All-Inclusive
Winter Retreat
Yi Jing: The Book of Changes
at Snug Hollow Farm Bed & Breakfast
Irvine, Kentucky
Friday, December 13th - Sunday, December 15th, 2019
Wood burning fireplaces and star-filled skies will warm the heart.
Yi Jing, yoga, Qigong and meditation will help you clear out the old and embrace the new.
Home-cooked meals served in the award-winning Snug Hollow kitchen will nourish your soul.
And walks through the Kentucky hills will spark your imagination and connect you to nature.
This is a great retreat for couples, friends,
and those seeking peace and clarity of the heart.
Retreat includes:
2 nights accommodation in your choice of guest room, cabin or cottage (prices vary)—Snug Hollow Farm
5 home-cooked gourmet vegetarian meals in the applauded kitchen of Innkeeper Barbara Napier
Morning tea and coffee
Yi Jing, yoga, Qigong and guided meditation classes
Free time to explore the 300 acres of organic farm land, walking trails, pond and wooded mountainside
Costs: $195 + lodging (coordinated through Snug Hollow)
$195 deposit required to secure your reservation at time of booking. Fees listed below include the $195 deposit, the remaining balance will be billed separately by Snug Hollow Farm at check-out. Cabins may be available for larger parties (3-5), prices vary. *NOTE: Pricing exclusive of 13% tax and service charge applied to lodging portion of the bill.
Friday
3-5p. Arrival
5:00p Orientation, greeting and introduction to the Yi Jing
7:00p Dinner at Snug Hollow
Saturday
7:30a Morning practice – Yoga, guided meditation and the Yi Jing
9:00 a Breakfast – Snug Hollow followed by a Group walk* or Freetime
(*Weather permitting)
12p - Lunch
1-5p Yi Jing workshop
5:30 – Qigong and Meditation practice
7:00p Dinner at Snug Hollow
Sunday
7:30a Morning practice: Yi Jing and yoga
10a Breakfast at Snug Hollow
12p Check out
Teachers
Joseph Fiala, L.Ac., MSOM
Joseph's greatest talent is his ability to offer ancient philosophies in a way that is approachable and applicable to modern day living. Whether it's one-on-one or in a room of multitude, Joseph can help teach and guide you into an authentic place within yourself and your surroundings. Joseph is co-owner of The Light Clinic with his wife, Emaline, and has been a practitioner of Classical Chinese Medicine at the clinic for 9 years. He's been consulting the Yi Jing throughout that time and beyond, and it has helped guide and instruct some of the most critical questions and journeys of his lifetime. He is grateful to have it as a friend, a mentor, a guide, and a growing relationship for the rest of his life.
Emaline Gray, L.Ac., MSOM
Emaline thrives on heart connection, learning of the cosmos, and connecting it all to her present life in real time and space. Exploring the Yi Jing, in essence, is just that- being able to open oneself up to guidance, walking forward with a humble heart a receiving mind, and learning from those that came before you. She is excited to share this learning, rest, spiritual and group journey with everyone in the heart of her native Kentucky. May we learn to connect to ourselves and our surrounding more deeply, in the heart of hearts.
Snug Hollow Farm Bed & Breakfast
Yi Jing, yoga, Qigong and meditation will help you clear out the old and embrace the new.
Home-cooked meals served in the award-winning Snug Hollow kitchen will nourish your soul.
And walks through the Kentucky hills will spark your imagination and connect you to nature.
This is a great retreat for couples, friends,
and those seeking peace and clarity of the heart.
Retreat includes:
2 nights accommodation in your choice of guest room, cabin or cottage (prices vary)—Snug Hollow Farm
5 home-cooked gourmet vegetarian meals in the applauded kitchen of Innkeeper Barbara Napier
Morning tea and coffee
Yi Jing, yoga, Qigong and guided meditation classes
Free time to explore the 300 acres of organic farm land, walking trails, pond and wooded mountainside
Costs: $195 + lodging (coordinated through Snug Hollow)
$195 deposit required to secure your reservation at time of booking. Fees listed below include the $195 deposit, the remaining balance will be billed separately by Snug Hollow Farm at check-out. Cabins may be available for larger parties (3-5), prices vary. *NOTE: Pricing exclusive of 13% tax and service charge applied to lodging portion of the bill.
