Eastover, a 600-acre sanctuary and holistic retreat center in Lenox, Massachusetts, will host a Medical Healing Qi Gong and Eastern Medicine Symposium June 10 to 17. To celebrate this first-ever event, Eastover will raffle off a $1,500 package for two, good for two nights’ room and board plus two days’ admission to the symposium. Visit Eastover.com to sign up for the drawing.

Grand Master Junfeng Li, Mantak Chia, Roger Jahnke, Lee Holden, Robert Peng, Lonny Jarrett and Michael Winn are among the teachers who will share the ancient techniques of qi gong and tai chi as curative and preventive practices as well as spiritual practices of awakening.

“The curative aspects of qi gong and tai chi have been highlighted for centuries, but they are just becoming known in western science for applications in treating and preventing various forms of cancer,” says Eastover founder Yingxing Wang. “As a form of meditative movement, qi gong has been shown to utilize the plasticity of the brain to rewire neural pathways for happiness and resilience, reduce stress, foster awareness, regulate the nervous system and develop enhanced feelings of well-being.”

Qi gong is based on the principle of cultivating focused awareness in the present moment as a path to enlightenment. Wang says the access point to enlightenment is equally accessible to all. “This seven-day symposium will unite science and wisdom with practice and experience, that we may all arrive in the now of each unfolding moment of everyday life,” she says.

Situated adjacent to October Mountain, Eastover is in the cultural hub of the Berkshires, minutes from Tanglewood Music Center and Kriplau Yoga Center. It hosts organized retreats as well as individual visitors. For more information about the symposium, visit Eastover.com or email [email protected]. Call 866-264-5139 with the promo code NANYC to get $50 off.  TCM and Acupuncturists can receive 50 PDA points.