Yuan Tze Ren Xue Healing Retreat

April 7-20, 2012
Wonder Valley Ranch near Fresno, California

Early registration pricing ends February 28, 2012

Learning and practicing Zhineng Qigong ● Improving health ● Changing the patterns of the consciousness ● Elevating life

NOTE: Intensive Qi healing sessions will be held in various forms every day. This is the very first time that healing is made a focus of the retreat and this will likely remain the only retreat of this kind.

Background
After ten years of building the foundations, we are finally ready to formally introduce Yuan Tze Ren Xue to places outside New Zealand. This retreat marks the beginning of this new stage, and celebrates the positive influence Ren Xue will bring to people in North America and beyond.

If you have been using Ren Xue to work on life, this is another stepping-stone for you to move forward. No matter how much progress you have made on this path, as a serious life cultivator you need to know that life development is a never-ending process and there is always room for improving your understanding and changing your life. This retreat will provide you with the opportunity necessary for this process.

We sincerely welcome every person who

1. is enthusiastic about living a more joyful life and is looking for a more effective path for improving health,

2. wants to gain more clarity in life and on how to solve problems on the behavioral, emotional, interpersonal and mental levels,

3. truly wishes to elevate his or her level of life, especially after trying to work on the consciousness for many years and still experiencing the usual suffering that is common when life is not beyond the ‘ordinary’ level, and

4. truly wishes to reach a higher level of realization and wisdom and gain the ability to help other people deal with their problems effectively, and contribute to the progress of society.

Activities

1. Qifield
A qifield with high quality, positive information and strong and abundant Qi will be built for this retreat. You will be fully immersed in, and nourished by, this powerful qifield; it will support your learning, your practice and your development and purify your body and mind in the process.

2. Healing
Health improvement is a main focus of this retreat. This is to provide an opportunity for you, especially those of you who have suffered long-term health issues, to gain more understanding of your problems and to bring about positive change to them. This can help you build a foundation for you to continue to improve your health and the quality of your life.

Intensive Qi healing sessions will be held in various forms every day. This is the very first time that healing is made a focus of the retreat and this will likely remain the only retreat of this kind.

We believe this is a rare opportunity for working with Yuan Tze as he is a powerful healer who has created amazing healing results during his nearly 30 years of qi-healing.

3. Developing Clarity
As with all our retreats, this retreat is for the comprehensive improvement of life as a whole. Apart from Qigong practice and healing, another focus is to gain more understanding of life. This will be done by Yuan Tze answering the questions or issues you may have in your life development. This understanding is essential for you to increase the depth and effectiveness of your work on yourself.

4. Consciousness & Patterns
The work on the consciousness, especially its patterns, has always been a focus of our retreats and will continue to be a focus for this one. This involves gaining more understanding of the consciousness, of the patterns we have and of how to change them so that the level of the consciousness can be elevated.

If you have decided to participate in this retreat you may have some expectations. Even though everyone’s expectations may differ, seeing positive change in life should be a common one shared by all of us. This may sound like a very reasonable and simple expectation. However, in reality, this doesn’t happen that easily. What should we do to turn this expectation into reality? Although this is not the place to discuss it in detail, there are a few important things that can help us all prepare ourselves for the realization of this expectation: ‘success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.’ The meaning of success here is achieving true development of life. The following will help you prepare and get yourself ready.

1. Ask yourself: “What exactly do I want for my life? What kind of life do I wish to create?” Do you wish to have good health, a calm and peaceful mind, happiness, a strong sense of well-being, continual life-development and a higher level of self-realization, and be able to help other people achieve these? I believe this is something most people aspire to.

2. Think about the matter of choosing an effective path that can help you truly understand and elevate yourself. To get more clarity on this, you could try to examine your life seriously to see what you ‘have been through’ so far. Look at what challenges you have had, how your problems came into being and how you have tried to deal with them. Evaluate the success of your effort. If your problems are still there causing a negative impact on your life, your understanding of the root causes and your work on them may not have been enough. Using an effective path is essential for achieving the important things we wish to have in life.

Apart from the mental preparation mentioned above, there are things you can do to help you get ready. The more of these you do, the more you will achieve at the retreat. Besides, you can start to experience the benefits even at this preparatory stage. Here are some of them:

1. Learn Qigong: this will mean that you won’t have to use your precious time and Qi at the retreat to learn and get used to the practice. You can reap the benefit of the practice there immediately.

