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Join us during our yearly
Tao Summer Retreat
8-14 July 2024
Relax, recharge, and undergo deep inner transformation
based on ancient Eastern, Taoist methods,
made accessible by
Senior Tao instructor Carsten Dohnke
1-week retreat
or 3-4-day retreat: possibility to stay the first 3 or 4 days
Inner Alchemy: Healing Qigong
Compassion Meditation
Kan and Li
Conference Centre DE POORT - Groesbeek Netherlands
(near Nijmegen)
Welcome to our Summer Seminar with Carsten Dohnke
… your Retreat for Inner Transformation, Healing, and Spiritual Growth.
Join us to experience a profound connection to life, your energy, and inner resources.
For beginners with a deep passion for bodywork and meditation, as well as advanced Tao practitioners.
In this Summer retreat you will
find inner freedom and stability
learn Qigong movements and breathing for a stronger, younger and healthier body
enjoy an inner healing process
learn to balance your emotions
reconnect with your heart, your energy and your inner resources
discover a gateway to your inner wisdom
open up to a natural flow of life
reconnect to your inner Source - your true nature
learn to unfold your creativity and inner potential
Experience Fusion, Kan & Li, and inner alchemy in a subtle yet powerful way - For individuals with a Tao background, a unique opportunity to train with Carsten for 7 days and experience the Higher Inner Alchemy practice in a truly special manner:
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Carsten has trained intensively with various masters for 40 years, including Grand Master Mantak Chia. As a teacher, Carsten has noticed that focusing too much on technique can lead to overpowering thoughts, diminishing the ability to experience and feel deeply. This can compromise profound connection and transformation.
Therefore, Carsten has refined his teaching approach to prioritize experiencing and feeling deeply. Beyond technique and thought, it's about being fully present. Carsten guides you through the entire process in a simple manner.
If you've become curious, don't wait any longer and sign up now!
Tao Retreat 7 days
Event costs € 690
Lodging not included: See price list below
overview
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Conferentieoord De Poort
Disseltsebaan 34, 6561 KC Groesbeek
The Netherlands
www.depoort.org -
7-day retreat:
€690
4-day retreat (July 8-11): €400
3-day retreat (July 8-10): €305
*Accommodation not included -
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Days 1, 2, and 3 are accessible to beginners with some experience in bodywork and/or meditation.
For days 4 to 7 with Kan & Li, experience in practices such as Qigong, (silent) meditation,... is required.
If you're unsure whether you have enough experience, please contact us.
Inner alchemy is regarded as an extremely effective method for healing, well-being, inner strength and unlocking unimagined potential.
How will we practice
during this week ?
What’s the main idea and purpose of this retreat?
An insight in less than 3 minutes.
Watch our video Tao Summer Retreat.
Throughout our retreat, we value an ongoing exploration
of the following principles:
EMBODIMENT
Inner strength, arriving, rooting, centering, feeling & embodying your inner processes - through qigong and breathing
MEDITATION
Practice for self-love, connecting to your inner ressources such as love and libido, energy management, silence and devotion - through the higher taoist practices
UNITY - NON-DUALITY
Embedded in nature, a social field, connection to the higher self and to wholeness - through mantra, healing sessions and deep integration
Enjoy a week of meditation, healing and vitality in the stillness of nature
During this summer retreat we want to let our body become flexible and alive, open our heart and dive into an inner silence.
From this connection to ourselves and to life we will experience the meditations of Inner Alchemy - an extremely effective method for healing, well-being, inner strength and to open up unexpected potential.
Physical and breathing exercises in nature, silent meditation and healing mantra sessions round off every day and support the guided Inner Alchemy meditations.
PROGRAMM
PROGRAMM
Course 1
8-9 July
Inner Alchemy: Shengzhen Healing Qigong
With Shengzhen Healing Qigong you return to an inner naturalness and experience calm, love and peace. The Shengzhen form "The Unity of Body and Mind" is a special form of heart qigong which can be practiced on the chair and standing: it calms the mind, frees the mind from confusion and dissolves worries and fears. The inner beauty of the movements unfolds with the simultaneous experience of playfulness, love and openness in the heart. After prolonged practice, a pleasant lightness flows through you - like a crane soaring through the air:
Shengzhen Healing Qigong harmonises and strengthens your glands and organs, stretches your body and creates an inner joy. As if by magic, you experience a state of “lightness of being”. Healing Qigong also fills your cells with fresh vitality, detoxifies your body and makes your spine more flexible.
All exercises are easy to learn and are based on the principles of traditional Chinese medicine.
Moreover, the movements connect your Qi to the larger energy field of nature - an important prerequisite for the meditations of inner alchemy.
The form consists of two parts:
the first part balances all the inner organs and creates a state of inner balance – similar to Fusion I.
The second part stimulates your immune system through deep and calm breathing and serves to open your heart – similar to Fusion II in Universal Tao System. In this way you experience moments of deep stillness and contemplation.
Course 2
10 July
The essence of Fusion: Compassion Meditation
This third day will focus on compassion meditation plus deepening the movements of the first 2 days. In addition to silent heart meditation, you will experience the taoist meditation of the cycle of creation, in which your positive organ-energies and virtues merge into a state of compassion.This day is an optimal preparation for the following practices of the inner alchemy.
