Join us for the one-and-only exclusive immersive retreat at The Intercontinental Resort in Danang Vietnam designed to empower you with the skills to care for your own body, mind, and spirit.
Self-Needling Training
with Susan Jones, Psycholgist and Acupuncturist
Learn Self-Acupuncture and be able to treat your own symptoms, release pain, and balance your energy anytime you need - no appointments, no fees, just powerful lifelong tools.
Daily Meditation Sessions
with Dina Kaplan, founder of The Path Meditation
Tap into inner peace and clarity through proven meditation practices that ground you, calm your nervous system, and strengthen your focus.
Personalized Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaching
with Jelena Jokovljevic, Mayo Clinic Certified Health Coach
Create a daily rhythm that supports your physical and emotional wellbeing with holistic coaching tailored to your unique needs.
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The Healing Sanctuary: Learn the Art of Self-Acupuncture in Paradise
Empower your health, relax in luxury, and return home renewed. Experience the Intercontinental Resort in Beautiful Danang Vietnam.
5 Day Immersive Retreat
This exclusive experience combines self-acupuncture training, daily-guided meditation, and personalized lifestyle coaching to help you reconnect with your body, calm your mind, and elevate your health. Surrounded by stunning natural beauty, you'll learn powerful tools to heal yourself and create lasting balance in your life.
$7,800 usd
2 Day Self-Acupuncture Training
In this focused retreat, you'll receive expert, hands-on training to confidently and safely needle yourself, empowering you to take control of your health and wellbeing - all in one of the most luxurious settings in the world.
$3,300 usd
One-on-One Self-Acupuncture Training
In this exclusive setting, you'll work one-on-one with Susan Jones, a master practitioner for 27 years, to learn precise techniques of self-needling tailored to your unique needs, empowering you to confidently heal and support your body for a lifetime.
You will get 2 days of personalized training with Susan Jones in the luxury Intercontinental Danang Resort. The fee includes a King suite and all meals for 3 nights and 2 days.
$5,000 usd
Corporate Wellness
Through expert-led self-acupuncture training, meditation, and lifestyle coaching, your group will gain practical tools for self-healing- leading to a stronger, healthier, and more vibrant workplace culture.
Fee To Be Determined By Number of Attendees
The Healing Sanctuary: Learn the Art of Self-Acupuncture in Paradise
Empower your health, relax in luxury, and return home renewed.
Experience the Intercontinental Resort in Beautiful Danang Vietnam
5 Day Healing & Support Retreat for Cancer Patients
Empower Your Healing. Strengthen Your Organs. Support Your Journey.
When the body is living with cancer, it is no longer in a state of natural flow—it is in the process of shutting down. At this retreat, we focus on shifting the body back into a state of openness, vitality, and internal regeneration.
Over five days, participants will learn how to use self-acupuncture, guided meditation, and targeted lifestyle practices to support their body from the inside out. Together, we will practice specific acupuncture protocols that promote blood flow, rebuild all of the organs—especially the Kidneys, which support the immune system, energy reserves, and the body’s ability to resist further breakdown.
Cancer disrupts nearly every system in the body—thermoregulation, digestion, sleep, emotional stability, and physical comfort. Many cancer patients no longer feel at home in their own skin. This retreat offers tools to begin reclaiming that connection.
But this is not a quick fix. Healing from within takes deep commitment and daily effort. The acupuncture points you’ll learn must be practiced regularly—much more frequently than for those without illness. The more consistent and assertive your needling practice, the more the body can respond with strength, vitality, and regeneration.
With the support of our highly qualified team, this retreat will help you begin that process. Through daily self-acupuncture training with Susan, mindfulness and meditation with Dina, and personalized lifestyle coaching with Jelena, we will support you in becoming an active participant in your healing journey.
We don’t promise a magical quick fix—but we do promise empowerment. In fact, people begin to feel relief and ease as soon as they start needling. When you focus on going to the root of the breakdown in the system, the state of the organs and the flow of blood will shift and change. The body will begin to come back to life and you will feel these shifts and changes immediately. Sleep, appetite, digestion, bowels, urination, body temperature, sweating, mood/emotions, pain will all begin to move towards homeostasis- the perfect balance within the body.
This retreat is your first step toward that regeneration.
$7,800
Couples Connection Retreat
Release the Past. Reconnect in the Present. Rebuild Together.
Let’s start with the truth: relationships are hard. Sharing your life—your time, your space, your emotions—with another person is one of the most intense challenges we take on as human beings. Much of what makes it difficult stems from trauma we carry from childhood—experiences that shaped us long before we entered our adult partnerships.
