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. On longer retreats you will probably do some chigung to bring you closer to the energy of life in your body. 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. The three-day events are usually a long weekend, when the focus is on the practice of presence, which takes you beyond meditation into a deep space within you.

Clive speaks about the bigger picture of this existence to help you see your life-purpose; to support you in finding and living your truth – truth beyond belief. This is not so much a spiritual teaching as a practice for living free of psychological stress. He invites you to live a more conscious life.

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.