Qigong & Dance in Zagori, Greece
Qigong & Dance in Zagori, Greece
Aristi, Greece
Up to 20 in group
September 3 - 10, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Qigong in pristine, untouched nature and in natural platforms
- Vacation in some of the most spectacular areas in Europe
- An array of additional activities and health or wellness sessions
- Enjoying quality local Greek food
- Short, comfortable hikes to our exercise platforms in nature
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Lucy Ratzel has been practicing Qigong for more than 20 years.
She has been teaching for 11 consequent years, full time, Qigong and Chan Mi Gong in courses, seminars and trainings in Germany and Greece.
In more than 4000 teaching units and online courses she has already taught thousands of people internationally.
She is mostly, but not exclusively, specialized in the Five Phases of Transformation (5 Elements).
Lucy is Qigong and Chan Mi Gong course instructor
certified in Germany according to the criteria of the DDQT e.V. – Dachverband Qigong/Taiji
She was trained by Master Xiao Yan Liu, Grandmaster Hong Thay Lee and Dr. Zuzana Sebkova-Thaller.
She completed Shin Tai therapy training as well, (essences from Shiatsu, Cranio Sacral, Chi Nei Tsang – organ massage) with certificate at the Shin Tai Academy with Veronika Mager.
Lucy has also been exploring for over 20 years the healing practices and the wisdom of indigenous peoples.
Participated in Qigong trainings, rituals from Tibetan and Native American traditions such as sweat lodges and medicine wheel healing ceremonies. The ancient traditions have always attracted her and she is thankful to those medicine men and women, monks and nuns, sages from all regions of the world, that this knowledge could be preserved and revealed to humanity since several years now.
Details of this retreat
This 7-day retreat offers teaching and practising Qigong in the breathtaking Zagori area in Greece, a cultural and environmental paradise, recently inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For German language speakers.
In this retreat Lucy Ratzel teaches the Five Elements Exercises, an ancient Taoist series that brings us balance and calm the mind.
It involves exercises that are easy to learn and that we can memorize so, that we can practice them at home.
The retreat includes Greek folk music dancing lesson and practice in a local village festival.
The North Pindos National Park in the northwest of Greece is famous for its Vikos Canyon, the deepest of its kind in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
Impressive rock formations, rich ecology, water springs and deep green-blue rivers, the almost untouched nature is breathtakingly beautiful!
To learn more on this amazing area, please, visit the online guide zagoriview.com of local photographer Costas Zissis.
The seminar offers 4 days of teaching and 2 days of free program. It involves short, easy hikes to secluded locations where we practice Qigong in the middle of pristine nature on our selected natural excersise platforms. At the same time we show you the main attractions and insider tips in the National Park and the Zagori area.
In the morning we practice Qigong in silence.
After breakfast we will drive to our various natural excersise platforms. under the shade of old plane or oak trees, at the river, in the mountains or in the surroundings of old monasteries. Here you will also learn background knowledge that is rarely taught in Qigong courses, but which is so important to get access to the ancient knowledge of healing and transformation.
We will visit various power places, connect with their energy and return to the facility in the afternoon, filled with inner beauty.
08:00 – 8:45 am:
Qigong exercises in silence
09:00 – 10:30:
Breakfast together
10:30 – 16:00:
Qigong & Chan Mi Gong under the shade of plane or oak trees. Trips to the power places and sightseeing
You will also have two free days where you can wander around or participate in the daily trips organized by us.
In short distance there are plentiful beautiful natural monuments and sights that we will be happy to show you.
Seminar language is German
In this retreat Lucy Ratzel teaches the Five Elements Exercises, an ancient Taoist series that brings us balance and calm the mind.
It involves exercises that are easy to learn and that we can memorize so, that we can practice them at home.
The retreat includes Greek folk music dancing lesson and practice in a local village festival.
The North Pindos National Park in the northwest of Greece is famous for its Vikos Canyon, the deepest of its kind in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
Impressive rock formations, rich ecology, water springs and deep green-blue rivers, the almost untouched nature is breathtakingly beautiful!
To learn more on this amazing area, please, visit the online guide zagoriview.com of local photographer Costas Zissis.
The seminar offers 4 days of teaching and 2 days of free program. It involves short, easy hikes to secluded locations where we practice Qigong in the middle of pristine nature on our selected natural excersise platforms. At the same time we show you the main attractions and insider tips in the National Park and the Zagori area.
In the morning we practice Qigong in silence.
After breakfast we will drive to our various natural excersise platforms. under the shade of old plane or oak trees, at the river, in the mountains or in the surroundings of old monasteries. Here you will also learn background knowledge that is rarely taught in Qigong courses, but which is so important to get access to the ancient knowledge of healing and transformation.
We will visit various power places, connect with their energy and return to the facility in the afternoon, filled with inner beauty.
08:00 – 8:45 am:
Qigong exercises in silence
09:00 – 10:30:
Breakfast together
10:30 – 16:00:
Qigong & Chan Mi Gong under the shade of plane or oak trees. Trips to the power places and sightseeing
You will also have two free days where you can wander around or participate in the daily trips organized by us.
In short distance there are plentiful beautiful natural monuments and sights that we will be happy to show you.
Seminar language is German
Schedule
On the seminar days the program mostly includes morning silent Qigong excercising under trees. Then the group walks or drives to the main lesson locations, which can or cannot be different everyday. There can be also an evening Qigong excercise. Dinner time is usually at 7.00-7.30, preferably as a group but private is possible too.
In the free days, usually two per seminar week, participants can have their own self organized program.
In the free days, usually two per seminar week, participants can have their own self organized program.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Lucy Ratzel Qigong, Aristi, Greece
Directions
Aristi, Zagori, is best accesible via Ioannina, Preveza or Corfu airports of Greece. The last requires an additional 90 minutes ferry boat trip to the port of Igoumenitsa. Thessaloniki or Athens airports are possible too.
Accommodation
The hotel rooms are recently renovated and spacious and are in a stone house build in local architecture style. The mattresses are of the high quality CocoMat brand.
Program Price
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
The hotels serve as a center point for meetings and the departure to our activities. All seminar lessons are taking place in almost secluded locations and natural platforms.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
The food served is of local and Greek cuisine. This involves local "pitta" pies, as well as grilled or ready food, locally produced trouts etc. Vegetarian or vegan plates are available too.
What's Included
- Tuition on Qigong, Chan Mi Gong and Meditation
- Local transports on seminar days
- Transports to and from the Preveza and Ioannina airport or Igoumenitsa Port
- Hotel accomodation for 7 nights
- breakfast
What's Not Included
- Air fares
- Transport from distant Greek airports
- Transports and park, museum or archeological site fees on free days
- Food and drinks
- wellness, healing, hiking guidance fees or other additional activities fees
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