WeLLNESS RETREATS

Five Tastes of Chinese Medicine

Qigong, flavours and food

Melusine is delighted to offer this very special and unique retreat experience with Nicola Ley & Heather Logan

A nourishing and restorative five-day retreat. Immerse in the relaxing atmosphere of Southern France, with its beautiful landscapes, enjoying delicious healthy food. Learn gentle healing exercises with daily Qigong classes. Learn about the 5 elements and their tastes with easy cooking classes to help you understand food for balancing the body

Using Chinese Medicine, we will be exploring flavours relating to the elements of earth, fire, water, wood and metal, to understand the healing benefits of food and good digestion.

Along with Qigong exercises, and recipes for your delight and health to take home with you each participant will also receive a shiatsu massage treatment during the week.

The retreat is run over 7 days, with some activities on your arrival and departure days, enjoy 6 nights in a beautiful BNB with 5 full days of activities including:

  • Qigong sessions each day relating to the five elements and the energy of the flavours

  • Classes on the five flavours, how they relate to the organs, and better understanding our own health

  • Cooking session relating to the five tastes of Chinese medicine.

  • A shiatsu treatment for each participant is included

  • Plenty of time to relax, rest and explore the surroundings

Prices are £2000 per person for a private room and £1750 per person based on 2 people sharing a room.

Please get in touch if you would like to show your interest for future dates or if you have any questions about the retreat.

Nicola Ley loves working with the five elements and how they emerge in our lives. Nicola has been teaching about Chinese Medicine for 40 years, delivering Shiatsu and Qigong teacher training since the 1980’s and has taught around the world.  She has a bank of Qigong practices which she will tailor for the group and the element of the day. The Qigong is aimed especially for building healthy immune systems, for our body, heart and mind.

Heather has always felt a strong connection with holistic approaches to health and has had an interest in the mind-body relationship, transformational dialogue and energy healing as well as a deep love of nature and our intrinsic relationship with the world. She has a busy Shiatsu practice in Bristol, together with teaching Qigong and Shiatsu. Since qualifying in 2012, what has followed has been a profound wealth of learning which provided a landscape of felt sense, emotional acknowledgement and wisdom of the body experience, a new doorway through which the world of personal healing could be discovered and explored.