Weekends of meditation, exercise, walks and talks. Learn how to enhance your health and well-being through the oriental arts of movement, massage and calligraphy.

Mornings begins with a qi gong session on our woodland platform followed by an introduction to daoist meditation. After breakfast there will a short talk to explore the ways we can live in harmony with the seasons followed by a group session to develop simple massage and exercise programs for individual needs and specific health problems. After lunch there will be time to explore the surrounding countryside in individual or group walks. The emphasis will be on stillness and tuning in to the environment. Later in the afternoon there will be a session of Oriental brushwork/calligraphy to tune mind and body and concentrate awareness.

On Sunday we will introduce sitting exercises designed to enhance the natural flow of qi energy in the acupuncture meridians, body awareness exercises and conclude the day with a sitting meditation. Each participant will receive a full body massage or shiatsu session. Our food will reflect the seasons and encourage the cleansing and revitalising of the body.

At the end of the weekend you will feel relaxed and invigorated. You will have learnt a simple but effective daily practice designed for your own needs.

Sandra Hill is an acupuncturist and has studied and practiced oriental exercise for over 25 years. She lived in Japan for four years, where she studied shiatsu and tai ji, and Japanese meridian therapy. Sandra currently teaches at the University of Westminster and on various post-graduate programs for Oriental Medicine in the U.K. She is the author of ‘Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Body’ and ‘Oriental Paths to Health’.

Arrive from 4pm on Friday, the course ends around 4pm on Sunday. Single rooms may be available for the supplement, please contact us for more details.