About

Valais Retreat is a yearly event of inquiry and exploration of the Art of Aikido, Yoga and Meditation.

Are you looking for a way to restore and take care of yourself, discover yoga, go deep into meditation, and open your practice of aikido, all while enjoying  delicious vegetarian food surrounded by beautiful nature?

This retreat is for you!

Join Patrick Cassidy for a unique inner voyage at the Hôtel Pension Beau-Site Chemin-Dessus (VS).

When : July 14 – 16, 2023
Where : Hotel-Pension Beau-Site, Chemin du Mont 13, 1927 Chemin, Switzerland
Prices : Prices include lodging, meals and practice

  • Room for one: 520.- CHF
  • Room for two: 440.- CHF
  • Room for three or four: 400.- CHF

Registration : Please contact us via email or phone! info@aikidomontreux.com / 077 401 14 60

The teacher :

Patrick Cassidy has studied the art of Aikido for over 30 years. He spent more than six and a half years living and training fulltime in Iwama, Japan with the late Morihiro Saito, 9th dan. He has also continued his study with other wonderful instructors such as Takeda Yoshinobu, 7th dan, Robert Nadeau, 7th dan, Richard Moon, 5th dan, Peter Ralston, (the founder of Cheng Hsin), and Vernon Kitabu Turner Roshi. Cassidy Sensei also has committed himself to the practice of Yoga. During his stay in Japan he studied with Junko Tomonaga (Founder of the Tomonaga Yoga Institute). He also spent periods at the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh India. His study has taken him throughout Asia spending over three years travelling through India, Nepal and Tibet.

Patrick also offers a unique approach to the practice of meditation.  Inspired by his own discovery of the inherent ground of being, and the traditions of Advaita Vedanta, Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism and Zen, Patrick facilitates individuals to engage the questions of Being and Evolving in a way that lead to authentic experience and change.
The aspect of self awakening and evolution are important themes of the work done at Aikido Montreux. The teachings of Andrew Cohen, Vimala Thakar, Ajja, Eckhart Tolle and the Dalai Lama have inspired the dojo’s approach to the question of what does it mean to be alive and awake. Along with his own experiences and insight Cassidy Sensei offers a framework that gives students the chance to pursue the path of their own awakening and self transformation.

The Japanese art of tea ceremony offers a path of tranquility and peace to those who practice it. Sensei Cassidy practiced it for 17 years and studied it in Japan with Sensei Fukuda Satchiko and in California with Sensei Fujimoto. In 2000, Sensei Cassidy received his Chamei (the name of the tea) from Sensei Fukuda of the Ura Senke Hombu in Kyoto.