Your 10-Day Journey
9/10/2026-9/20/2026
Best Time to Visit Shanghai, Hangzhou & Ninghai
Autumn brings pleasant weather, vibrant landscapes, and some of the region's finest seasonal cuisine, making it an ideal time to explore China.
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Days 1–3 | Shanghai
Begin your journey with personalized Traditional Chinese Medicine consultations, therapeutic treatments, and immersive cultural experiences. Wander through classical gardens, enjoy traditional tea ceremonies, practice meditation, and discover the rich culinary traditions of Shanghai while gradually settling into a slower rhythm of life.
Highlights
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Personalized TCM Consultation
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Therapeutic Massage
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Meditation Workshop
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Yu Garden & Tea Experience
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Herbal Bar Experience
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Seasonal Wellness Dining
Day 1 | Arrival in Shanghai
Welcome to China
Highlights
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Airport pickup
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Leisure time to rest and adjust
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Traditional Chinese Wellness Consultation
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Welcome dinner
Arrive in Shanghai and enjoy a warm welcome from our team. After a comfortable transfer to your accommodation, take time to rest, settle in, and gently begin your retreat.
Traditional Chinese Wellness Consultation
Discover your body's natural balance through a personalized Traditional Chinese wellness consultation, with optional therapies to support your individual wellness goals.
Welcome Dinner
Enjoy a welcome dinner featuring seasonal Chinese cuisine while getting to know your fellow guests and the Pulse founders who will accompany you throughout the retreat.
Day 2 | Discover Your Wellness Blueprint
Begin your wellness journey with a personalized Traditional Chinese Medicine consultation and a therapeutic treatment designed to restore balance and support your individual needs.
Highlights
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Personalized TCM consultation
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Traditional Lunch and Afternoon tea experiences
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Wellness dining experience
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Meditation Workshop
Day 3 | Integrating Body & Tradition
Wellness Morning
Spend your final day in Shanghai exploring Chinese wellness through nourishing cuisine, therapeutic massage, and a personalized herbal bar.
Highlights
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Personal Integration Morning
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Therapeutic massage
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Seasonal wellness meals
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Herbal Bar Experience
Understanding Your Body
Join an interactive Traditional Chinese Medicine session led by an experienced physician, exploring practical wellness principles and how they can be applied in everyday life.
Traditional Shanghai Lunch
Enjoy an authentic Shanghainese lunch at one of the city's historic restaurants, where traditional recipes and local flavors have been celebrated for generations.
Yu Garden & Chinese Tea Experience
Explore the timeless beauty of Yu Garden before enjoying a traditional Chinese tea experience, an invitation to slow down and appreciate one of China's oldest cultural traditions.
Meditation Workshop
Slow down with a guided meditation designed to calm the mind, release tension, and help you reconnect with yourself through the simple practice of mindful presence.
Garden House Dinner
Enjoy dinner in a beautifully restored Shanghai garden residence, where refined cuisine and meaningful conversation bring the day to a perfect close.
Cantonese Wellness Brunch
Experience the Cantonese tradition of food as medicine through a nourishing brunch rooted in centuries of Chinese wellness.
Traditional Chinese Therapeutic Massage
Continue your wellness journey with a traditional Chinese therapeutic massage and moxibustion treatment tailored to support your body's natural balance.
Peking Duck Dinner
Celebrate your final evening in Shanghai with an authentic Peking duck dinner featuring classic Northern Chinese flavors.
Herbal Bar Experience
Visit a traditional herbal bar for a personalized botanical drink inspired by the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Reconnect
Days 4–8 | Jingshan, Hangzhou
Leave the city behind and immerse yourself in the peaceful mountains of Jingshan. Through mindful movement, traditional wellness practices, cultural workshops, forest walks, tea culture, and time in nature, you'll experience a slower pace designed to restore balance and deepen your connection with yourself.
