Timetable for Here and Now Holiday retreat
For a 3 days retreat
27 - 29 November 2009
At Jirung Health Resort, Chiangmai, Thailand
Program Schedule
Friday 27 November 2009
09:30-10:00 Registration
10:00-12:00 Retreat session, Refreshment
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 Retreat session, Refreshment
17:00-18:00 Dinner
18:00-19:00 Free time
19:00-20:30 Retreat session
Saturday 28 November 2009
06:00-07:00 Tai Chi Qi Gong Morning Exercise
07:00-08:00 Free time
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-12:00 Retreat session, Refreshment
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-16:00 Outdoor excursion (optional)
17:00-18:00 Dinner
18:00-19:00 Free time
19:00-20:30 Retreat session
Sunday 29 November 2009
06:00-07:00 Tai Chi Qi Gong Morning Exercise
07:00-08:00 Free time
08:00-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-12:00 Retreat session, Refreshment
12:00-13:00 Lunch, check-out
For a 5 days retreat (if there is one)
Day 1
12.30 Check in to the resort/register
13.30 Lunch
14.30 Introduction, getting to know your mental self or the 6th sense.
15.45 Coffee Break
16.10 Teaching. Commencing the skill of bringing your mental self back home including doing Tai chi.
17.30 First day teaching ends.
18.30 Dinner
Students will spend their free evening reflecting the knowledge they have learnt and will be training their skill of bringing their mental selves back homes as taught while relaxing in the resort.
Day 2
7.00 - 8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Teaching, getting to know the nature of the first and the second home.
10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 Teaching. Practicing the skill of bringing our mental self back home.
12.30 Lunch
13.45 Teaching. Getting to know Tom and Jerry as metaphoric characters representing the nature of our minds, thought, memory, feelings and consciousness.
15.00 Tea break
15.30 Teaching: preparing to enter the 3rd home,?
17.30 Second day teaching ends.
18.30 Dinner
Students will spend the rest of their free evening reflecting the knowledge they have learnt and will keep on improving their mental skill as taught.
Day 3
7.00 - 8.30 breakfast
9.00 Teaching. Practicing our mental self to enter the 1st, 2nd and 3rd home.
10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 Teaching. Practicing the skill of bringing our mental self back home.
12.30 Lunch
13.45 Teaching. Getting to know our mental space, the nature of our true self.
15.00 Tea break
15.30 Teaching: doing tai chi.
17.30 Third day teaching ends.
18.30 Dinner
Students will spend the rest of their free evening reflecting the knowledge they have learnt and will keep on improving their mental skill as taught.
Day 4
7.00 - 8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Teaching. Practising entering the 4th home, innocent perception or here and now.
10.30 Coffee Break
11.00 Teaching, improving the mental skill further.?
12.30 Lunch
13.45 Excursion, rafting down the peaceful river Kwai and/or visiting the unforgettable memorial of World War two in South East Asia
17.00 Return to the resort.
18.30 Dinner
Students will spend the rest of their evening reflecting the knowledge they have learnt and will keep on improving their mental skill as taught.
Day 5
7.00 - 8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Conclusion. How to apply this crucial mental skill into your daily activities and sustain your inner peace.???
11.00 Here and Now Holiday retreat ends, preparing to check out.
12.30 Lunch together and saying goodbye soon afterwards.
All teaching sessions include the lecture and the meditation practice: sitting, walking, lying down, doing Tai chi. A small fee will be charged for the excursion.
