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    The Month-Long

    Cheng Hsin Retreat

    The Cheng Hsin Retreat offers you an entire month of living, learning, contemplating and training the Consciousness work and the Martial Arts work of Cheng Hsin. Come join us for an in-depth study of the best of Cheng Hsin.

    I was very pleased with the amount of learning that took place. The intensity of the monthlong format really works. People learned more and got better than they ever have before. We not only had time to go into deeper material, but we also had more time to train. People actually improved before my eyes!
    Peter Ralston

    Experiencing the Nature of Being

    The Consciousness Work opens the month-long with a week of in-depth work. This work was designed by Peter as a concentrated experiential inquiry into the nature of Being.

    Make no mistake about it, this workshop aims for you to have a direct experience of the Nature of Being. Everyone is welcome to do this work.

    Some essential considerations in the ontological work.

    • Investigating Mind
    • Uncovering the Roots of Emotion
    • Transcending Limitations
    • Awakening Insight
    • Expanding Perceptive Abilities
    • Becoming Powerfully Present
    • Discovering True Self-Awareness

    The Art of Effortless Power

    Three week-long sections which build upon one another, designed to provide a comprehensive exposure to Art of Effortless Power, with extras.

    Packed into these three weeks is the entire spectrum of Cheng Hsin body-being work, effortless power work, interaction and skill. This is an incredible opportunity to dive deeply into to the most unique, comprehensive and transformative martial arts work on the planet!

    Key material covered in the martial arts work.

    • Cheng Hsin T'ui Shou
    • Effortlessly Effective Body-Being
    • Intrinsic Strength and Effortless Power
    • Principles of Effective Interaction
    • Cheng Hsin Tai Chi
    • Sword
    • San Shou/Choy lin (advanced)/Boxing (optional)

    If you're unfamiliar with Cheng Hsin, you may well wonder what martial work and ontology have to do with each other. The significance of this connection is implied in this axiom of effective interaction:

    Effective response requires an accurate perception of the circumstances.

    The ontology work offers a means to investigate the very process by which we perceive. The martial work offers a learning and training ground for experiencing, investigating and applying these discoveries.

    As we uncover a clearer and more authentic experience of being, we become open to whole new dimensions of our physical studies, or any other endeavor, for that matter. Such openness often leads to insight, and insight leads to leaps in ability.

    The month-long format provides comprehensive study of these interrelated facets of the Cheng Hsin work. In such a concentrated environment of continuous learning, students not only have the chance to investigate at much greater depth, but the effects of their study will accumulate exponentially. For this reason, the month-long retreat also provides a great opportunity to pursue a Cheng Hsin Teacher or Trainer certificate.

    You can register for the entire month, or you can create your own combination of weeks, as we offer many different options. However, you must start from the beginning of the martial arts section. I recommend that all of my serious students do the entire month-long.

    All the sessions will be held at the new Cheng Hsin Center in the beautiful hills northwest of San Antonio, TX.