Highlights
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Mountain Retreat
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Baduanjin Practice
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Guided Meditation
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Chinese Brush Painting
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Natural Botanical Dye Workshop
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Jingshan Temple
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Tea Culture Experience
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Walking Meditation
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Sound Healing
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Farm-to-Table Dining
Day 4 | Shanghai → Hangzhou
Journey into Nature & Embodied Awakening
Travel by high-speed rail to Hangzhou and join a special session, exploring self-awareness through the lens of Chinese philosophy and personal growth.
Highlights
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High speed rail experience
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Check-in mountain retreat
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Mindfulness practice-Meditation
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Cultural workshop
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Welcome Barbecue Dinner
Check In to Your Mountain Retreat
Settle into your peaceful mountain retreat in Jingshan, surrounded by bamboo forests and the quiet beauty of nature.
Guided Meditation
Begin your time in the mountains with a guided meditation that invites you to slow down, quiet the mind, and reconnect with the present moment.
Traditional Incense Craft Workshop
Create your own traditional incense pendant while discovering one of China's oldest wellness traditions. Take it home as a meaningful keepsake.
Welcome Barbecue Dinner
Gather for a relaxed mountain barbecue featuring local ingredients as you enjoy an evening of good food and meaningful conversation.
Day 5 | Embodying Balance
Spend the day exploring traditional Chinese wellness through movement, nourishing food, and therapeutic care.
Highlights
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Morning Baduanjin practice
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Traditional mountain breakfast
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Interactive iChing workshop
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Seasonal wellness lunch
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Therapeutic Gourd Moxibustion
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Vegetarian Wellness Dinner
Day 6 | Tea, Nature & Healing
A day of tea, nature, and traditional healing.
Highlights
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Morning Baduanjin practice
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Traditional mountain breakfast
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Chinese Brush Painting on fan
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Seasonal Vegetarian Lunch
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Natural Botanical Dye Workshop
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Vegetarian Community Dinner
Morning Baduanjin Practice
Morning Baduanjin Practice
Begin the day with a guided Baduanjin practice, using gentle movements and mindful breathing to awaken the body and calm the mind.
Traditional Mountain Breakfast
Enjoy a nourishing mountain breakfast prepared with fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Interactive I Ching Workshop
The Wisdom of Change
Explore the timeless wisdom of the I Ching through an interactive workshop on balance, change, and living in harmony with life's natural rhythms.
Seasonal Wellness Lunch
Enjoy a seasonal farm-to-table lunch followed by a cup of freshly brewed Jingshan tea.
Begin the day with a guided Baduanjin practice in the peaceful mountain surroundings.
Traditional Mountain Breakfast
Start the day with a nourishing mountain breakfast inspired by traditional Chinese wellness cuisine.
Chinese Brush Painting on Fan
Paint your own traditional Chinese folding fan while exploring the timeless art of brush painting.
Seasonal Vegetarian Lunch
Enjoy a seasonal vegetarian lunch made with fresh local ingredients, served with a cup of Jingshan tea.
Immersive Nature Experiences：Natural Botanical Dye Workshop
Create your own naturally dyed textile using locally sourced botanicals in a traditional dye workshop.
Vegetarian Community Dinner
End the day with a nourishing vegetarian dinner shared with your fellow guests.
Therapeutic Gourd Moxibustion
Experience traditional gourd moxibustion, a unique Traditional Chinese Medicine therapy that uses gentle warmth to restore balance and relaxation.
Vegetarian Wellness Dinner
Enjoy a nourishing vegetarian dinner inspired by the traditions of Buddhist temple cuisine.
Day 7 | Reflection, Nature & Integration
As your time in Hangzhou continues, today is an invitation to slow down through mindful movement, walking meditation, tea culture, and quiet reflection.
Highlights
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Guided Forest Walking Meditation
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Jingshan Temple
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Tea Culture Experience
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Closing Reflection Circle
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Farewell Community Dinner
Nourishing Mountain Breakfast
Enjoy another nourishing mountain breakfast made with fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Jingshan Temple
Explore the historic Jingshan Temple, one of China's most influential Zen temples, surrounded by peaceful hills and centuries of history.
