NOURISHING THE THREE TREASURES
One-Day Online
Replenishing Summer Retreat
Revitalize your body and spirit by spending a day immersed in simple yet powerful practices to nourish your Jing, Qi, and Shen
July 29th, 2023
11:00 am — 5:00 pm Central Time
Summer is a time when nature is flourishing and expressing its full potential. Life-force energy is pulsing through you and you may feel more naturally energized and joyful.
However, in our already Yang (active) culture, if you're not careful, the faster pace and heightened energy can leave you burnt out. You may try to do too much in a short period of time and end up feeling depleted.
In order to bring the Yang energy of summer into balance, this mid-way point is a great time to:
- Quiet down the external noise so you can re-connect with the deep aliveness within you
- Connect with your body and senses so you can slow down and be present this summer
- Use the potent energy of this time to nourish yourself so you can live in a state of overflowing energy
“Renew yourself every day completely, make yourself anew daily,
still anew today, and every day anew.”
—Shang Dynasty proverb
Join us for our Replenishing Summer Retreat!
In this retreat we'll be doing:
Eight Brocades Seated Qigong
A powerful set of Taoist exercises used for health rejuvenation and Internal Alchemy
Seasonal Qigong Practice of Chen Tuan
Chen Tuan’s exercises are specific Qigong regimens designed for particular seasons of the year.
Tracing the Wall
Standing Qigong
These calming yet energizing movements get Qi and blood flowing throughout the whole body.
These practices help your body feel nourished and replenished, radiating with Qi.
Talk and Q&A
Along with these practices, Stuart will share Taoist advice for harmonizing your health and cultivation with the summer season.
Join us to hit the reset button on your summer. This retreat will help you to:
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Come into your body to reconnect with the flow of nature and the Tao
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Clear overstimulating excess energy
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Fill yourself with fresh, flowing, nourishing energy
So you can creatively express yourself and your potential with joyful ease
These practices are simple yet powerful methods of cultivating the Three Treasures, the three energies of the body that give us life:
Jing
Essence
Qi
Life-Force Energy
Shen
Spirit
When the Three Treasures are restored it gives you a feeling of being light, strong, and energized.
One of the students of the Internal Alchemy class shared that after utilizing just one practice that we’ll be practicing in the retreat, his acupuncturist said “there’s nothing I need to treat you for today” because all his vitals looked so good.
These things help you cultivate “youthfulness in old age,” so you can combine youthful vitality with the wisdom of age—so you can use both toward awakening your Spirit if you so choose.
These are some examples of how we will replenish our internal energies during this retreat:
Replenish Your Jing
We’ll do practices to stimulate and build our bodily fluids that make up our Jing—for example by:
- Swirling the tongue to stimulate the saliva
- Massaging the meridians to stimulate the lymph
- Increasing blood flow by warming areas with breath, movement, and massage
Replenish Your Qi
In this retreat, we'll:
- Coordinate our breath with our movements to cultivate Qi.
- Do practices to eliminate tension so Qi can freely move.
- Use our breath, movement, and mind-intent to guide the Qi through the body.
Replenish your Shen
We'll do these practices:
- With one-pointed focus
- Interspersed with meditation
Whether you’re looking to:
Restore yourself to vibrant health
Combine youthfulness with longevity, or
Set up the foundation for Internal Alchemy …
Join Us to Feel Replenished this Summer!
With Our One-Day Online Retreat
July 29th, 2023
11:00 am — 5:00 pm Central Time
Schedule:
11:00 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
11:15 am
Chen Tuan Seasonal Qigong Practice
11:45 am:
Meditation
12:00 pm
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 pm
Talk & Q&A
2:00 pm
Standing Qigong
2:15 pm
BREAK
2:30 pm
Eight Brocades and Meditation
4:00 pm
BREAK
4:15 pm
Closing remarks and Q&A
How to access the retreat:
THE RETREAT IS FREE TO ALL SANCTUARY OF TAO MEMBERS.
Replays of the retreat will appear in the Nourishing-Life section of the membership.
All members will receive reminder emails leading up to the retreat with the Zoom link.
If you’re not a member, you can try out the membership for a suggested donation of $18 a month, and you’re free to cancel at any time. Click the button below to learn about the membership and sign up!
FAQs
Do I need to know the practices in advance?
Can I do this as a beginner or at any level?
Can I attend for just a part of the day?
Join Us for the Replenishing Summer Retreat!
Retreats are free to all Sanctuary of Tao members.
If you aren’t a member yet, you can learn about and join the Sanctuary of Tao membership by clicking the link below.
If you’d like feel like your summer is replenishing you, join us for this retreat!
We look forward to practicing these simple yet powerful practices with you to revitalize our bodies, minds, and spirits.
“People’s natures are basically the same, it is their practices which set them far apart.”
—Confucius
Join Us for the
Replenishing Summer Retreat!
Immerse yourself in practices to nourish your Jing, Qi, and Shen
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