2009 Summer Retreat
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An Intensive Retreat in the Healing Tao Basics
with Marie Favorito and Sharon Smith July 26-30, 2009 Angels’ Rest in Leyden, Massachusetts (2 hours west of Boston & 3.5 hrs from New York City) See Registration and Payment Options Below   Join Senior Universal Tao Instructors, Marie Favorito and Sharon Smith for a Special Retreat of Taoist Meditation and Chi Kung. Explore the mystery and healing power of chi, build a more intimate relationship with your energy, immerse yourself in the Tao practice and return to your life refreshed and renewed! Take advantage of this rare opportunity to study with Marie and Sharon who together have over 50 years of experience in the Taoist arts! We guarantee that you will come away with a solid base for your practice of the Tao.   This weekend will include practice of the Microcosmic Orbit and The Inner Smile, Ovarian and Testicle Breathing, 6 Healing Sounds Chi Kung, Tai Chi Chi Kung (short form) and Standing and Moving Chi Kung practice. The Inner Smile will calm and strengthen you by bringing the energy and essence of a smile and healing light into your body. This is the first step in harmonizing your emotions, enabling your body to rejuvenate itself with light, relaxation and the power of your mind. Using this focus and mindfulness, you guide the smiling essence through your major organs, the digestive tract, the brain and spine, enlivening and strengthening the central nervous system. The Inner Smile meditation is a great tool to help you handle life's everyday challenges, allowing you to stay centered in the most trying of situations. The Microcosmic Orbit is the meditation practice that focuses on circulating your life force through two of the most important energy channels in your body. These two channels, the Functional (Ren Mai), and the Governor, (Du Mai), connect in a flowing circle going up the spine, over the head, and down the front center of the body. The front and back channel are joined to form a circuit of continuous energy flow -- The Microcosmic Orbit. This process is further enhanced by blending and supplementing your body's own energy with the energies of Nature, the Universal, Cosmic, and Earth Forces which surround us. This not only raises your “vibration”, but greatly increases resistance to stress and illness. The Six Healing Sounds combines specific sounds with specialized movements. This special form of chi kung serves to balance and regulate the temperature of your body by releasing trapped cold or heat, creating perfect 'weather' inside. Based on Chinese medicinal principles, this sitting qigong involves simple arm movements synchronized with the breath and meditation to relieve stress, cool the inner organs, and cultivate tranquility, energizing the body with regular practice. Useful for anyone in any stage of health or healing. Tai Chi Chi Kung, the supreme ultimate in movement meditation, is a graceful series of movements performed in slow motion. Easy on the joints, it is a powerful stress reliever for a busy life. This simple 13-movement Yang style form for beginners incorporates all the Tai Chi principles - relaxation, grounding, energy flow and alignment. Because it is a short form, it is easy to experience the inner structure, relaxation, alignment and energy of the longer Yang style Tai Chi forms. Learn to move freely and naturally without stiffness or tension. The more quiet you become externally, the more energy can move internally. Tai Chi is both an expression of the Tao through movement and a personal practice for understanding and realizing the essence of the Tao. Explore the deep internal work necessary for effective Tai Chi practice. Tai Chi can brings many spiritual benefits as well. Learning the inner structure will improve posture and reveal the principles of absorption of the 3 natural forces, the Cosmic force, Earth force and Universal force. Ovarian and Testicle Breathing is the basis of all Taoist sexual energy practice. The Taoists observed that the conservation and transformation of sexual energy acts as a revitalizing factor in the physical, mental and spiritual development of both women and men. Learn to channel your un-aroused sexual energy, the creative force that is your essence. Cultivating, conserving, redirecting and circulation of the generative force from the sexual organs to higher centers of the body invigorates and rejuvenates all the vital functions and activates higher frequency energies. Your retreat fee of $890.00 includes all teaching, accommodations from Sunday through Thursday brunch, 4 nights and 11 high quality organic meals. Arrival is on Sunday from 2-4:30 PM with our first session beginning at 5:30 PM. Departure will be Thursday after brunch at 10:30 AM.
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Accommodations are elegant dormitory style with 2 to 5 per room (because of space limitations, there are no single rooms). Each guest will enjoy the beautiful facility, high-quality linens and towels, and restful sleep on a Posturepedic mattress. You may want to bring your own towel for the hot tubs and comfortable shoes for exploring the surroundings. The retreat is limited to a small number of participants.
QUESTIONS?? Please contact Marie: marie@BostonHealingTao.com 781-570-9694 or Sharon: taosharon@earthlink.net 212-243-6771 |
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