Walking Meditation Through Jingshan Forest
Practice walking meditation along peaceful mountain paths, cultivating presence through mindful movement and breath.
Temple Noodles
Day 8 | From Mountain to Spring
Spend the day slowing down through sound healing, nature, and quiet reflection.
Highlights
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Journey to Ninghai (3.5–4 hr scenic transfer)
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Himalayan Singing Bowl Sound Healing
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Quiet Personal Reflection
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Slow Morning in Nature
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Journaling & Gratitude Practice
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Group Photo
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Farm to Table Seafood Experience
Sound Healing Session
Relax with an immersive sound healing session using Himalayan singing bowls, inviting the body and mind into a state of deep rest.
Nourishing Mountain Breakfast
Start the day with a light and nourishing mountain breakfast.
Quiet Reflection Time
Spend the morning at your own pace with time for tea, journaling, quiet reflection, or simply enjoying the peaceful mountain surroundings.
Group Photo
Gather together to capture memories of your journey through the retreat.
After lunch, a scenic 3.5 to 4-hour journey through mountains and countryside brings you to Ninghai, where your forest hot spring lodge awaits.
Forest Hot Spring Lodges
Natural mineral water, drawn from 158 meters underground and rich in healing elements, flows directly into your private room, while 22 outdoor pools are hidden among the trees.
A simple, honest bowl of noodles in savory mushroom broth—served in the temple halls as the most humble and anticipated finish to a visit.
Tea Culture Experience
Explore the birthplace of Jingshan Tea and enjoy a traditional tea experience in the surrounding mountains.
Farewell Vegetarian Dinner
Share a final vegetarian dinner as you celebrate the connections and memories made throughout the retreat.
Evening Reflection Circle & Inspirational Film
Gather for an inspirational film and a guided reflection circle as you celebrate your journey with fellow guests.
Restore
Days 9–10 | Ninghai
End your journey surrounded by forests, waterfalls, hot springs, and fresh mountain air. These final days invite deep rest, gentle movement, nourishing food, and time to reflect before returning home with a renewed sense of balance.
Highlights
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Nature Walk
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Herbal Wellness Spa
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Hot Springs
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Farm-to-Table Seafood Experience
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Personalized Wellness Recommendations
Day 9 | Ninghai Hot Springs · Return to Nature
Begin the final chapter of your journey with natural hot springs, peaceful mountain landscapes, and time to rest, recharge, and reconnect with nature.
Highlights
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Longgong Village Nature Walk
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Seasonal Wellness Lunch
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Traditional Herbal Wellness Spa
Longgong Village Nature Walk
Reconnect with nature on a guided walk through the forests, waterfalls, and peaceful landscapes of Longgong Village.
Seasonal Wellness Lunch
Enjoy a seasonal wellness lunch featuring fresh local ingredients inspired by the flavors and traditions of Ninghai.
Herbal Wellness Spa
Relax with a traditional herbal wellness treatment featuring a warm foot soak, therapeutic massage, and calming aromatherapy.
Day 10 | A Gentle Return
Ninghai→Shanghai
As your journey comes to a close, we hope you leave feeling restored, inspired, and connected to the timeless wisdom of Chinese wellness.
Highlights
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Breakfast
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Back to Shanghai
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Personalized wellness recommendations
Breakfast: A Taste of Local Ninghai
Enjoy a traditional local breakfast and experience the authentic flavors of Ninghai.
What's Included
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Airport pickup & transportation
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Boutique accommodations
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5 wellness treatments
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Traditional Chinese Medicine consultation
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Cultural workshops
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Guided meditation & movement practices
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Daily meals
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Bilingual hosts throughout the journey
Is This Retreat Right for You?
This retreat is designed for those who：
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Curious about Eastern culture and traditional wellness practices
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Want to experience a more authentic side of China
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Feel ready to step away from the pace of everyday life
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Enjoy nature, mindful experiences, and meaningful conversations
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Prefer traveling in a small, supportive group