With Daniel Atchison-Nevel
APRIL 1 - APRIL 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.
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.
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 system that 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.
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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.
For the last three decades, Dan has specialized in the utilization of acupuncture's extraordinary vessels, for healthcare, wellness and personal cultivation. He has taught these practices to thousands of partitioners throughout the world. Dan and colleagues have explored the shared group acupuncture experience. Using only four needles on groups have explored both the individual and collective experience of an extraordinary vessel group acupuncture session.
In 2009 Dan founded and co-chaired Acufest: A Festival of Healthy Living, an innovative, community wellness celebration held at the iconic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida. The inaugural event was attended by more than a thousand people and brought together every Florida acupuncture college, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and local and national educators to present dozens of exhibits, interactive workshops, organic food and wine tasting, and the world's largest shared acupuncture experience.
Daniel currently serves as Clinical Director of the NSEV Healing & Acupuncture Clinic in his hometown of Miami Beach, Florida. The very busy clinic sees locals from Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties and visitors from throughout the world with a wide variety of conditions.
In 2020 Dan founded the NSEV Healing Academy. The academy offers online classes and experiences exploring personal cultivation, wellness, and healthcare with a global online community.
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 South Miami Beach, bases its work on the belief that medicine needs both the integration of cutting-edge modern knowledge with the wisdom of ancient healing modalities; and in the belief that the way to achieve total health and wellbeing is to adjust both to meet the diversity and uniqueness of individuals.
Maria graduated from the School of Veterinary Medicine, the ISCAH, in Havana, Cuba. She also took part of the TNT (Teacher In Training) program at the Department of Physiology and Pathology. Upon her arrival to the U.S. in 1991, she worked at the Knowles Animal Clinic, a veterinary hospital specializing in trauma and surgery for the Miami area. Her colleagues called her an "animal whisperer".
Dr. Romero has dedicated herself to the enhancement of neurological awareness, integrating universal principles of spirituality and holistic health as part of her practice, as well as her own personal self-development. Maria has always been drawn to explore both scientific and mystical traditions always questioned the meaning of existence and the relationship between spiritual evolution, health and wellbeing. In the course of her exploration and teaching, Dr. Romero obtained several other certifications including the Senior NSEV Acupuncturist, Acutonics Practitioner, Laughter Yoga Leader, Master Reiki, Akashic Records Consultant and TD Facilitator.
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 more than a decade he has traveled the world using his talents to connect and assist many people, especially those in the rural communities of Thailand, India, and Haiti/Dominican Republic. His contributions were inspired by his experiences as a youth where in his community he had the opportunity to work with people in facilities ranging from county homes to Hospice.
Dr Shiva’s accomplishments began at the age of 8 when he earned a black belt in TaeKwonDo. Recognizing his love and fascination of the human body and its ability to adapt and exist harmoniously with its surroundings, he became an avid surfer and certified yoga teacher and practitioner. Both activities are still present and enjoyed to this day. He now is currently practicing and living in Miami Beach, where he takes advantage of the nature infused urban experience by frequent visits to the beach, biking, and running.
Jared Bistrong is one of seven children born and raised in Miami. His family are descendants of the original “Conchs” (the earliest Florida settlers) who emigrated to Key West from the Bahamas in the mid 1800's.
Jared has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from Florida State University and has been an educator for over 20 years including time as a high school English, Drama, & Tv Production teacher, a Multimedia Director, a Writing Professor, and a Director of Instructional Design at the college level. He has an extensive background in learning design, multimedia production and workshop facilitation for learners of all ages and levels. He teaches everything from writing, to video production, to instructional technology and learning design, to Sound healing and music. He lives on Miami Beach with his wife and son.
Jared began to take interest in alternative health therapies after losing his mother to cancer in the mid 1990's. At the time, he began to study tai chi and explore eastern medicine and therapeutic & vibrational instruments. After losing his brother to Cancer in 2014, he realized it was time to bring his 20 years of sound healing experience to the forefront, and, since then, has given hundreds of group sound healing events all around the country in hopes of bringing awareness to alternative health therapies and practices that are effective at addressing issues where western medicine seems to fall short.
He believes we need a balance between eastern and western medicine and that each are incomplete without the other. His vision is to integrate alternative meditation practices such as yoga, tai chi, sound healing, acupuncture and massage into our everyday lives, work places, communities and educational centers.
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 a negative PCR test result within 48 hours of the retreat.
A 50% refund will be issued to those who cannot attend the retreat due to a positive COVID-19 test result.
Only a short drive from Miami, and 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 dolphin, bobcats, and hawks is a part of daily life.
Geodesic Domes
Outdoor Showers
Safari Tent
Saline Pool
ChoZen Spa
Indoor Villa
Gathering Tent
Electric Gondola Ride on the St. Sebastian River
Cold Plunge
Cosmic Firepit
Massage Room
Walk the ChoZen Path
River Lounge
River Sunsets
Bike Trails
ACCOMMODATIONS
Price per person includes all meals, programming, activities, and accommodations
Safari Camp
Wake up in nature with our off-the-grid glamping experience, including 7 well-appointed safari tents for individuals, couples or groups.
Safari tents can accommodate up to three guests. You can request 1 queen or 3 twin beds. There is a shared outdoor glamping bathroom in the tent village.
1 guest in tent: $800
2 guests in tent: $1,520 ($760 per person)
3 guests in tent: $2,240 ($746.66 per person)
Dome Village
Four custom-designed, climiatized and beautifully furnished geodesic domes based on Buckminster Fuller’s design principles and sacred geometry allow guests to fully embrace their lush, tropical surroundings. Each dome has its own unique spirit and sleeping configuration.
The geodesic dome is perfect for a single guest, two guests, or three guests. You may request 1 king, 2 twin beds, 3 twin beds, or 1 king & 1 twin bed. There is a shared outdoor clamping bathroom in the dome village. Domes are climate- controlled and outfitted with rugs and meditation pillows, hammock, outdoor table & chairs, and a rack for clothing.
1 guest in dome: $1,200
2 guests in dome: $2,280 ($1,140 per person)
3 guests in dome: $3,360 ($1,120 per person)
Florida Villa
A luxurious four bedroom villa with an enclosed saline mineral pool overlooking the St. Sebastian River brings high-end luxury to a natural oasis. This enchanting property is nestled in the heart of ChoZen, surrounded by our expansive gardens and communal gathering facilities.
QUEEN BED ROOMS: Private room in the Villa with a queen bed and shared bathroom. Can be reserved as a single guest or 2 guest in room.
1 guest in Roots Room: $1,400
2 guests in Roots Room: $2,660 ($1,330 per person)
KING BED ROOMS: Private room in the Villa with king bed and private bathroom. The King Villa Room can only be reserved as 2 guests in the room.
2 guests in King Villa Room: $4,180 ($2,090 per person)