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 with fresh insights and to support you in making real changes in your life. The days usually start with simple chigung and taichi exercises and over the course of the retreat your perception of chi – the energy of life in you – becomes stronger. As well as chigung sessions, each day there are sitting practices to break habitual thinking and Clive gives talks including question and answer sessions.

The chigung exercises bring you closer to the life in you and Clive speaks about the bigger picture of this existence to help you see your life-purpose. Intellectual discussions are not enough to bring about real change. Coaching in how to handle old familiar problems isn’t going to get rid of them. Clive is not a therapist. He is not a psychologist. He simply appeals to your intelligence by helping you clarify your questions so you overcome your own doubt and dispel your anxieties.

These are not recreational retreats designed to give you relief from the stress of your daily life – a brief fix. They are relatively intensive events and can have a lasting impact. You get the tools to shift the causes of stress and anxiety, confusion and lack of direction, so that you can bring about ongoing change.

If there’s something holding you back, are you willing to challenge it? It does require your will. But don’t suppose these retreats are no fun! Change comes when you start enjoying your life again – when you’ve found new energy and fresh purpose. 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 these retreats could be good for you.