Imagine living a daily life designed to create more balance and harmony in your routine while still fulfilling your daily obligations and priorities.  Giving up self-care for checking off the details of your life and selflessly taking care of others is only leading you down a path of depletion.  It’s not necessary to replace one with the other.  This retreat was created to provide you with the tools necessary to find ease and support while moving through your everyday life.  Real growth doesn’t happen by simply listening and absorbing – it’s the result of engaging, participating, and actually doing the work.  Jumpstart your journey towards whole health at this one-of-a-kind retreat to empower your personal and collective well-being through immersive practices and the wisdom of East Asian traditions for modern life. 

In Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, autumn is the ideal time to reset the body, mind, and spirit to prepare for a healthy journey through the coming winter months.  According to the ancient science of East Asian medicine, our bodies have stored up so much fire from the fiery summer that we need to cleanse or detox our body to prepare for a slower, cooler, and easier winter.  Autumn is also the ideal time for creating routines and practices toward, not only self-care, but essentially, self-love.  The Autumn Sangha is designed to give you the supports to rejuvenate and find complete balance aligned with the season. 

The purpose of Autumn Sangha is to bring together an intimate group of people who have the desire to live a healthful life guided by the wisdom of East Asian medicine and movement practices.  This retreat is the first step to 6 weeks of supportive, knowledgeable, and intentional work towards finding harmony and balance in the season.  The Autumn Sangha will be limited to only 8 participants in order to create a beneficial experience for all who participate in the sangha.  The retreat can be a stand-alone experience; however we will give priority to participants who express interest beyond the retreat experience.  Payment plans are available for the full program.

Investment

The cost for the retreat alone is $280. This includes…

• All movement sessions (qi gong, yoga, gong fu) - All Levels Welcome

• Cha Dao Tea Ceremony (The Art of Drinking Tea and Conversation)

• 2 Soaking Sessions at the Society Hotel

• Dinner, Breakfast, and Snacks

Accommodations are not included in the registration price. Please contact the hotel for availability.

Movement Practices

Qi Gong | Qi gong is a form of moving meditation. The Jing Luo Qi Gong method uses breath, intention, movement, and massage to open and reinforce the channel system of the practitioner thus keeping a healthy balance between mind and emotion, qi and strength. This specific form encourages body awareness, and promotes a wonderful sense of emotional balance. Regular practice strengthens the tendons, bones and skin, regulates the functioning of the brain, circulatory system and digestive systems, and allows the cells of the entire body to remain in coordination.

Yin Yoga | In Yin Yoga we don’t use the body to get into the pose, we use the pose to get into the body. This practice combines the influences of Hatha Yoga with Chinese Daoist practices and Western science to create vitality in the body. With its emphasis on long-held, passive stresses of the deeper connective tissues, Yin Yoga mobilizes and strengthen our joints, ligaments and deep fascial networks. Yin is yielding, allowing, and nourishing. This intimate practice of yoga requires you to get ready to be intimate with the self, with feelings, sensations, and emotions.

Xing Yi Gong Fu | Xing Yi is a traditional internal martial arts style from China. This art form emphasizes the development of relaxed power by training proper body alignment and strengthening the connections between muscle, tendon, and bone. We focus on long, slow movements, that lead us to excellent, precise motor control and coordination with an emphasis on connecting breath with movement. Based on the theory of the Five Elements (Wu Xing), Xing Yi offers excellent health benefits and the ability to be martially effective.

Retreat Schedule

October 2nd | 2 - 9pm

• 2:00pm Arrival

• 2:30pm Qi Gong

• 3:00pm Cha Dao Tea Session: Season of Autumn | An East Asian Perspective

• 3:45 pm Qi Gong

• 4:30 pm Cha Dao Tea Session: Yin & Yang

• 5:00 pm Dinner

• 6:00 pm Soaking Pools

• 7:30 pm Yin Yoga

• 8:30 pm Evening Sound Bowl and Meditation

October 3rd | 7am - noon

• 7:00am Qi Gong (Optional)

• 8:00am Breakfast and Cha Dao Tea Session: Five Elements

• 9:00am Gong Fu Practice

• 10:00am Soaking Pools

• 11:00am Cha Dao Tea Session: Understanding Your Unique Constitution

• 12:00pm Closing

Investing in the Retreat will allow you to become a Sangha Member. Sangha Members can add on options based on the Sangha prices listed ($800 total if adding separately). While this program is designed to be a complete 6 week seasonal wellness experience, you are not required to participate in all parts of the Sadhana, Living with the Seasons Workshop Series, and Treatment. Many payment options are available.

If you decide becoming a Sangha Member is not for you, meaning you do not want to invest in the Retreat, you can still attend classes, workshops, and treatment at Trinity at a different rate. (Treatments $100+, Classes $12+, Workshops $40).