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Heart-Mind Qigong Retreat

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Heart-Mind Qigong Retreat

Health & Meditation

with Shirsha Marie

at Sangsurya Retreat Centre, Byron Bay

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Learn ancient Taoist health exercises, Buddhist meditations, and embodied mindfulness practices blended with modern scientific insights to develop valuable skills for managing life’s challenges.

Shirsha Marie is a highly qualified, experienced facilitator in the time-honoured fields of Tai Chi, Qigong, Korean Martial Arts, Mindfulness and Compassion Meditation and Integrated Somatic Psychotherapy.

In her Heart-Mind Qigong Retreat, Shirsha teaches restorative health and meditation practices which support your physical and mental aliveness and well-being. You’ll experience how to increase and conserve vital life energy, build strength and resilience, manage stress, calm and balance your nervous system, enjoy inner peace and reconnect your natural capacity for self-healing.

October 3rd – 8th, 2025

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To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Thich Nhat Hanh

The Heart-Mind Qigong Retreats are set amidst the forested beauty and refreshing sea breezes of Sangsurya, a beautiful eco-friendly retreat overlooking the ocean at Byron Bay. Sangsurya is a spiritual place of meditation, reflection and rejuvenation. It is world renowned for its peaceful ambience and healing energy.

Shirsha Marie has created the Heart-Mind Qigong Retreat as a unique opportunity to learn comprehensive and empowering methods of energy development and meditation, for living a vital and conscious life. In this retreat, she’ll lead you through a range of transformational body-mind energy techniques for grounding, revitalising and integrating mindfulness in daily living, both in movement and in rest.

“This is a great retreat which I highly recommend. It helped me release years of built up stress and anxiety and taught me many mindfulness and qigong techniques to take home with me.
This retreat generated so much joy, positivity and relaxation.”

Jenny

Heart-Mind Qigong Retreat - Inclusions

The retreat price includes:

  • 5 nights eco-friendly accommodation
  • Local, farm fresh vegan and vegetarian cuisine
  • One complimentary massage treatment
  • Daily instruction in traditional Tai Chi principles
  • Daily Instruction in restorative Qigong practices
  • Daily instruction in Mindfulness & Compassion Meditation
  • Guided nature walks (beach and forest)

YOUR RETREAT, YOUR WAY

Each day there will be free time and some periods of silence for quiet rest and inner reflection. Please feel free to join in as much or as little of the retreat program as you wish, at whatever feels right for your relaxation and renewal.

MEALS

All meals at the retreat are lovingly prepared by our chefs using fresh spray free and organic ingredients, mainly sourced from the local area. Our abundant menu is vegan/vegetarian with delicious, healthy, unprocessed wholefoods. By the end of the retreat you’ll be feeling clear, nourished and energised.

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is Balinese style, hand-built, timber-floored houses and cabins, exquisitely furnished, each with their own unique flavour. Rooms are nestled throughout sub-tropical gardens which surround the main hall, dining room and pool. All have air conditioning and fans.

5 Night Retreat

ALL-INCLUSIVE PRICES

  • Twin or Couple’s Room + own bathroom – AUD $2,450 p/p
  • Large Deluxe Room + shared bathroom (between 2 rooms) – AUD $2,750 p/p
  • Small Single Room + own bathroom – AUD $2,750 p/p
  • Large Deluxe Room + own bathroom – AUD $2,950 p/p

NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE

  • Airfares, travel insurance, airport transfers and
  • any extra massages or spa treatments you book

Heart-Mind Qigong Retreats at Sangsurya, Byron Bay

October 3rd – 8th, 2025

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Student Testimonials

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Linda, Business Owner

Training Hapkido with Shirsha has changed my life. I feel stronger, more resilient both mentally and physically. I'm calmer and get less injuries than ever before. I have always lived with pain in my neck and back from a young age, caused by various injuries throughout my life, this has been reduced substantially since starting this form of martial arts. Warning: Once you experience the health benefits of this school, you WILL become addicted. Not to mention the students are a fantastic bunch of people."

Linda, Business Owner

Io, Lawyer

Hapkido excites me because, on a practical level, it is a very efficient and precise martial art that conditions the body to be more vital and the mind to be more focused. What also impresses me is that the way in which the art is taught is a profound approach to knowledge and learning - we are constantly encouraged to engage on deeper levels and to cultivate an insightful mind. I love the respectful and joyous relationships with training partners that are emerging in the non-competitive environment.

Io, Lawyer

Angeline, Journalist

“I have always suffered from low energy levels, but after a Qigong class I feel like a dynamo, and can run around town with plenty of juice! Qigong gives me the inner strength and focus I need. When I practice Qigong I feel like my entire body has been flooded with light and energy. Shirsha’s style of teaching is masterful, the perfect mix of physical and breathing techniques.”

Angeline, Journalist

Judy, Creative Arts Teacher

Qigong makes me feel very good and is so enjoyable to do. The movements are  easy and so uncomplicated, but seem to work in profound ways. I feel better and better, more relaxed and more energised as the Qigong session progresses, and the feeling of vitality lasts all day! I have much more strength now. I feel lighter and clearer in my mind, happy and positive. My shoulder stiffness is gone and my eyesight and digestion have improved. We are so lucky to have a teacher with a true depth of knowledge who instructs with sensitivity and clarity, deftly catering to all ability levels.

Judy, Creative Arts Teacher

Monique,  Theatre coach and French tutor

"Shisha conducts her Qigong classes with so much patience, care and gentleness that I always feel empowered and guided by her in deeply feeling my energy and knowing my body better. Her mastery and clarity in turn also help me to tap into a wonderful inner flow, which has proven overtime to be extremely healing and regenerating for me."

Monique,  Theatre coach and French tutor

Alison, Teacher

After major back surgery 10 years ago I was afraid of exercise. I went to Qigong after hearing about an incredible qualified instructor. I was immediately comfortable with Shirsha’s patient, professional and personal style of teaching. It has been so helpful to be able to take home what she has taught me, and to be able to relax and have the correct stance as I do an exercise. In my travels I have been to many other Qigong Instructors. This one is absolutely dedicated to her profession and her students, plus being gentle and caring.  I am 70 years old.

Alison, Teacher

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