This retreat is designed to help couples reconnect by focusing first on healing the individual. Through the practice of self-acupuncture, each partner learns how to release emotional trauma and energetic blocks that have lived in the body for years, often decades. These old wounds silently sabotage our ability to communicate, to be vulnerable, to feel safe, and to truly connect.
As each partner learns to needle themselves and support their own healing, they begin to show up in the relationship as a more open, grounded, and emotionally available version of themselves. When both people are doing this work, the relationship becomes more manageable, more realistic, and more deeply fulfilling.
This retreat is not about fixing your partner—it’s about becoming your best self so that you can be a better partner. Because in any long-term relationship, especially one that involves parenting, it simply isn’t enough for one person to be doing all the emotional labor. True connection happens when both people are strong, self-aware, and working toward growth.
Through daily self-acupuncture, meditation and mindfulness training with Dina, and lifestyle coaching with Jelena, our team will support each couple in getting back on the right path—one grounded in healing, mutual respect, and deeper understanding.
This retreat is not a final destination, but the first meaningful step toward creating a healthier, more fulfilling relationship. As each person learns to find happiness within themselves, they become capable of truly sharing that happiness with their partner.
$7,800
5 Day Weight Loss & Metabolism Reset Retereat
Heal Your Organs. Master Your Habits. Find Power in Stillness.
This retreat is not a quick fix—it’s a complete recalibration of how your body functions, how your organs process food, and how you care for yourself each day.
Over five days, you will learn to use self-acupuncture as a daily tool to strengthen your Stomach and Spleen organs, which in Chinese medicine are responsible for digestion, metabolism, and the healthy transformation of food into energy. When the Spleen becomes sluggish or stagnant, the body stops processing food efficiently and instead stores it—leading to bloating, fatigue, and weight gain. By activating specific acupuncture points, you’ll begin to restore these organs to higher function—helping the body eliminate waste instead of storing it.
Susan will teach you a precise acupuncture protocol to improve digestion, strengthen the metabolism, support the Large Intestine in elimination, and bring more overall calm and stability to your system—helping reduce the tendency to eat from stress or emotional overwhelm.
You’ll also work daily with Dina, who will guide you through mindfulness, breathwork, and meditation practices to help you feel grounded, present, and more connected to your body. Her work supports self-acceptance, body awareness, and emotional ease—all critical components of sustainable weight loss.
Jelena, our Mayo Clinic certified health and wellness coach, will offer daily support in understanding how different foods affect your unique body and metabolism. She’ll help you craft a personalized nutritional approach that is simple, clean, and aligned with your body type—not based on restriction, but on balance. And after the retreat, she offers three additional private coaching sessions to help keep you on track once you return home.
We emphasize: there is no miracle diet, and there are no shortcuts. But there is a formula—a system of support that includes self-needling, mindful eating, hydration, movement, sleep, emotional regulation, and stress reduction. When you begin to put these pieces into place, your body responds. The shifts are real. Your energy improves, digestion stabilizes, inflammation reduces, and the body naturally moves toward its healthiest weight.
This retreat is your opportunity to reset. To treat your body with care. To learn lifelong tools that will support a metabolism that works for you, not against you.
$7,800
Fertility & Conception Retreat
Awaken your fertility. Strengthen your body. Create new life.
For over 27 years, more than half of my acupuncture practice has focused on helping women conceive—and through that time, I’ve discovered the formula that works. This retreat is for women who are actively trying to get pregnant, whether naturally or through IVF, and who are ready to take control of their fertility journey in a new, powerful way.
In Chinese medicine and Five Element acupuncture, conception depends heavily on the strength of the Kidney and Bladder organs. When these organs are weak, the uterus and ovaries cannot function at full capacity. When they are strong, the body becomes fertile.
In the past, I achieved consistent results by needling my fertility patients very regularly. But now, I teach women how to needle themselves—because the results come from consistent, ongoing treatment. And just like doctors trust you to give yourself hormone injections at home during IVF, I believe women can safely and effectively treat themselves with acupuncture too.
At this luxury retreat, you’ll learn exactly how to do that. You’ll be guided through the same points I’ve used to help hundreds of women conceive: points that strengthen the Kidney organ and regulate internal body temperature (via the Triple Heater)—both of which are essential not just for conception, but for maintaining a healthy pregnancy and growing a strong, healthy baby.
You’ll leave with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to support your fertility every day, from the comfort of your own home. This retreat gives your body the foundation it needs to help the process succeed from beginning to end.
