Monday, November 7th – Arrive in Beijing, China. You will be picked up from the airport and taken to the hotel where we will all meet and greet and sleep our first night in China getting ever so close to Wudang
Mountain.
Tuesday, November 8th – A morning tour of the amazing Forbidden City in Beijing, the home to 24 of China’s past Emperors. A scrumptious lunch and then a tour of Beijing’s famous Fujiwang Street where we will sight see and in case you forgot to bring something from home for the trip you will be most likely be able to buy it here! We will then return to the hotel for a good nights
sleep.
Wednesday, November 9th – Shuttled to the airport in the early morning we fly two hours to Xiangyang, China close to where Wudang Mountain is located. A bus will then bring us to Wudang Mountain, and as the bus gets closer you will begin to feel closer to finding your Tao.
Wednesday,
November 9th and 10th – Now that our outward journey has begun, we will begin a two-day inner journey where we will visit different areas on the mountain with periods of meditation and Taoist practice:
* Tai Chi at the Purple Cloud Palace – the absolute center of Taoism
* Qigong at the South Cliff Temple – the place where Taoism was founded
* Journey to the Golden Hall on Tianzhu Peak – the
tallest peak in the mountains
* Taoist Tea Ceremony
* Sitting meditation as well as Taoist walking meditation.
* Visit and spend time with wild mountain monkeys
* Taoist Forest Walks
* Surprise visit with someone very special on the mountain
Tuesday, November 11th – We now become students at the Wudang Academy School of Internal Martial Arts. For the next six
days, we will be learning Tai Chi, Qigong, Taoist philosophy and meditation from the Chinese Taoist Masters
Thursday, November 17th – Evening flight back to Beijing
Friday, November 18th – Tour and walk on the famous Great Wall of China
Saturday, November 19th – Flight back home.
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