Limitlessgate Qigong Levels 1-5
with Suzann Duquette and Donna MacKenzie
May 21 - 29, 2027
Choose your retreat
Join the complete series here, or choose an individual retreat suited to your experience.
The complete series
Settle into nine days of Limitlessgate Qigong at Dorje Denma Ling in The Falls, Nova Scotia, moving through all five levels in four consecutive retreats. One registration covers the complete series.
CAD $1,030 – $2,070
Per person, including program fees, meals and accommodation, with the $50 full-series saving already applied.
Price varies with your accommodation choice. If you stay off-site, accommodation is arranged by you and paid for separately.
Individual retreats
Explore a retreat below for its description, complete prices including meals and accommodation options, and separate registration.
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Levels 1–2 artwork adapted from the Daoyin tu reconstruction, Wellcome Collection (CC BY 4.0), and a 1623 taiji diagram.
A Practice That Develops Step by Step
Limitlessgate Qigong is a Taoist practice path of health, well-being and virtue, with offerings from Xiantianwujimen Daoism. The beginning stage moves from foundational techniques for relaxing the body to practices that open us to the primordial life force of the Tao.
Each retreat builds on the last, with four qigong sessions a day and time to rest in between. Strength and flexibility, stability and agility develop together, with growing attention to the relationship between movement, qi and awareness.
Levels 1–2: relax the body, gather internal energy and guide it with self-massage. Learn a system used in repairing physical injuries and enhancing muscular-skeletal strength.
Level 3: strengthen bones, joints and organs with the Hua Tu animals and breath practices
Level 4: balance external and internal strength, with an evening of organ cleansing
Level 5: complete the Wudangshan animals and bring the full sequence together
Where Should I Begin?
New to Limitlessgate Qigong? Start with Levels 1–2, or register for the full series. No previous experience is needed.
Continuing your practice? Each level requires completion of the levels before it:
- Level 3: Levels 1–2
- Level 4: Levels 1–3
- Level 5: Levels 1–4
Full-series participants meet these prerequisites as they go. If you have trained before, you can join at the level that follows your completed training, or repeat a level.
General Retreat Schedule
A typical day includes four qigong sessions, shared meals and time to rest. This sample schedule is based on the previous retreats; final timings will be confirmed for each program.
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
|---|---|
| 9:15 am | Qigong session 1 |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm | Qigong session 2 |
| 4:00 pm | Tea break |
| 4:45 pm | Qigong session 3 |
| 6:00 pm | Break |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner |
| 7:45 pm | Qigong session 4 |
| 10:30 pm | Lights out |
A Living Lineage
These practices come from Xiantianwujimen, the Primordial Limitless Gate tradition of Taoism. Eva Wong carries this lineage in its nineteenth generation; instruction is offered by her and by teachers authorized within the lineage.
Learn more about the Limitlessgate Qigong curriculum.
Planning Your Retreat
Arrive May 21 between 3 and 5 pm. Dinner and orientation begin at 6:30 pm. The series ends May 29 at 6 pm.
Review the payment terms during registration and the registration, cancellation and travel information linked below before making travel arrangements.
Generosity Policy
If this retreat is right for you, don’t let financial concerns prevent you from attending.
Learn more about our Generosity Policy, financial aid and scholarships.
30 & under and Monastic discounts are available during registration.
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About the Leaders
Suzann Duquette
Suzann has been a student of Dr. Eva Wong since 2007 and one of her instructors since 2010. She teaches Daoist Qigong Levels 1-5 and Strategic Leadership, based on the writings of Zhuge Liang. Suzann is also a senior instructor of Mudra Space Awareness, as introduced by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. A student of body-focused disciplines […]
Learn more about Suzann Duquette
Donna MacKenzie
Donna began studying and practicing Limitlessgate Qigong with Dr. Eva Wong in 2010. She is a Zen Buddhist practitioner, taught yoga for 18 years, plays music, and currently works as an ecologist and jack-of-all-trades. She spends her time between Southern Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Learn more about Donna MacKenzie