A deep state of being, peace and the feeling of being nourished emerges. You strengthen and purify your inner organs and can free yourself from old emotional problems.
The practice of Fusion is complemented by Shengzhen Healing Qigong. Combined with meditations of self-acceptance and embracing the internal organs, this allows you to "truly come home in yourself and your body".
Discovering the art of Inner Alchemy is simpler than it appears. It's like rediscovering that sense of inner harmony we once knew so well in our carefree childhood days.
Whether you're new to the practice or already seasoned, Course 1 and Course 2 are open to all - while a certain degree of experience with body movement, meditation, and self-reflection is recommended.
What truly matters is your curiosity and eagerness to delve into this transformative experience.
Course 3
Kan & Li - a centrepiece of Taoist meditation that enables profound processes of inner transformation
11-14 July
Higher Inner Alchemy – Kan and Li
In “Kan and Li” the love of our heart merges with the energy of the kidneys and libido – “fire and water unite”, as the Taoists say. This creates a refined Qi, which like an “inner vapour” nourishes and rejuvenates each of our cells from within and carries the practitioner into higher states of consciousness. Deep inner contemplation, the dissolution of the physical body, the slowing down of the aging process and inner healing are the central themes. “Kan and Li” is also called the “marriage of soul and spirit”. The depth of this course has a life-changing effect on many participants.
Conditions of participation in Course 3 – Kan and Li: 2 years or more experience in Taoist practices, inner Qigong, other meditation or longer silent retreats.
In the Inner Alchemy of Tao, the practice of "Kan & Li" becomes the basis for the development of higher forms of consciousness. It is the inner marriage of soul and spirit, the union of heaven and earth, and it touches our innermost longings for wholeness and harmony.
Mind power moves into a dance, and Qi transformed into a sparkling vapour flows along special meridians - a centrepiece of Taoist meditation that enables profound processes of inner transformation.
Please contact us if you have any questions: carsten-dohnke(at)tao-hamburg.com
“Every afternoon Carsten will give a Tao healing session with mantras for all participants. This allows you to integrate your practice deeply, to let go, dissolve old fears and experience new confidence in life.”
Still unsure if this retreat is right for you?
Feel free to reach out to us without any obligation. We're here to answer all your questions! Contact
YOUR OWN INNER RETREAT
Important notice for all participants
This seminar is designed as a drug-free retreat, i.e. as an inner retreat. Only then can the depths of this sacred practice unfold. Please leave your everyday life behind you, when you wish to join. Do not bring any work with you and avoid the use of your cell phone. During the Kan and Li classes we will also share times of silence - especially directly after the guided meditations.
practical
PRACTICAL
Investment
There are several possibilities to participate in the retreat.
Course fee (accomodation not included):
7 days:
€ 690
3 days, course 1 and 2 (Healing Qigong & Compassion Meditation):
€ 3054 days, course 1, 2 and first day Kan&Li:
€ 400
Once we receive your registration, we'll send over your invoice. Just make sure to settle the payment within the specified time frame to secure your spot.
(Regarding early bird price: Please remember, if you miss the payment window, any early booking discounts will unfortunately expire.)
Dates and times
We start on July 8th at 10:00 am and finish on July 14th at 5:00 pm. Specific timings for breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be arranged collectively.
Please note that teaching sessions will run from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm and from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, totaling approximately 6 hours of classes daily. However, these timings may be subject to adjustments once meal schedules are finalized.
Language
Teachings are in English
accommodation
ACCOMMODATION
Conferentieoord De Poort Groesbeek
Conferentieoord De Poort
Disseltsebaan 34, 6561 KC Groesbeek
The Netherlands
https://www.depoort.org/
Please note:
Accommodation bookings on De Poort’s website will become available once we reach a minimum of 15 participants/registrations.
To ensure your place in the course, secure your spot early, as this helps us meet our target and guarantees your reservation.
Accommodation bookings can be made at a later stage.
We anticipate opening the accomodation booking platform by end of April 2024 and will keep you updated accordingly.
We offer various options to make your stay as comfortable as possible:
Single or shared rooms
With private or shared bathrooms
Camping (bring your own tent, caravan, or camper)
Staying outside De Poort (excluding breakfast but includes lunch, dinner, coffee, and tea - flat rate, see price list).
Regular accommodation includes overnight stay, breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as coffee and tea.
Accommodation, special meals, and any additional requests can be booked separately and directly on the De Poort website starting from end of April 2024.
accomodation price:
ACCOMODATION PRICE LIST
Please find the price details in listing below, just click the arrow:
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Main building
Room with own bathroom:
1 person : € 884,73 pp
Second building
Room with own sink (shared sanitary in hallway):
1 person : € 814,83 pp
Caravan / gypsy wagon: € 814,83 pp
Camping : € 573,33
with own tent / camper
Stay outside De Poort : € 499,60 ppFlat-rate* incl. lunch, dinner, coffee/tea
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Main building
Room with own bathroom:
1 person : € 320,41
Second building
(sanitary in the hallway)
1 person : € 297,11
Camping : € 216,61 pp
own tent/camperStaying outside De Poort - no overnight/no breakfast : € 198,40 pp
= Flat-rate* incl. lunch, dinner, coffee/tea
Any additional questions regarding accommodotion, please contact the friendly staff of De Poort (Moniek): Tel: +31 24 297 12 04
