Retreats

Retreats with Clive Tempest are usually three to five days with accommodation on site and a vegetarian diet. Venues are chosen for their comfort and closeness to nature. Groups are usually international, numbering up to thirty adults of all ages.

The purpose is to introduce you to new energy and fresh insights, and to support you in making real change in your life. You do some chigung to bring you closer to the energy of life in your body and Clive speaks about the bigger picture of this existence to help you see your life-purpose. The days usually start with simple exercises and over the course of the retreat your chi – the energy of life in you – becomes stronger. Then each day there are sitting practices to break habitual thinking and Clive gives talks including question and answer sessions.

Intellectual discussions are not enough to bring about real change so you won’t get those. Coaching in how to handle old familiar problems won’t get rid of them for good. So that’s not Clive’s approach either. He is not a therapist, psychologist or philosopher. He appeals to your intelligence and helps you clarify whatever troubles you. You overcome doubt and anxiety. Then you can move on with your life.

Please understand that these are not ‘wellness retreats’ to give you a brief holiday from daily stress. Clive’s retreats can have a lasting impact on your wellbeing. To break away from trouble and stress you have to be willing to change. You have to be willing to live more consciously. Clive shows you how.

But don’t suppose these retreats are no fun! Change comes when you know your purpose and start enjoying life again. Ultimately the purpose is love – beginning with love of life. If you enjoy meeting people who are on the same track, and you enjoy nature, and all that is good about life, then here’s your opportunity.

Spring Retreat 2025

28 April – 2 May 2025

At The Manor House, Norton Park, Hampshire, UK

Practising Presence for Five Days

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Chi Gathering 2024

30 June – 4 July 2024

At the Labbnäs Semesterhem, Kimito, Finland

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Finnish forest: dense larch trees, blueberries and moss growing over granite

Summer Retreat in Finland

16/17 – 20 August 2023

At the Labbnäs Semesterhem, Kimito, Finland

The next in the series of annual ‘Chi Gatherings’ at Labbnäs in Southwest Finland.

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Looking through a stone arch in an English garden to a man strolling by

Spring Retreat

24 – 28 April 2023

At Florence House, Seaford, Sussex, UK

Living in ‘Pure Presence’

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Stormy waves crashing against tall white cliffs

Autumn Retreat by the Sea

17 – 21 October 2022

At Florence House, Seaford, Sussex, UK

Discovering your ‘Pure Presence’

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A boat pulled out of the water next to the lake

Summer Retreat in Finland

18 – 21 August 2022

At the Labbnäs Semesterhem, Kimito, Finland

The next in the series of annual ‘Chi Gatherings’ at Labbnäs in Southwest Finland.

Full details and booking.