QIGONG & BREATHWORK RETREAT
MOUNT KOYA, JAPAN
May 11-15th, 2024

RIGHT NOW ALL THE PLACES ARE BOOKED. WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE HOTEL OWNER ABOUT MORE PLACES. PLEASE CONTACT INFO@YOQI.COM TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST

If you have dreamed to experience a spiritual dimension of Japan, this is the retreat for you! Join Marisa Cranfill and Adrian Cox for a unique inside experience of energy transformation and Japanese culture in an 850-year-old temple on the sacred Mt. Koya. This retreat focuses on Breathwork, Qigong Flow and meditation as well as relaxing hikes and mystical adventures on the sacred mountain. We have rented the whole temple space for our own private usage, including an indoor practice room. Afternoons are free for exploring area.

For more information about Qigong Flow click here: YOQI - VIDEO ON DEMAND
For more information about Breathwork Yoga click here: BreathYoga is Breathwork + Yoga for Breath and Energy Freedom

 

THIS RETREAT IS SOLD OUT! WE ARE CURRENTLY INQUIRING WITH THE TEMPLE ABOUT ADDING MORE ROOMS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE EMAIL INFO@YOQI.COM TO BE ON THE WAITLIST.

 

ABOUT MOUNT KOYA

The small mountaintop Buddhist community of Mount Koya (高野山, Kōyasan) is one of Japan’s most magical destinations and the perfect place to stay at a Buddhist temple in shukubo temple lodgings. Mount Koya is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which was introduced to Japan in 805 by Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai), one of Japan's most significant religious figures. Kongobuji, the headquarters of the Shingon sect and an exquisite temple to visit. Also located within the Kongobuji temple complex is Japan’s largest rock garden, Banryutei Rock Garden

Aside from our private retreat in a Buddhist temple, Koyasan’s most famous landmark is the otherworldly Okunoin Cemetery. Okunoin is one of Japan’s most sacred sites, and the location of Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum. If you follow the lovely walking paths through this beautiful wooded cemetery, you’ll end up at Torodo Hall, which houses more than 10,000 eternally-lit lanterns. Koyasan is also the site of Kobo Daishi's mausoleum and the start and end point of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage.  

 
 

THIS RETREAT IS SOLD OUT! WE ARE CURRENTLY INQUIRING WITH THE TEMPLE ABOUT ADDING MORE ROOMS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE EMAIL INFO@YOQI.COM TO GO ON THE WAITLIST.

FEES

Price $1,200 per person 5 days/ 4 nights (includes shared room accommodation (2 persons per room), tuition, private access to the temple meditation room, breakfast and dinner)

Price $1,400 per person 5 days/ 4 nights (includes single room accommodation (tuition, private access to the temple meditation room, breakfast and dinner)


*Lunch is not included. Meals are delicious, vegetarian, Japanese Buddhist cuisine, called "shojin ryori ". 
Space is limited! Reserve your spot by booking here

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS

Marisa Cranfill is the founder of YOQI® Yoga + Qigong. Frequent trips as a child inspired Marisa to study academically and work in Asia for over 20 years. While living in China and Thailand she received direct transmission from qigong masters, nuns and healers in both the Buddhist and Taoist traditions. Marisa developed the YOQI® method over years of teaching yoga and qigong at meditation retreats with her Vipassana master, Ajarn Jandamit. The method follows the Six Phases of Qi Flow to remove energy blockage, and promote self-healing and spiritual insight. Marisa is a certified 500RYT yoga, yin yoga, Vipassana meditation and Qigong instructor. While her primary Qigong master is Mantak Chia of the Universal Healing Tao school, Marisa has trained with many Qigong and Taijichuan teachers around the world including well known masters such as Kenneth Cohen, Jesse Tsao, Robert Peng, and Liu He. She has been described as the Qigong Flow Queen, with a resource library cataloging over 300 flows. A generous and light-hearted teacher, she guides her students through direct experience. Marisa currently teaches around the world and is popularly known for offering the # 1 ranking Qigong YouTube channel and an extensive VOD library.D

Adrian Cox is the founder of BreathYoga as well as the Yoga Elements school of yoga -one the first yoga centers in Thailand. During it’s 18 years of operation,  Yoga Elements garnered a highly esteemed reputation for quality, being described as “Easily Bangkok’s best studio” by Travel and Leisure (25 Top Yoga Studios Around the World) and as “Bangkok’s most inspiring place to study yoga” by Bangkok Post (reader choice awards). Adrian is a deeply experienced Teacher of Yoga, Breathwork and Meditation and has taught workshops, conferences, and trainings worldwide. He is a certified breathwork trainer, yoga trainer E-RYT 500, and a certified trainer and coach of hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Adrian developed the BreathYoga method to integrate breathwork practices into alignment-based flow yoga practices. BreathYoga sequences focuses on liberating areas of tightness in the body that are connected to breath and energy flow to facilitate a release in breath freedom. www.breathyoga.com

HOW TO GET TO KOYASAN

Koyasan is fairly easy to access from Osaka and Kyoto. If you’re coming from Kyoto, you’ll first need to make your way to nearby Osaka. Rail connections between Kyoto and Osaka abound, and the best option will depend in great part on where in Kyoto you’re starting. You can look at route options using sites such as Google Maps, Hyperdia, and Jorudan.

From Osaka there are a handful of options, but for most travelers the simplest and most direct way to Mount Koya will be departing from Osaka’s Nankai Namba Station (not to be confused with the nearby Namba Station). Nankai is the name of the railway company that operates the Nankai Koya Line to Mount Koya. Rail travel in Japan is a pleasure, and we suggest the Nankai Koya Line’s Limited Express Koya train, which gets you to Koyasan as quickly and efficiently as possible (there are slower, non-express options as well). The end of the line is Gokurakubashi Station, where everyone makes the easy transfer to the charming Koyasan Cable Car, which takes you up to Mount Koya itself. From there, taxis and buses are waiting to whisk travelers to their shukubo (temple lodgings).

After you register and submit payment, an email will be sent to you with our private temple name, address and location as well as more travel details. We will also create a What's app group so that you may contact other participants and share travel plans.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By registering for this workshop, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

  1. Airfare and transportation to Koyasan is the participants responsibility.

  2. A full refund minus 5% bank fee can be issued before cancellation notice by April 11th. After April 11th, no refund may be issued. You may instead transfer your place to another person. Notify info@yoqi.com.