed on them by world spiritual leaders. Their worldly and spiritual experiences have allowed them to embrace the beauty and elegance in a variety of spiritual philosophies. Through The Growing Place they have visited many areas throughout the world sharing information and wisdom on the attainment of Self-Actualization and God-Realization