Swallow the Moon: A New Moon Healing Retreat
With Daniel Atchison-Nevel, Dr. Shiva Schiff, Jared Bistrong and Dr. Maria Romero
April 1 - 3, 2022
Energize your relationship to the moon & embrace deep healing.
Come explore your relationship to our closest celestial neighbor, the moon, through movement, music, and meditative & healing practices. We will create the grace and space for harmonious transformation for each of us as individuals and for the group as a whole.
Only a short drive from Miami, ChoZen retreat center offers a beautiful escape into nature, and a wonderful opportunity to rejuvenate and connect with community. You can expect delicious vegan food (ingredients sourced locally and organically), daily movement classes, kayaking adventures in the St.Sebastian River Nature Preserve, plenty of space to connect with each other and with nature, relaxing time in the sauna, pool, hot tub & cold plunge, and rituals to celebrate the New Moon.
NSEV Healing
NSEV Healing and Acupuncture is a philosophy of health, and a method of treating and preventing disease, that integrates the mind, body and spirit. It is a holistic, modern adaptation of an ancient Chinese medicine and acupuncture healing systemthat addresses a person’s symptoms AND their essential life affirming functioning. NSEV practitioners work with a broad spectrum of illness (physical and emotional) and alleviate pain and imbalance by harmonizing the extraordinary vessels. To do so they use a variety of techniques including acupuncture (with and without needles), moxibustion, cupping, gua sha, sound healing, herbal elixirs, and a variety of breath and movement exercises. The extraordinary vessels are the primordial fields and pathways that allow optimum wellness and promote healthy relationships with ourselves and with the world.
GUESTS WILL ENJOY:
Daily Shared Group acupuncture & NSEV healing sessions
Guidance for establishing a moon cultivation practice for meditation & healing
Daily fire circle & new moon ceremony
New moon meditations & cultivations
Lunar Elixirs & Ongoing Healing Elixir Bar
Magnificent healing plant-based meals and snacks
Nature hikes & Sebastian River Excursions
The opportunity to connect and heal deeply with the moon & nature.
CHOZEN RETREAT
WHERE RAW NATURE AND ECO LUXURY INTERSECT
Set in the lush, sub-tropical environment of the 22,000 acre St. Sebastian nature preserve, ChoZen Florida is a gathering place for thought leaders, changemakers, and community builders who seek reconnection to nature.
Find yourself among the spirit of the earth — the sun, the stars, the moon, the water, the animals, the elements. Located within the most biodiverse lagoon system in the Northern Hemisphere, this area is home to 10,000 species of flora and fauna and 35 endangered species, including the Florida Panther. It serves as a nursery ground and spawning for oceanic species, lagoon fish and shellfish, and regular sightings of wild turkeys, turtles, manatees, schools of dolphins, bobcats, and hawks are a part of daily life.
Come explore your relationship to our closest celestial neighbor, the moon, through movement, music, and meditative & healing practices. We will create the grace and space for harmonious transformation for each of us as individuals and for the group as a whole.
EXPERIENCES
Geo Domes |
St. Sebastian River Tours |
Walk the ChoZen Path |
Saline Pool |
Safari Tent Camp |
River Lounge |
Outdoor Showers |
Massage Rooms |
River Sunsets |
Indoor Villa |
Cold Plunge |
Gathering Tent |
Comic Fire Pit |
Bike Paths |
Cold Plunge/Spa/Jacuzzi |
COVID-19 POLICY
Our COVID-19 safety protocol meets and exceeds federal standards for safe gathering. It is of our utmost concern to keep you safe and healthy while at ChoZen. Here are our requirements:
1. All guests will be required to take a Rapid Antigen Test administered by a ChoZen staff member upon arrival.
2. All guests are required to present either: a negative PCR test result within 48 hours of the retreat OR proof of vaccination. However, we encourage all guests to take a PCR test within 48 hours.
A 50% refund will be issued to those who cannot attend the retreat due to a positive COVID-19 test result.
About the Facilitators
Daniel Atchison-Nevel
Daniel J. Atchison-Nevel has been an innovator in the fields of holistic health and acupuncture since 1982. That year, he and his wife Jane Atchison-Nevel co-founded one of the country’s first comprehensive collaborative health centers, the South Florida Healing Arts Center in Miami Beach, Florida. The Center brought together more than two dozen healthcare providers […]
Learn more about Daniel Atchison-NevelDr. Shiva Schiff
Dr. Shiva Schiff, D.C. is the first certified NSEV Chiropractor. He integrates his clinical training in the Chinese Medicine’s Extraordinary Vessels with the restorative methods of chiropractic to help his patients achieve maximum results in their healing process. Dr. Shiva’s specialized areas of study include structural correction using gentle adjusting techniques and neuromuscular re-education. For […]
Learn more about Dr. Shiva SchiffJared Bistrong
Jared Bistrong has a been an educator, teacher and sound healer for over 20 years and has a Master’s degree in Creative Writing and Education from Florida State University. His sound healing experience grows out real world environments. Sound healing and his teaching career have been integrated since the beginning, and his cultivation of ancient instruments as healing […]
Learn more about Jared BistrongDr. Maria Romero
Doctor Maria Romero is a Diplomate in Oriental Medicine and an Acupuncture Physician licensed by the State of Florida. She is certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology by the NCCAOM (the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine). Her private practice, located in Miami Beach, bases its work on the belief that medicine needs […]
Learn more about Dr. Maria Romero