Qigong is one of the most powerful ways to strengthen longevity and enhance our sexuality. Qigong plays with the life force and its polarized yin and yang currents. We will cultivate Original Energy, a mysterious neutral force, that can harmonize the male and female, the key to Spiritual Orgasm, the spontaneous-yet-eternal union of passion and love.

We will practice Primordial Qigong or Tai Chi for Enlightenment, which enlivens your journey to your Original Self. We will journey to awesome locations to enliven our practice and dance with the elements!

Inner Alchemical Meditations like the Inner Smile,"Kan & Li" (Water & Fire) and Energy Circulation restores and balances your body's essence and emotions, and refines kundalini energy into compassion.
Open your heart, body and mind to greater connection to the Divine.
Satisfy your soul's deep longing for wholeness.
This retreat will be a powerful and practical initiation of Taoist internal sexual alchemy. This safe and supportive retreat welcomes both Singles and Couples.

Practice Qigong, Tao Yoga and Meditation to:

* Supercharge your creativity and personal practice
* Revive yourself with the beauty of nature, wind, waves and warm sun!
* Unwind, heal and restore your self
* Empower your life
* Be present with love and come to peace with yourself

Minke at Kahuna Falls, winter 2009

Saturday.- Arrival 2 - 6 pm, dinner at 6 pm
Evening Introduction, Invocations & Intentions – 7:30 – 9:30 pm

Sunday - Grounding with Chi Kung, transformation of emotions with Inner Smile, and opening energy channels

Monday - Kan & Li, Fire & Water Alchemy and Healing Love Practices

Tuesday afternoon - 3 – 5 pm
men & women practice separately for cultivating male and female sexual energy exercises Women practice sensual movement, Chi Self massage and jade egg ( optional)
Chanting & Dancing in the evening

Wednesday. - Inner and Outer Harmony
Excursions - We will go to Volcano Park to practice Qigong in the steam!
Time for Bodywork and Private Medical Qigong Sessions

Thursday - Closing Circle before noon. Lunch is served.

Registration and Payment

Sat. Feb. 2, 3 pm - Thurs. Feb. 7, noon - 5 nights

Tuition $890 before Jan. 7, $990 afterwards
Register with retreats@silentground.com.
Deposit of $300 and balance paid before Feb. 1.

Cancellation Policy
A refund is available less a $50 processing fee, until Dec. 14.
No refund is available therafter but credit can be applied to another retreat within 2 years minus the $50 fee.
If the course is canceled for any reason, you will receive a full refund.

If you wanted to share a room it will be approx. $310 each.
so your total retreat is approx. $1200 each, plus your travel.

Lodging and Breakfast to be paid directly to
Kahuna Falls: www.kahunafalls.com
The standard rooms are $110 for double occupancy
and $140 for triple, queen bed and a half bath $120.
plus Taxes are 11.416%.

Car rental for the 5 days. Book early as the cruise ships often stop in Hilo and rent a lot of cars at once.
All the information is posted on the site. kahunafalls.com

Minke de Vos teaches spiritual embodiment at Silent Ground Retreats. She has worked along side of Taoist Master Mantak Chia for over 20 years as a Senior Inner Alchemy Instructor. She has extensive training in movement arts, including Eurythmy. Minke has an enormous range of energetic and spiritual skills and a reputation as one of the top teachers of qigong, healing, and women's sexuality.

David Gyurkovics Universal Tao Instructor, has studied and practiced Taoist internal arts for 15 years. He is a practitioner of Medical Qigong and Acutonics Sound Healing. He is an accomplished musician and breath coach.

The intention of this workshop is to support you in claiming your power as a full and vital man or woman
at every age, single or in partnership.

