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Directions by auto, BART or from SFO or OAK Airports, to the Center for Healing and Transformation.  Suggested hotel / motel accomodations are listed for your convenience.

By Auto:
• From 580, exit on Grand Ave. (not West Grand).
  
• Go left on Grand.
  
• Go approximately two blocks on Grand.
  
• See building marked "Piedmont Executive Center" on the left which is 3645 Grand Ave.
  
• See parking information below.
  
• Come in the front door.
  
• Take the elevator to the 4th floor, the Healing Center.

By BART:
• Get off BART at 19th Street.
  
• Take #12 bus at corner of 19th & Broadway.
  
• Bus will say #12 Grand Avenue.
  
• Bus takes you to Grand and Weldon.
  
• Go to 3645 Grand which is across the street.
  
• Follow instructions above.
  
  #12 bus runs every 23 and 53 minutes after the hour on weekends, 30 minutes apart on weekday mornings, and every 20 minutes on weekday evenings.

Parking:
• Monday thru Saturday, you may park on any side street where it is not prohibited. From Grand, turn right on Weldon and left on Walker for good parking options or on Sunnyslope near Safeway.
  
• On Sundays, street parking is readily available. Meters do not operate on Sundays.
  
• Please note: on weekends, our building locks on the outside at 5:30 pm in case someone may be coming in at the end of our program.

Hotel / Motel Accomodations
• The Bellevue Club - 525 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland CA 94610, (510) 451-1000
  http://www.bellevueclub.org
  Trip distance: 0.82 miles Time: 4 mins.
  
  
• Executive Inn - A waterfront Hotel: 1755 Embarcadero, Oakland, Ca. 94606, (800) 346-6331
  http://www.executiveinnoakland.com
  Trip distance: 2.89 miles Time: 12 mins.
  
  
• Inn at the Square - Best Western: 233 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607, (800) 633-5973, FAX (510) 452-4634 http://www.innatthesquare.com (Mention Internet price to pay $75 per night!)
  Trip distance: 4.89 miles Time: 10 mins.
  
  
• M's Bed & Breakfast - In the Berkeley Hills: 262 Hillcrest Rd., Berkeley, CA 94705, (510) 654-0648, FAX (510) 655-4453 (Very good!) http://www.bbonline.com/ca/msbandb/index.html
  Trip distance: 4.76 miles Time: 9 mins.
  
  
• Oakland Airport Hilton: 1 Hegenberger Rd., Oakland, CA 94606, (510)635-5000, FAX (510)521-6796 http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/OAKHIHH-Hilton-Oakland-Airport-California/index.do
  Trip distance: 11.30 miles Time: 17 mins.
  
  
• Oakland Marriott - at BART Station: 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607, (510) 451-4000, FAX (510)835-3466 http://marriott.com/hotels/travel/oakdt-oakland-marriott-city-center/
  Trip distance: 3.81 miles Time: 9 mins.
  
  
• The Washington Inn - 495 -10th St., Oakland CA 94607, (510) 452-1776
  http://www.thewashingtoninn.com (Has been highly recommended. Ask for corporate or Internet rates.)
  Trip distance: 3.74 miles Time: 9 mins.
  
  
• The Waterfront Plaza Hotel: 10 Washington St., Oakland, CA 94607, (800) 729-3638, FAX (510) 832-5695
  http://www.waterfrontplaza.com
  Trip distance: 5.08 miles Time: 11 mins.
  
  
• Ask us about Ashram accommodations, as well as room rental in a private home.

Below is detailed information on how to get to our center from either airport by car. There is also public transportation available such as the “BART”, Bay Area Rapid Transit, which is one of our train system that we use here. There are also buses, shuttles and taxis that you could take as well.

The closest airport to fly into would be Metropolitan Oakland International Airport: http://www.oaklandairport.com/index2.cfm

METROPOLITAN OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OAKLAND, CA

3645 GRAND AVE, OAKLAND, CA 94610-2022

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1.  Start going toward the AIRPORT EXIT
2.  Take ramp onto US-101 NORTH toward SAN RANCISCO
3.  Take RIGHT fork onto I-80 EAST toward US-101 N/OAKLAND/SEVENTH ST/BAY BRIDGE. As you come off of the bridge, stay in the righthand lane. Follow the signs to 580 East (towards downtown Oakland)
4.  Take the Grand Ave. (Lakeshore) exitI. At the bottom of the ramp, turn left onto Grand Ave. Travel 2 1/2 blocks to 3645 Grand Ave. which well be on the left; a four sotry blue/grey building with the sign Piedmont Executive Building. We are on the fourth floor.

3645 GRAND AVE, OAKLAND, CA 94610-2022