We are delighted to invite you to the Life~Transforming 6-day/5-night Wisdom Discovery QigongDharma residential retreat taught by Teja Bell. The retreat will take place at the beautiful and spacious Applegate Retreat Center in Northern California, just an hour’s drive from the Sacramento International Airport.
The natural beauty and tranquil setting of the Applegate Retreat Center serves as the perfect canvas for deep internal exploration and restorative practice.
Retreat Structure: Our daily schedule is thoughtfully designed to strike a harmonious balance between immersive study and practice and restorative rest, ensuring that you can deepen your connection with your internal landscape and the reality of your life. This retreat includes 4 daily in-depth practice teaching sessions with Teja. There will also be 3 optional 24-minute silent sits with practice leaders throughout each day. The daily schedule is spacious, allowing for periods of rest and nature appreciation.
Retreat Theme: The Discovery of Internal Resources for Life-Long Well-Being featuring: Standing & Seated Qigong, Daoyin, Neigong and meditation and the Dharma of the 7 Factors of Awakening.
Retreat participants will find pathways to experience profound inner freedom, clarity, and stability by engaging in practices that align with these factors. Each Bojjhanga offers a tool for transforming habitual reactions and cultivating a resilient, awakened mind that supports life-long well-being.
This expanded framework can serve as a spiritual guide and a daily touchstone, embodying a liberation practice that responds with grace and resilience to the rhythm of life’s changing circumstances.
The connection between QigongDharma practice and the seven factors of awakening is profound, as each factor resonates deeply with Qigong’s principles and methodologies. At this retreat, participants can experience how specific practices cultivate these factors individually and integrate them into experiences of inner freedom and resilience.
The Purpose of this Retreat:
- Integrate Qigong, Daoyin, Neigong, Dharma and Meditation:
- Standing and Seated Qigong: Practices to align breath, body, and energy, cultivating resilience and vitality.
- Daoyin: Mindful movements guide energy flow, enhance flexibility, and encourage self-healing.
- Neigong: Inner cultivation methods for accessing deeper energetic layers, fostering stability and clarity.
- Dharma and Meditation: Having the teachings is important; having the time to sit in Ture Nature is Essential!
Explore the Dharma of the 7 Factors of Awakening:
- 7 Factors of Awakening: Mindfulness, Investigation, Energy, Joy, Tranquility, Concentration, and Equanimity.
- Daily Dharma Teachings integrate these factors into the practice, offering insights into how each can be cultivated through Qigong and applied to everyday life.
The 7 Factors of Awakening (Bojjhangas) are pivotal in both traditional Buddhist practice and QigongDharma. In QigongDharma, these factors offer a profound framework for cultivating holistic well-being. These are developmental and cultivated qualities that the Buddha is said to have offered to those in pursuit of liberation from the wheel of habitual conditioning – known also as Samsara.
Payment and Cancellation Policy
Please note this is a non-dana retreat. Your payment covers all costs, including the teacher and staff.
The last day to cancel your registration for this retreat for a refund is March 22nd, 2025. Note: there is a $250 non-refundable administrative fee, andthe balance of your payment will be refundable up until this deadline. Please allow up to 10 days for refunds to be processed from the date of request. For those who cancel after March 22nd, there is a $250 non-refundable administrative fee, and the balance of your payment can be applied as a credit to a select future retreat offered by Teja Bell. You will also have the option to offer the balance as a donation rather than receive a credit.
COVID-19 POLICY
At present, there is no COVID-19 policy established for this retreat. We suggest that you test the day before your arrival and bring an extra test in case you feel unwell. Masks will not be mandatory, and their use will be left to individual discretion. We honor your choice and welcome anyone who wishes to wear a mask.
