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Gary Collins

Level 3 Nei Gong Spirit Training. –

The Ganesh Effect’: Boddhi Sattvic Training – Returning to a State of Grace

Gary Collins

NEI GONG SPIRIT TRAINING WITH GARY COLLINS / THE JADE SUN SCHOOL OF TAI CHI + QI GONG

09 – 16   16 – 23  AUGUST 2025

Description of the retreat

This retreat has been designed for trainees of The Jade Sun School of Tai Chi & Qi Gong who have completed ‘Level 2’ Qi Gong, Daoist Yoga and/or Tai Chi training. The emphasis will be on the awakening of the Nei Gong Grid to its evolutionary function i.e. the movement from the Tree of Knowledge to the Tree of Life.

The retreat schedule

9/8/25 Check in/Arrival

10/8/25 No training on this day.

11/8/25 through 15/8/25 Daily 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Brunch at 12:30 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm.

16/8/25 No training on this day.

17/8/25 through 21/8/25 Daily 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Brunch at 12:30 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm.

22/8/25 No training on this day.

23/8/25 Check out/Departure

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Salento

The YIS retreat centre is located in Zollino, in the heart of the Salento. Twenty minutes from both coasts and from cultural centres such as Lecce, Otranto and Gallipoli.

Our yoga retreats are also an opportunity to get together, share good moments, pamper yourself and enjoy the beauty of the Salento in a peaceful environment. Give yourself an energetic recharge through vegan and vegetarian organic food, eco-sustainable tourism and relaxation in our spaces.

Our staff are at your disposal for the entire duration of the retreat to advise you about the must–see places in the Salento, organise excursions, guided tours, gastronomic tours, transfers, rentals and anything else to make your stay enjoyable.

For all information, call +39 0836 600284 or send an email to info@yogainsalento.com.

 

 

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The Location

Our retreats take place at Agricola Samadhi, a unique organic farmhouse because it proposes something more than just recreation.

In this charming oasis, the lifestyle revolves around well being: you can combine your stay with a SPA, Ayurvedic consultations and treatments, and a wide range of massages and more.

You can regain your well being through a variety of top–level yoga classes. There is also a SPA Healing Centre and the HQ of YIS, Yoga In Salento, a European leader in yoga retreats, for years a favourite destination of the best internationally renowned teachers in the world.

An energy recharge and psycho–physical well being will be the most precious gifts of your stay that you’ll take home with you, together with the new friendships you’ve made during the retreat.

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5 weeks 

6 lunches per week

7 dinners per week

7 breakfasts per week

double, single or shared rooms

A very wide swimming pool and beautiful gardens

Spa Healing Center. Treatments and massages on request

Gary Collins has been a Tai chi and Qi Gong instructor, spiritual facilitator and healer since the 1980’s. Over the course of his practice he has developed a system of energy healing called ‘Solar Sound Healing’ which is now taught to others, and a therapeutic system called ‘Toltec Therapy’ as well as having crafted the self-healing and self-development syllabus offered by the Jade Sun School (https://jadesunschool.com/syllabus/).

He has worked with many teachers; Sheila Grandpierre of Tai Chi Alliance, Christopher Pei, master teacher of the Yang Family Tradition, Wu Tiang Shen of Nanjing, China, from whom he learnt the fundamentals of Qi Gong including the Divine Mother Qi Gong structures. He also studied basic Tai Chi forms and systems from Nanjing College of TCM as taught on their various programmes.

Further to this he researched the BuQi healing and Wuxi Qi Gong systems of the late Shen Hongxun, and he trained in the Pranic Healing System of the late Grandmaster Choa Kuk Sui.

A highlight of his efforts was in 2000 when he studied with the oldest then living member of the Yang Family, Yang Zhen Ji. For three weeks he trained with a small group in Beijing, China. He asked this Master ‘What can bring you to the deepest level in Taiji?’ his reply was ‘Xin Xu’ or ‘Empty Heart’. This had a profound effect, and the need for the acquisition of knowledge for the purposes of Ego Identity left him.

However, by far the most powerful influence on his growth and learning was the Spiritual Apprenticeship he served with Toltec Seer Don Juan. Through the Toltec Grail Teachings he experienced the essence of reality; Love and opened his heart and Soul to “Her” presence and the reality of why love became human. This experience then informed the founding of the Jade Sun School of Tai Chi & Qi Gong.

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