Additional Workshop Information

This workshop offers ways to generate and make love, joy, wisdom and creativity. The workshop extends beyond a special experience at the retreat center, where people can get more intimate with themselves and their partners. People will also go away with practical tools, which they can practice regularly at home and develop for a lifetime. These tools are excellent for independent, single cultivation for singles and couples. They build the foundation for energy and soul exploration. Participants will be encouraged to be creative with these time-tested practices and incorporate them into their unique personal and professional practice.

The workshop is a wonderful way to get in touch with a source of creative energy that is always available within us. We can consciously tap into or sexual energy for boosting our personal growth. We urgently need this powerful energy to alleviate suffering, since much suffering is caused by the misuse of sexuality. The workshop invites the transformation of passion into compassion with heart-centred practice.

Participants will learn to cultivate love for themselves and their loved ones. By channelling sexual energy and unconditional love, they will explore the unlimited potential and beauty of subtle-body lovemaking. They will learn to consciously tap into universal creative forces. See workshop description for various practices.

The benefits will be increased energy awareness, self-healing on all levels, rejuvenation, and strengthening of the body, particularly the pelvic floor, the floor for all our organs. Preventative medicine can help to avoid conditions like cancer. Having this resource of energy readily accessible heightens sensitivity to intimate feelings, improves concentration and boosts creative initiative to carry through one’s life’s purpose.

This program is for people who wish for abundant love flowing in their life. Many single people lose touch with their sexuality and this is a great way to empower this aspect in themselves. Often when they upgrade their energy they will attract a compatible partner or be more attractive to people generally. Women, who wish to heal or prevent discomfort from PMS, menstruation, and menopause. The practices will enhance hormone balance, youthful vitality, beauty and inner strength. Men, who wish to prevent excessive energy loss through ejaculation can develop more control and sexual stamina. Those, who seek these benefits without drugs. People, who have some health problem and wish to awaken their own healing energy. Professionals, like bodyworkers, who want to learn tools to prevent burnout. Yoga or Tai Chi instructors can deepen their own experience of how to move from the inner body. People, who are presenters, like performers, can amplify their charisma.
Couples who wish to harmonize their relationship.
For beginners, who are new to energy work and meditation and also for advanced practitioners, who wish to deepen their practice.

Certification Credits

Healing Tao University credits see www.healingtaousa.com
Credits towards Certification as a Universal Tao Instructor www.universal-tao.com
Credits towards Certification as a Feminine Treasures Instructor or Tao Alchemy Yoga Instructor www.silentground.com

Testimonials

“Thanks for sharing your gracefulness, openness, fluid movement and shining feminine presence at the Healing Love Retreat. And a special thanks for the intense energy you and Michael generated in the face-to-face meditation demo. That is where I had the strange experience when my heart space really opened up. Your verbal reminders during body movement exercises were very helpful for me in opening up especially when I would drift into automatic pilot. I enjoyed a flowing lightness of being when I got into the groove. The total experience was beyond groovy.” Jerry, participant of Healing Love retreat, NC

“The Taoist health practices were priceless for a relaxing and grounding experience. My body relates resonates with this style and I can become quite calm with these practices. The next day I had already integrated three exercises into my daily routine and continue two weeks later because they serve me well enhancing my emotional balance and compassionate perspective. As well your personal lightness and engaging way created a welcoming and open atmosphere.” Wendy, participant at Sunshine Coast Workshop

“Minke de Vos embodies and shares her subject of Healing Tao with beauty and grace. She is an inspiration to behold, and a joy to learn from.”
Participant in Victoria.

“So far all my teachers have been men and it surprised me how refreshing it was to met you and be with you and your knowledge and experience for the day. I have worked many of the seated practices you taught us into my morning meditation and many of my during the day ‘checks in’ have become clearer and more specific after last Sunday.”
Penny, participant in Victoria Feminine Treasures workshop

“My perception of your work is it has a great potential for opening individuals to a collective energy or power. Unlike Yoga or a lot of meditative practices, I feel that you and the Taoist work and especially how you share it has a potential for creating a connection, or a self knowledge, without years of practice.”
John, participant at Hollyhock