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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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Dr David Retired Doctor

I am a doctor retired after forty years of medical practice in Byron Shire. As part of my quest in maintaining health into senior years, I have been attending Shirsha Marie's classes in Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads and have also done a day Life-force Workshop. Shirsha is very dedicated to the healing traditions of Qigong and related Tai-chi and she makes it easy to follow with her clear demonstrations and explanations of this healing art which engages body, mind and breath.

Dr David Retired Doctor

Natalie, Health Worker

I came to these classes as a novice to Qigong and have found this to be a beautiful and relaxing introduction. Shirsha’s style of teaching has been very personalised for all levels which has made it an easy adjustment for me as a beginner. I have noticed immediate positive effects on my own health and mind and body - I have suffered from low energy and heart palpitations but since starting these classes this has reduced significantly and I have much more energy and balance in my mind and emotions. I leave each class feeling rejuvenated and full of vitality. Qigong is a joy to learn and practice.

Natalie, Health Worker

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

Megan, Management

I have been attending Shirsha's classes since February 2018 and practicing most days each week at home or by the river. Shirsha is an excellent teacher, her style is warm, clear and very thorough and her depth of knowledge is evident. I have received so much benefit from Qigong. It centres me, relaxes and calms my nervous system and energises me, all at the same time. I sometimes have issues with restricted breathing which this practice helps. It's even improved my eye sight as attested by my optometrist. Thank you Shirsha!

Megan, Management

Sera, Artist

The alignment and deep breathing practices of Qigong really improve my posture and support my health. I have suffered from chronic fatigue as well as very difficult emotional states, and I find that, no matter how bad I might feel before a class, afterwards I feel cleared energetically with a lovely centred healthy feeling. I’ve had about 6 different Taiji and Qigong Teachers in the past, and I find that this teacher has a refined blend of warmth, grace and professionalism which creates a strong sense of safety in the practice. I’ve never before been so encouraged to come into a full embodied presence and I don’t imagine I would find better instruction anywhere else. Thankyou.

Sera, Artist

Brinn, Manager

I have been practicing Tai Chi and Qigong for 1.5 years with Shirsha with great benefit to mind and body. Her teaching style transmits the finer points and internal aspects of these arts very well, while keeping a calm and respectful environment. For me Tai Chi and Qigong are a perfect continuation of my internal development, martial and body maintenance  practices.

Brinn, Manager

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