2. Practice Qigong: if possible, start doing Qigong practice as regularly as you can. This will help you build up a Qi foundation for the healing and work on life at the retreat. You can practice any methods that you are familiar with. Three Centres Merge Standing Form is highly recommended.

3. If you have been learning and using Ren Xue to work on your life, keep up your effort, especially in the working on the patterns of the consciousness. This will help you make breakthroughs in dealing with your problems at the retreat.

4. If you are unfamiliar with Ren Xue and would like to get started so you can get more out of your learning at the retreat, reading Voyage to the Shore part 1 to 3 is a good way. If you are unable to read all of them, it is recommended that you start with part 3. You may even start to experience change in your life and your consciousness as you immerse yourself in this book. This foundation is very important for your continual growth beyond the retreat.

We are looking forward to meeting you in our powerful qifield this season to spend two weeks with our extraordinary ‘harmonious big family’, to work together on our health, happiness, well-being and self-realization, and to work towards the goal of ‘uplifting ourselves and helping other people’ (zi du, du ren).

Dates

7 April - 20 April, 2012 (13 nights/14 days)

Arrival: 7 April, Saturday afternoon

Departure: 20 April, Friday after lunch

The retreat begins with the dinner at 6:00pm on the day of arrival and ends with lunch on the last day.

Venue

Wonder Valley Ranch Resort and Conference Center

Nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Central California, Wonder Valley Ranch is located around four hours away from San Francisco and Los Angeles. www.wondervalley.com

Transportation

Arrive by car

Driving Directions: www.yuantzerenxue.org/venue/directions

NOTE: The major online mapping sites do not give accurate driving directions to Wonder Valley Ranch; use the directions provided on the website. If you use your own GPS, the street address is 6450 Elwood Road, Sanger, California, 93657.

Arrive by air

Wonder Valley is an approximately 4-hour drive from both San Francisco and Los Angeles International Airports and around a 45-minute drive from Fresno-Yosemite International Airport. If you will be arriving by air and do not plan to have a car, route your flight through to Fresno-Yosemite International Airport, where you will be able to connect with a private shuttle to Wonder Valley Ranch. Note that there is an extra charge of $65 round trip for the shuttle service, booked in advance. Cost is $75 for last minute booking. Contact Julie at Wonder Valley to arrange for shuttle pickup at julie@wondervalley.com.

Food

All meals will be provided, including afternoon tea. Simple, nourishing food will be served buffet style. The food will be mostly vegetarian with meat or fish options available daily.

A refrigerator is available for participants who require one for supplements or special food items.

Please note: You will be asked to enter your food preferences (e.g., vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free and more) during the registration process when you pay your deposit.

What to Bring

· Floor seating: cushion or Backjack (chairs will also be available)

· Warm shawl or blanket for sitting practice

· Warm socks or indoor slippers for practice hall

· Water bottle and/or insulated cup or Thermos for tea

· Flashlight

· Notebook

· Earplugs

· If you are staying in the Pavilions, although all bedding is provided, please bring an extra blanket or sleeping bag as temperatures can be cool at night.

Daily Routine

Morning

6.00 Get up (30”)

6.30-7.50 Session 1 (1’20”)

7.50-9.00 Breakfast (1’10”)

9.00-11.40 Session 2 (2’40”)

11.40-1.00pm Lunch (1’20”)

Afternoon & Evening

1.00-3.00 Session 3 (2’)

3.00-3.30 Afternoon tea (30”)

3.30-5.00 Session 4 (1’30”)

5.00-6.30 Dinner (1’30”)

6.30-8.15 Session 5 (1’45”)

8.15-9.30 Free time (1’15”)

9.30-6.00am Bed time (8’30”)

Note: The five activity sessions are dedicated to answering questions, group healings, learning Qigong and Qigong practice. A detailed programme will be supplied at the retreat.

Fees

· Early registration pricing ends February 28, 2012 at 11:59 PM

· Fees cover all necessary expenses including accommodation, food, tuition/lectures and group healings.

· For detailed information about fees, please go to www.yuantzerenxue.org/registration-pricing