Welcome To Your Chi Center Retreat FAQ Page

Your Accommodations:

Each room at The Chi Center is unique! Premium Rooms have something special about them, e.g, more privacy, more amenities, etc. Standard rooms are lovely, too.

All guest rooms share bathrooms with between 1-3 other guests.

• We do our best to assign all rooms to meet your needs and budget, so please be sure to click here to fill out all your Retreat forms asap!
• Are you coming to the retreat(s) with a friend or family member and staying in the same room? If so, click here to submit their info
• If you have selected a double room The Center Team will assign you a same-gender roommate.

Meals:

Our meals are served buffet style. We do our best to provide locally sourced, organic, healthy, whole foods at every meal. Vegetarian, Vegan, and Omnivore options will be available at every meal. Please click here to let us know your preferences before arriving so that the kitchen team can purchase and prepare in advance.

Complimentary tea and coffee are available in the main house building from 7:30am – 7:00 pm daily.

Tips for Staff: The Chi Center staff strive to do their best for you. Please consider leaving a tip for the kitchen and housekeeping staff when you leave the Center.

Address: 

The address is 40 Camino Vista Clara, Lamy/Galisteo, New Mexico 87540.

Arrival and Departure Times:

Check in and Check Out Times are between our daily Lunch and Dinner Meals.

• Check in time is between 2:00pm and 5:30pm.
• First Retreat-day meals and activities begin at 5:45pm in the Main Lodge Dining Hall
• Check out time is between 2:00pm and 3:30pm. Final Retreat-day meals and activities end at 2:00pm.

Airports

Albuquerque (ABQ) is the primary airport. Travel time from the airport to The Chi Center is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes via car – approximately 75 miles. There is also an airport in Santa Fe (SAF) about 40 minutes from The Center. The flights in and out of Santa Fe are limited, however.

Transportation while in New Mexico

There is no public transportation to The Retreat Center’s rural location. You need to travel by car, taxi or limo to The Center on State Highway 41. If you fly into New Mexico you may rent a vehicle or use a private taxi or limo service. Once you arrive at The Center you do not need a car until the retreat is over.

We strongly advise that you reserve your ride service ahead of time. You may request a list of taxi and limo services from support@chicenter.com Note: Most Uber and Lyft drivers will not accept fares to The Chi Center because of its rural location.

Ride Services to Retreat Center from Airports and Santa Fe

Alternative

Amtrak train to Lamy NM

Packing Tips:

• Toiletries – Scent-Free – includes deodorants/shampoos, etc. Please note our Center does its best to be chemical and scent-free as we have many participants that have chemical sensitivities.
• Flashlight or headlamp for walking at night.
• Sturdy walking shoes; the campus has very few outdoor paved surfaces. Most pathways are gravel and/or natural terrain.
• The evenings and mornings can be quite cool. Plan on layered clothing and a warm jacket/sweater.

• Most of our rooms have shared bathrooms so please bring a robe, slippers, and an easy bag to carry your toiletries from your room to the bath.

• Rain gear is recommended
• Sunscreen, sunglasses, hat. We are at high-desert altitudes (6,000-7,200 ft) and it is sunny all seasons of the year.
• Water bottle – we have filtered water dispensers throughout the campus.
• Hot beverage travel cup with a secure lid, for coffee/tea.
• Bring your medications.
• Earplugs and sleeping masks.
• Map/driving directions to The Chi Center: The Chi Center for Wisdom Healing Qigong campus is located at 40 Camino Vista Clara, Lamy/Galisteo, New Mexico 87540

No Perfumes or Scented Products: Due to guests’ allergies and sensitivities to scents, please leave your perfumes, scented lotions, deodorants, shampoos, incense etc. at home.

Weather:

Laundry Facilities:

We have a guest laundry room located at the Ranch House. The door is marked “Guest Laundry” and the building is nearest to the large white Kuan Yin statue for additional reference. Unscented soaps are provided and there is no charge to launder your personal items.

WiFi is available to all of our guests. Cellular telephone coverage on campus works best if you set your phone to enable WiFi calling and connect to the wifi. You can also make calls over the internet through apps like What’s App.

Accessibility:

We will do our best to accommodate persons with mobility needs or in wheelchairs. The paths between buildings are mostly packed fine gravel, though a part of the distance is loose gravel or cement.

The kiva is partially underground and there is a short flight of stairs to enter and exit the kiva. There is the possibility for a chair lift if the need is known in advance.

If you have not yet shared your needs with us, please contact Support@chicenter.com right away.

Service Dogs:

Here is what you need to know:

1. You must provide advance notice to The Chi Center Management about your service animal. Please write to rooms@chicenter.com if this applies to you, before you register.
2. Guests will need to bring doggy-bags and clean up after their pets on the grounds, depositing waste directly into the dumpster behind the Main Lodge.
3. The guest will be responsible to pay for any damage to rooms (stains, odors, fleas, or scratches) A waiver/agreement must be signed prior to check in.
4. Dogs must arrive clean and groomed with unscented shampoos
5. If we have other guests in attendance who have pet sensitivities, service dogs’ access to the kiva and dining hall may be limited.
6. All pets will need to be leashed whenever they are outside of their owner’s assigned guest room.