Friday
3-5p. Arrival
5:00p Orientation, greeting and introduction to the Yi Jing
7:00p Dinner at Snug Hollow
Saturday
7:30a Morning practice – Yoga, guided meditation and the Yi Jing
9:00 a Breakfast – Snug Hollow followed by a Group walk* or Freetime
(*Weather permitting)
12p - Lunch
1-5p Yi Jing workshop
5:30 – Qigong and Meditation practice
7:00p Dinner at Snug Hollow
Sunday
7:30a Morning practice: Yi Jing and yoga
10a Breakfast at Snug Hollow
12p Check out
Teachers
Joseph Fiala, L.Ac., MSOM
Joseph's greatest talent is his ability to offer ancient philosophies in a way that is approachable and applicable to modern day living. Whether it's one-on-one or in a room of multitude, Joseph can help teach and guide you into an authentic place within yourself and your surroundings. Joseph is co-owner of The Light Clinic with his wife, Emaline, and has been a practitioner of Classical Chinese Medicine at the clinic for 9 years. He's been consulting the Yi Jing throughout that time and beyond, and it has helped guide and instruct some of the most critical questions and journeys of his lifetime. He is grateful to have it as a friend, a mentor, a guide, and a growing relationship for the rest of his life.
Emaline Gray, L.Ac., MSOM
Emaline thrives on heart connection, learning of the cosmos, and connecting it all to her present life in real time and space. Exploring the Yi Jing, in essence, is just that- being able to open oneself up to guidance, walking forward with a humble heart a receiving mind, and learning from those that came before you. She is excited to share this learning, rest, spiritual and group journey with everyone in the heart of her native Kentucky. May we learn to connect to ourselves and our surrounding more deeply, in the heart of hearts.
Snug Hollow Farm Bed & Breakfast
- 300 acres of secluded organic farmland retreat, wooded hillside, with babbling brook and lake. Original member of Kentucky Farm Stay and Eco-Friendly Inns of North America
- Spacious farmhouse with rooms and suites, and restored 150 year-old chestnut log cabin
- Amenities include: handmade quilts and featherbeds, porches with rocking chairs, private baths, and fireplaces. Library and walking trails, gourmet vegetarian meals and homemade treats (with dietary restrictions accommodated)
What is the Yi Jing ~ I Ching: Book Of Changes?
The Yi Jing~The Book of Changes is most assuredly one of the most important books in world literature. It dates back thousands of years (circa 2,000 B.C.E.) and has been a formidable guide and study for eminent Chinese scholars and emperors from the past to today. This text has been molded and shaped some of the most important acts in Asian history. It is a guide for the study of change, for the wisdom of self-action and in-action in any life situation, and for what it is to be human in this world of constant change and transformation.
As an ancient Chinese divination text, the Yi Jing is composed of 64 Hexagrams.
What are hexagrams?
Hexagrams are 6 lined symbolic pictures composed of yin (broken) and yang (solid) lines. The Yi Jing is used as a guide to consult when one is trying to understand or gain guidance on a situation or life event. It was common for the Emperor of China to ask the Yi Jing daily questions regarding any and all subject matters, whether personal or for the country. The Yi Jing is still used today among scholars and laypeople to give insight into the very nature of life’s happenings. Around 500 B.C.E. Confucius wrote in his bookThe Analects:
“If I had another 50 years I would devote them all to studying the Yi, and might thereby avoid falling into error.”
The movement of heaven is full of power.
Thus the superior man makes himself strong and untiring.
~Yi Jing, Hexagram I
Qian ~ Heaven
The Yi Jing~The Book of Changes is most assuredly one of the most important books in world literature. It dates back thousands of years (circa 2,000 B.C.E.) and has been a formidable guide and study for eminent Chinese scholars and emperors from the past to today. This text has been molded and shaped some of the most important acts in Asian history. It is a guide for the study of change, for the wisdom of self-action and in-action in any life situation, and for what it is to be human in this world of constant change and transformation.
As an ancient Chinese divination text, the Yi Jing is composed of 64 Hexagrams.
What are hexagrams?
Hexagrams are 6 lined symbolic pictures composed of yin (broken) and yang (solid) lines. The Yi Jing is used as a guide to consult when one is trying to understand or gain guidance on a situation or life event. It was common for the Emperor of China to ask the Yi Jing daily questions regarding any and all subject matters, whether personal or for the country. The Yi Jing is still used today among scholars and laypeople to give insight into the very nature of life’s happenings. Around 500 B.C.E. Confucius wrote in his bookThe Analects:
“If I had another 50 years I would devote them all to studying the Yi, and might thereby avoid falling into error.”
The movement of heaven is full of power.
Thus the superior man makes himself strong and untiring.
~Yi Jing, Hexagram I
Qian ~ Heaven
