Welcome to our upcoming events

Slow Yoga & Qigong: Restore & Explore

Please download our Retreat Agreement and FAQ for details (see above

WE STILL HAVE SINGLE OR DOUBLE ROOM W/ ENSUITE BATH AVAILABLE!

For all levels; no yoga or qigong experience necessary.

Refresh yourself this winter with qigong, yoga and self-care. Enjoy gentle, easy-to-learn, accessible, and meditative styles of qigong, yoga and deep relaxation. Take time for self-care, reflection, rest, reading, connection to community and exploring local attractions.

Here's a sample of our typical daily schedule (subject to change)  

Early am coffee and tea fixings in the house kitchen

7:20-7:40 Optional chanting with Ken

7:30-9:00 Breakfast

9:15-11:15 Morning session: yin, qigong

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-4:00 Free time

4:00-5:00 Afternoon session: qigong, restorative

5:30-6:30 Dinner

7:00-8:30 Evening session: yoga nidra/sharing circle

RETREAT INCLUDES

• 7 nights (dinner Tues Feb 28 to Lunch Tues Mar 7)
• 3 delicious vegetarian meals (except 2 evenings on our own, as a group, local restaurants)
• Qigong /Slow Yoga/Yoga Nidra daily
• A kayak outing with professional river guide
• Tour of temples and grounds
• Labyrinth meditation walk
• Fire pit evening
• River side boardwalk trails 

RETREAT DOES NOT INCLUDE

• Transportation to/from retreat
• 2 dinners off-site in local restaurants, to enjoy meat, fish and alcoholic beverages 
• Beach trips and local explorations
• Other travel related expenses
• Travel Insurance/Medical Insurance 

Please contact us to reserve a place.

Venue: Kashi Retreat Center

COVID  PROTOCOLS: Starting with our 2023 retreat, you no longer need to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a PCR test. However, we do ask you to bring a rapid antigen test with you and show a negative result at the start of the retreat. Due to COVID, on-site groups at Kashi are booked one at a time with limited occupancy, to allow for privacy and social distancing. Kashi follows a COVID prevention plan with a full array of best practices.  [PROTOCOLS SUBJECT TO CHANGE]

download RETREAT AGREEMENT 2023 pdf above

download RETREAT FAQ 2023 pdf above

Designing & Leading Transformational Workshops:

The Craft of Mind-Body Teaching

Ken Nelson, Lesli Lang, David Ronka, Kathy LeBlanc and the Life-Changing Workshops Team  For anyone interested in experiential teaching and leading groups.  

Learn to create the conditions for extraordinary outcomes, optimal learning, creativity (and fun!) in your workshops, retreats, and trainings. Design and present mind-body experiences that touch the heart, move the imagination, and inspire self-discovery. Immerse yourself in this life-transforming training and forever change the way you lead groups and guide people to self-empowerment. 

You will take away:      

• Insights into the science of mind-body learning
• Confidence, skills, and tools for experiential teaching
• Keys to collective wisdom and ways to spark group creativity
• A mind-body experience that you’ve designed and delivered
• Marketing copy that captures the essence of your workshop
• Support to move your work forward

This program is part of a comprehensive, three-part training series. Each training in the series can stand alone or be taken in any order. See www.life-changingworkshops.com 

You'll also learn how to use tools for the design and creation of your workshop, such as:      

• Mind Mapping: Explore your imagination and the possibilities for your workshop goals, description and  marketing taglines.     
• Four Phases of Workshop Creation: Four Phases will help you through vision, design, delivery, and follow up.     
• Transformational Learning Cycle Worksheet: Construct a transformational learning cycle that includes safety, experience, and integration.    
• Workshop Session Plan: Organize your  workshop into a sequence of learning  experiences and support materials  that will keep you on  track during your workshop.

Our training is designed to scaffold your learning so that you’ll gain skills and confidence. You will design and lead two mini-workshops (one 20 minutes  and the other 30 minutes) to a small group of peers. You will get compassionate feedback to celebrate your accomplishment and leave you with  a clear idea of your strengths and one or  two pointers on how you can do even better. For most participants this is the highlight of our week together!  

Slow Yoga & Qigong: Relax & Restore RETREAT

Leaders: Ken Nelson and John Haggerty

For all levels; no yoga or qigong experience necessary.

Join Kripalu legacy and leader in mind-body practices Ken Nelson, long-time martial artist and qigong teacher John Haggerty, and author and facilitator Lesli Lang for a profound journey of self-discovery.

Experience the bliss of deep relaxation through restorative yoga, guided imagery, and attention training. Explore qigong and learn to move with ease, grace, and freedom while remaining rooted and centered. Nourish your vital energy, calm your mind, and practice living in the moment, with a wise and loving heart. 

In this nurturing retreat you will experience

• Beginner-friendly meditation
• Qigong sequences to improve posture, balance, stamina, and longevity
• Yin Yoga to enhance flexibility and relieve chronic tension in spine, hips, and low back
• Outdoor meditation and qigong sessions cultivate harmony with the natural world. 

Leave feeling energized and in the flow with daily practice to sustain you once you return home. 

Ken Nelson, PhD,  is dedicated to helping people heal, grow, and awaken with mind-body  practices and the wisdom traditions. He teaches gentle yoga, qigong, and  meditation. Ken is a long-time Kripalu faculty member, and a former  Fulbright lecturer and Kripalu Scholar-in-Residence. He has offered  workshops worldwide since 1975. His CD, Yin Yoga, and DVD Qigong & Taiji for Healing & Vitality are  Kripalu best sellers. Ken is coauthor with David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Jim  White, and Liz Korabek-Emerson of their best-selling book, Designing  & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for  Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats.