• Scent-free Environment: It’s important that all Retreat attendees abstain from using aromatic lotions, personal products, and perfumes during the whole of the Retreat, to respect the wellbeing of others who are scent-sensitive. We’ve found that even “light” scents are noticeable and can linger in guest rooms, the Lotus Kiva, and public spaces. We provide fragrance-free soaps and shampoos.
• Golden Silence in the Lotus Kiva: Many guests come to Retreat to go deep within and for healing on all dimensions — mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual. Please support the collective and personal healing of everyone by keeping silent when instructed by Master Mingtong, and always upon entering the sacred Lotus Kiva.
• Quiet Hours: To honor the healing process of everyone on retreat, we ask for quiet time between the overnight hours of 10:00PM to 7:00 am. If you are in common areas, please be mindful of nearby rooms and keep your voices soft spoken.
• Driving and Parking: The speed limit on the property is 5 mph. Please stay alert and mindful of animals and humans when driving. Please park in designated areas only. Our desert wild grasses are an important part of the land ecosystem and are unable to tolerate vehicles or heavy foot traffic. Be careful when driving and walking. Snakes love warm sunny surfaces like roads and will stretch out on the roadway to bask. Often from a short distance they can look like small branches across the road until up close. Young snakes can be very aggressive, whereas older snakes are less as long as they are not startled. And when we see them sunbathing nearby we generally like to relocate them when possible, because they are great for pest control (mice, pack rats, etc).
• Covered Drinks and shoes off in the Kiva
• Take care of yourself, lie down, sit down, ask for help as needed
• Pair up with a buddy or roommate and let them know if you go decide to skip a session, go on a long hike or leave the campus. Give them your contact info and approximate time of return
• Volunteer tasks: Bell Ringer for Breaks, Hydration for MMG, others as needed. On the first day of Retreat we will be asking for a few volunteers to help with small tasks. If you’d like to serve your group in this way, you may consider being a Bell Ringer for breaks, or helping keep Master Mingtong’s thermos full of tea/water, offering to be a runner for messages to the kitchen, a point-person for another participant with mobility challenges, or other tasks.
• Audio/Visual Release: We film everything during Retreats and workshops for our online guests and so that all participants have replay videos to enjoy. To that end, in consideration of furthering the educational benefits of Wisdom Healing Qigong, we request your consent to be included in the recordings, and will have a release form for you at check in. Videos, photographs, transcript quotes, and/or audio recordings may be used for promotional or educational purposes about Wisdom Healing Qigong for online courses, on the internet, in printed materials, training materials, and/or other broadcast mediums.
• Hiking Trails: There is hiking in the arroyo and on the grounds. Please stay on the trails. Do not approach or feed wildlife. Be aware of snakes and other wildlife native to this area.
• Terrain: The campus lies on 150 acres of somewhat hilly terrain. There is a road as well as a walking trail between the rooms and the main house where meals are served. The road is lit at night for safe passage. It is approximately a 5-minute walk to and from most of the guest rooms and the main house. Please bring closed toed shoes for walking and hiking in desert terrain.

• Self Care – Hydration: Be sure to drink more water than usual – lots of water! We are at high, dry elevations and staying hydrated is essential. You’ll find dispensers filled with filtered water in many places on the property to help remind you to “fill up”. Prevention will help you acclimate to the 7,000 ft altitude and dry terrain and bypass the typical mild symptoms that can include fatigue, headaches, lightheadedness, or sleep disturbances.

• One more thing…! To honor the people who make your Retreat experience beautiful, you may consider bringing cash to tip the kitchen staff and housekeeping.

New customer purchases a retreat, so they are NEW to the Kajabi Library. Kajabi sends email to customer as follows:

FROM: Qigong Master Mingtong at The Chi Center courses@chicenter.com

SUBJECT: Your New Qigong Online Account

Access your new Kajabi account. Login using this information:

username:
password:

To start just follow the link below to the Kajabi login page:
Login

Whether you attend online or on-campus, video replays of your program will be available for 30 days after the workshop ends.

As an added bonus, Qigong for Life Mastery Members are automatically granted extended access to the replays. As long as you remain a member of the Qigong for Life Mastery program, your Retreat Replay Portal will stay accessible in your Chi Center library for 2 years after this event. If you are not currently a Member of the Qigong for Life Mastery program and would like to join so you receive an extended access pass send us an email to courses@chicenter.com. We will let you know when the next option to join the membership opens!

You can take note that Kiva Healing Sessions are the ones offered by MMG. Personal Healing Sessions are the ones offered by Linling.

Kiva Healing Sessions are only sold for $380 at on-campus retreats in the Kiva. Click here to register for Kiva Healaing Session.

Linling does Personal Healing Sessions both in person on the campus, as well as remotely over zoom or phone. Both of hers are $280. Click here to schedule your private healing session with Linling.

If you must cancel, please understand that we do not grant refunds for any reason. However, you may apply the funds you paid toward attendance of a future Chi Center Retreat or Program of your choice, within 12 months from your date of cancellation.

If The Chi Center cancels this program, you will receive 2 weeks’ notice when possible, and a full refund. We are not responsible for the cost of any other cancellation expenses you may incur, such as non-refundable travel fees, etc.