Cultivating Clarity
and Awareness
A Two and a Half Day Medical Qi Gong and Sound Journey Retreat​
In collaboration with Cameron Mcintosh
Connewarre, Victoria | 20 - 22 February 2026
Clarity and Awareness Develop
When The Body and Mind Work Together
Through Qi Gong, Medical Qi Gong, and Sound Journeys, this retreat offers a practical way to cultivate stability, presence, and internal balance that can be carried into your daily life.
About This Retreat
Qi Gong has been practiced for centuries to promote vitality, youthfulness, and health.
The Long Life Qi Gong system is especially powerful for improving longevity, strength, circulation, and balance.
This course is designed to help you gain more energy, reduce stress, and feel healthier every day.
With Your Guides
Qi Gong Master and Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine Peter Caughey
Sound Journey Artist Josephine Costain
Course Overview
Join us for a two and a half day Medical Qi Gong and Sound Journey retreat in Connewarre, Victoria.
Where you will learn:
You will experience Medical Qi Gong treatments through partner practice where you will experience stress and worry leaving your body. You will feel deep relaxation and experience inner peace, and be emotionally calm.
During this Retreat you will observe your mind become quieter and clearer. Qi Gong can help you to sharpen your focus which gives you greater mental clarity.
The Qi Gong practice and Medical Qi Gong healing will help to improve circulation and energy flow in your body and increase your life force or ‘Qi’, boosting your energy and overall health and vitality.
During the Retreat you will deepen your awareness of the present-moment which helps you to connect with your heart and your true self. You will have an experience of being connected to something bigger than yourself.
How the Retreat Supports Change Over Time
- Mental noise or scattered attention
- Difficulty settling the body and mind
- Practices that feel inconsistent or effort based
- A sense of uncertainty or lack of direction
- Structured Qi Gong and Medical Qi Gong practice
- Nervous system regulation through movement, breath, and sound
- Increased bodily awareness and sensitivity
- Guided support in refining your Qi Gong practice
- A clear, repeatable daily Qi Gong practice
- Greater mental stability and emotional balance
- Improved ability to emotionally self regulate
- Tools to continue cultivating clarity and awareness in your daily life
This Retreat Is Suited For...
No prior experience is needed.
Course Content Overview
During this course you will learn Qi Gong exercises and their medical applications, and how you can use them in your everyday life, to create greater health and wellness.
You will also learn how to conduct a Medical Qi Gong treatments, which you can practice with your family and friends. You will learn simple treatments where you can help to balance people’s energy, regulate their emotions, and strengthen their energy.
Also during this course, there will be unique guided Sound Journeys which can take your mind and your consciousness into an expanded state of awareness. This is a place where you can have clarity about yourself, your life, and how you show up in the world.
The Qi Gong and the Sound Journeys have the ability to calm and quiet your mind, bringing peace and harmony into your body, and into your life.
This will help to create a new outlook on life, and a new way to be present in the world.
What You Will Learn
What Makes Qi Gong and
Medical Healing Qi Gong Unique?
Simplicity and Accessibility
- Qi Gong Exercises are Easy to Learn and perform
- They are suitable for Beginners and Health practitioners
- No prior knowledge is required
- There are modification for the exercises so they are suitable any age or physical condition
- No Special Equipment Required
- Non-Invasive and Safe to perform
- The level taught on this course is suitable for Beginners and for Health practitioners
- No prior TCM knowledge is required
- They are suitable for any age
- And a curiosity to experience your inner world and to relax deeply
Historical and Cultural Significance
- Qi Gong has Ancient Foundations
- Classical writings from ancient China describe movement exercises to move Qi or energy around the body to promote wellbeing
- Qi Gong is one of the pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and has been practiced for thousands of years
- Qi Gong and Medical Qi Gong are widely practiced and have been passed down through generations
- Knowledge continues to evolve while respecting classical methods
Before complex language, humans related to the world through rhythm, vibration and resonance. Drumming, chanting, humming, and breath sounds were among the earliest tools used to coordinate group behaviour and induce trance or meditative states.
Different instruments create different experiences. Tibetan and Himalayan singing bowls and bells were used for clearing mental turbulence. Drums in Siberian, Mongolian, Native American, and Amazonian traditions use repetitive rhythm to entrain the brain into theta states. Rattles are used to break stagnation and shift consciousness. Chanting is used to guide the mind into non-ordinary awareness.
Sound journeys are used in modern culture as a response to nervous system overload and to harmonize inner stillness.
What’s Included in the Course
✓ Introduction to Qi Gong exercises
✓ Qi Gong exercises medical applications
✓ Jing Gong Qi Gong Practice
✓ Yin Yang and Five Element Traditional Chinese Medicine theory
✓ Practical guidelines for safety and effective practice
✓ The Health Benefits of Qi Gong
✓ The 12 primary Meridians
✓ 20 minutes Daily Qi Gong exercise practice
✓ Basic Medical Qi Gong Treatment Strategies
✓ Introduction to Medical Qi Gong Healing
✓ Basic Medical Qi Gong Treatment Strategies
✓ Daily Medical Qi Gong practical sessions
✓ Sound Healing Journey
✓ Jing Gong Qi Gong Practice
✓ Guided Mindfulness Meditation practice
A healthy vegetarian-vegan lunch will be provided each day.
Filtered mineral water will be available throughout the retreat.
✓ Lifetime Online access to the 20 Minute Qi Gong Set
✓ Saturday and Sunday healthy lunches provided
✓ Certificate of Completion
✓ Access to Forest Rock Community Telegram Group
Daily Schedule Overview
Meet Your Guides
Your Teacher
Master Peter Caughey
Peter Caughey is a Master of Qi Gong and Taijiquan, a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, an acupuncturist, and the founder of Forest Rock Qigong.
As the last remaining teacher of the Zhen Zhu Dao Taijiquan Monastery School lineage from Southern China, Peter preserves this lineage and shares its ancient wisdom by guiding students to find balance, vitality, and fulfillment in their lives.
With over 30 years of teaching and clinical experience, Peter has helped more than 40,000 students around the world reconnect with their energy, health, and well-being through Qi Gong and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
His teaching is grounded, clear, and easy to follow, making these ancient practices accessible and relevant to modern life.
Josephine Costain
During the course, you will experience Sound Sourneys led by Josephine Costain, which will help you release tension, deepen your awareness of stillness, and help you find inner calmness and peace.
Pricing
Early Bird Price
Valid Until 30 January- Qi Gong Practice
- Medical Healing Qi Gong
- Sound Healing Journeys
- Healthy Vegetarian Lunch
Venue
Bancoora Inn Traditional Ryokan​
Bancoora Inn Traditional Ryokan
291 Breamlea Rd, Connewarre VIC 3227, Australia
The retreat will be held at Bancoora Inn Traditional Ryokan, a Japanese-inspired venue set on Breamlea Road in Connewarre, Victoria.
The venue offers a quiet, natural environment with garden spaces and traditional design influences that support grounded practice, internal focus, and stillness.
Accommodation is not included as part of the retreat.
Registration and Bookings
To register or for more information, contact Surf Coast Qi Gong
Spaces are limited to maintain the quality of practice and individual attention.
Please register early to reserve your place.
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