HEALING AND WELLNESS RETREAT IN THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF ASHEVILLE, NC

How to Transform from the Quick Fix Culture to Sustainable Wellness
Holistic Care to Overcome and Prevent Chronic Conditions

Come for a weekend in the magical mountains of Asheville, Western North Carolina. We will pick fresh food at local organic farms, cultivate medicinal herbs and spices at our herb farm, drink rejuvenating herbal teas, learn the art of cooking and eating well, learn the art and skills of physical and mental relaxation, the principle of holistic care and the benefits of sustainable wellness.
Enjoy Health, Happiness and Harmony!

• Location:

  The Wellness Retreat will take place in a 1915 farm house in the historic Sulphur Springs area of West Asheville, NC. If the space is available, some activities will be at a mountain-top lodge in Leicester, NC. Both locations are parts of Chi Herb Farm, a start-up herb garden with a combined 6.5-acre land specializing in Chinese medicinal herbs, spices, and health-promoting fruits and vegetables. Our retreat guests will participate in primitive, organic farming activities and learn about the healing values of farm-grown produce.

  1720 Old Haywood Road #1
  Asheville, NC 28806


• Rate:

  $900 per person (double occupancy) for six nights (the rate does not include extra activities not specified in the program). $400 non-refundable deposit is required to hold the reservation. Minimal 6 reserved attendees are needed for the new retreat. In the case of the retreat is cancelled as result of fewer than 6 reserved attendees, the deposit will be fully refunded.



• Contact

  If you are interested, please call 617-820-8394 or email chiwell.retreats@gmail.com for an inquiry or reservation. Minimal 6 attendees are needed for a new retreat.

Daoism Temple in Mount Wuyi, Fujian, China

• Retreat Master

  Dr. Miles Chong Chen, the founder of Chi Wellnness Clinic in Boston, is a pioneering thinker and practitioner of holistic care and sustainable wellness. He describes his childhood experience:

  "When I grew up in China, six out of my ten neighbors were traditional medicinal herbalists. We lived in apartments above an herbal processing plant. Kids could roam freely amid the raw herbs (many of them were also food). The medicine men were not educated at modern colleges, but apprenticed with a master since they were 9 - 12 years old. They taught me ancient wisdom and practices, developed by Daoists and Zen budhists in China, that remain valid and powerful today. When I turned 16, I became a farmer on Mount Wuyi in Fujian, China. I observed many local peasants practicing Daoist exercises. These exercises allowed the regional people to live healthy, happy and harmonious lives, despite often enduring extreme hardship and poverty.

  "My early childhood education, which was mostly "old and primitive," left a strong imprint on my being. In contrast, my adult education, at college in China and later graduate school in the US, was centered on Western science and cutting edge technology. I believe that some ancient practices are biologically relevant and medicinally useful. My personal practice of sustainable wellness motivates me to share with others the benefits I have experienced from using this ancient wisdom. I have always been drawn to mountains and springs for their healing, tranquil and harmonious atmospheres. The magic mountains of Western North Carolina are special and spiritual indeed."

• Retreat

  The retreat is not a simple get-away, but a learning experience of inner healing, which you have to feel at the natural, instinctual and intuitive levels. Dr. Chen will teach each student in such a way that they "get it" for life and "know" its effectiveness. The experience, therefore, is a life transformation. Students will change from consumers to activists seeking health, happiness and harmony. Each student will master self-care in a personalized and internalized manner. There will be a lot of hands-on practice during the retreat. Please call 781.290.0488 to make reservation.

  Chen meditating at the mountain lodge NC
  
• Goal

  To maximize innate healing for sustainable health, happiness and harmony

  Chronic Conditions

  Weight Issues, Diabetes, Eating Disorders, Hypertension Aches & Pains, Muscle Stiffness, Muscle spasticity, Neuralgia Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia, Fatigue PMS, Menopause, Immunodeficiency, Cancers

  DISCLAIMER: Self-care is not designed to replace, but rather to complement Western health care, for chronic condtions. Please consult with your physician about specific medical issues.

• Topics
  • Developing a holistic view of health
  • Feeling your own wellness instincts: appetite, thirst, fatigue, tension
  • Acquiring simple skills that can be practiced on a daily basis
  • Eating well and food selection for healthy weight and emotional life
  • Relaxing stress physically, mentally and emotionally
  • Finding your own rhythm: high productivity, low maintenance, a harmonious life


• Program
  • Wulong Tea Ceremony
  • Introducing the concept of sustainable wellness
  • Why we are capable of self-care: wellness instincts endowed by nature
  • Turning inward to hear the mind, body and emotions
  • Feeling and relaxing tension from head to toe
  • Stretching and moving the joints (Chen Tai Chi)
  • Deep breathing, meditation & qigong (chi gong)
  • Experiencing total relaxation
  • Foods that make you well, as nature intended
  • Eating well: the pleasure, relaxation and nourishment of eating
  • Visit area organic farms
  • Wholesome food ingredients and balanced diet
  • Cooking class: aroma, color and taste
  • Cultivate vegetables and herbs in the herb farm
  • Reconnect with nature: empowerment from the circulation of Chi
  • Reclaim confidence in innate healing ability and optimism in life
  • Simplify life to achieve harmony
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