John Haggerty has  been studying and teaching East Asian martial and energetic disciplines  for thirty years. He undertook an intensive study of qigong and Yang  style Taijiquan in the tradition of Yang Cheng-fu twenty years ago, and  has been teaching the Yang long form, pushing hands, and weapon sets, as  well as several qigong sets, for about fifteen years. He also teaches  Isshin ryu karate and Chinese hard style martial arts, and has studied  widely among other traditional East Asian disciplines and philosophies.  John is devoted to sharing the strength and wellness of body, mind, and  spirit that traditional internal practices can bring to the sincere  student.

For more information and to register please click the button below. 

Creating Transformational Workshops:

An Introduction to Experiential Mind-Body Learning

Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Lisa Love and the Life-Changing Workshops Team  

When you’re clear about your calling and you’ve got the right tools, you’re in a powerful position to serve others. This weekend you’ll harness your dreams and explore your purpose and path as a leader.

We’ll explore these questions:

• How can becoming a workshop leader enhance your life’s work?
• What is a transformational workshop?
• How do you create workshops that change lives
• What are your next steps?   

If you lead, or aspire to lead, life-changing workshops, trainings, or retreats, come and find out how to bring what you’re passionate about into a group setting—in a way that makes your heart sing and lights up your participants. Foster your confidence and skills in using interactive techniques to energize, connect, and empower people. Set the stage for creative leaps, deep learning, and fun, by drawing on the wisdom traditions and the latest mind-body science. Experience how original thinking and breakthrough solutions emerge from group synergy—to reveal your strengths, sharpen your vision, unfold your ideas, and help you develop an action plan.

Recommended reading Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats. (Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Liz Korabek-Emerson, and Jim White) 

Note This program—suitable for anyone interested in the science and art of mind-body learning—is part of a comprehensive, three-part training series. Each training in the series can stand alone or be taken in any order. 

See www.life-changingworkshops.com for more information. Tuition includes a training workbook.  

Slow Yoga & Qigong: Relax & Restore RETREAT

Leaders: Ken Nelson and John Haggerty

For all levels; no yoga or qigong experience necessary.

Join Kripalu legacy and leader in mind-body practices Ken Nelson and long-time martial artist and qigong teacher John Haggerty for a profound journey of self-discovery.

Experience the bliss of deep relaxation through restorative yoga, guided imagery, and attention training. Explore qigong and learn to move with ease, grace, and freedom while remaining rooted and centered. Nourish your vital energy, calm your mind, and practice living in the moment, with a wise and loving heart. 

In this nurturing retreat you will experience

• Beginner-friendly meditation
• Qigong sequences to improve posture, balance, stamina, and longevity
• Yin Yoga to enhance flexibility and relieve chronic tension in spine, hips, and low back
• Outdoor meditation and qigong sessions cultivate harmony with the natural world. 

Leave feeling energized and in the flow with daily practice to sustain you once you return home. 

Ken Nelson, PhD,  is dedicated to helping people heal, grow, and awaken with mind-body  practices and the wisdom traditions. He teaches gentle yoga, qigong, and  meditation. Ken is a long-time Kripalu faculty member, and a former  Fulbright lecturer and Kripalu Scholar-in-Residence. He has offered  workshops worldwide since 1975. His CD, Yin Yoga, and DVD Qigong & Taiji for Healing & Vitality are  Kripalu best sellers. Ken is coauthor with David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Jim  White, and Liz Korabek-Emerson of their best-selling book, Designing  & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for  Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats.

John Haggerty has  been studying and teaching East Asian martial and energetic disciplines  for thirty years. He undertook an intensive study of qigong and Yang  style Taijiquan in the tradition of Yang Cheng-fu twenty years ago, and  has been teaching the Yang long form, pushing hands, and weapon sets, as  well as several qigong sets, for about fifteen years. He also teaches  Isshin ryu karate and Chinese hard style martial arts, and has studied  widely among other traditional East Asian disciplines and philosophies.  John is devoted to sharing the strength and wellness of body, mind, and  spirit that traditional internal practices can bring to the sincere  student.

For more information and to REGISTER please click the button below. 

Facilitating Transformational Workshops:

Group Dynamics and the Power of Presence

Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Jim White, and the Life-Changing Workshops team

For everyone interested in facilitating the wisdom of individuals and groups. CE credits.   Create the conditions for transformation, accountability, and creativity in your groups, workshops, retreats, and trainings. Empower yourself and others to heal, grow, and awaken by cultivating trust—the foundation for safe inquiry and authentic dialogue.   Role-plays, fish-bowl simulations, and case studies in holistic learning make this program dynamic, interactive, and unforgettable. Your participants can’t help but succeed when you   

• Get clear about your goals, strengths, and challenges 
• Use the tools of intention, attention, agreements, and conscious communication 
• Hone your skills to listen, reflect, encourage, and ask powerful questions 
• Respond wisely to clear obstacles, upsets, and stuck behavior using interventions such as mind-body coaching. 

By transforming your own life first, you can practice being present, not perfect, and set the stage for inclusive solutions and sustainable results.

Recommended reading Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops: Creating the Conditions for Transformation in Your Groups, Trainings, and Retreats. (Ken Nelson, David Ronka, Lesli Lang, Liz Korabek-Emerson, and Jim White) 

Note This program—suitable for anyone interested in the science and art of mind-body learning—is part of a comprehensive, three-part training series. Each training in the series can stand alone or be taken in any order. 

See life-changingworkshops.com for more information. Tuition includes a training workbook.