$7,800
Client Reviews
"I took the Acupuncture Yourself seminar and it has been a real life-changer. I was having some very serious health issues and I was tired of Western medicine always resorting to prescription drugs and/ or surgery. I've always been interested in natural healing and the concept of healing myself through self-acupuncture was very appealing. I learned the basics of Acupuncture, the points to needle and the correlation to the appropriate organ. I needle the twelve organs on a regular basis and I feel so much better physically and mentally! What a wonderful gift that's been given to me. I wish I had learned this years ago!"
Nancy L.
"I feel like I've gone on a great journey inside myself ever since I took the 2 day immersive training to learn to needle myself. I am feeling more and more grounded and content emotionally. Physically my body is thriving. No more headaches! Learning to heal myself with acupuncture is the best money I ever spent."
Suzi Q
"I was definitely a skeptic when I signed up for this course. I started needling myself regularly on the points Susan taught us and everything in my body keeps improving. I'm sleeping great for the first time in my life. My writing is more creative and it's easier to focus and meet my deadlines at work. All in all, I feel better on every level"
Hall P
"Susan is a master healer and now a master teacher. i know this because she was the first person twenty years ago who asked me what was going on in my personal life when I went to see her for a physical dis-ease. She was the first person who linked those two things together for me, how my lifestyle choices and my emotions were linked to the manifestations in my body. Now, she is teaching me the reverse engineering of that. I can needle points on my own body to help fortify what I need to call in better boundaries and let go easier. Healing early childhood traumas through needling is something I didnt even know I could do but she teaches powerful Chinese Five Element points all over the body that are easy to find and easy to needle. It's been a profound and intimate journey with myself and she is walking me home to help me create the life that I have always wanted- a strong foundation physically, emotionally and spiritually. Needling is now my meditation practice in the morning. I can now nourish myself from the inside out. It's been a lifelong dream of mine to learn acupuncture and she makes it so simple, yet held its power. I am forever grateful that she has had the courage and insight to teach people how to empower themselves.
Betty N
Taking Susan Jones’s Self- acupuncture class has been a truly transformative experience. Susan’s approach goes far beyond just teaching techniques—she empowers her students to take control of their own health and emotional well-being. Her deep knowledge, combined with a compassionate teaching style, made the class both educational and inspiring.
What stood out most to me was how she connected the physical practice of acupuncture with broader principles of self-awareness and long-term wellness. Through her guidance, I gained valuable insights into how to manage my health proactively, rather than reactively.
Susan created a safe, supportive environment that encouraged open discussion and personal growth. I walked away from this class not only with practical skills but also with a renewed sense of confidence in my ability to influence my own healing journey.
I highly recommend this class to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of acupuncture and a more empowered approach to life and health.
Loretta L
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Who is teaching the retreat?Susan Jones – Psychologist and Acupuncturist with 27 years of experience. She will guide all acupuncture training sessions. Dina Kaplan – Founder of The Path Meditation, will lead daily meditation and grounding practices. Jelena Jokovljevic – Certified health and wellness coach, will offer guidance on nutrition, lifestyle, and detox support.
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What’s included in the retreat package?Five nights in a luxury oceanview suite at the Intercontinental Resort Daily self-acupuncture training sessions Guided meditation and breathwork Personal health coaching Gourmet breakfast daily & healthy lunch daily Welcome gifts including: Personal journal Starter pack of acupuncture needles Biohazard disposal box Optional spa and beach time, plus full access to resort amenities
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What is the daily schedule like?Each day includes: Morning meditation Self-acupuncture learning & practice Midday health coaching or small group sessions Free time for the beach, spa, or personal reflection Evening relaxation A detailed schedule will be sent before your arrival.
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Is this safe? Will I be needling myself?Yes, you’ll learn to insert very fine, sterile needles into specific acupuncture points on your own body. Safety, comfort, and hygiene are our top priorities. You will be guided every step of the way by an experienced teacher.
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Is the training customized to my health concerns?Yes. While everyone learns the same foundational system, you’ll also learn specific points to treat your unique physical or emotional symptoms. We allow time for 1:1 guidance.
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What should I pack?You’ll receive a full packing list before departure. Essentials include: Comfortable clothing for sitting, movement, and accessing arms/legs/abdomen Swimwear, sunhat, and sandals for beach and pool time A light shawl or wrap for meditation Your curiosity and willingness to explore new ways of healing
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Can I bring a partner or friend who is not participating?Yes, non-participating guests are welcome to share your room for an additional fee. However, access to training sessions is only available to registered participants.
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How do I get to the resort?Da Nang International Airport (DAD) is just 45 minutes from the resort. We can arrange private airport transfers upon request. Details will be provided after registration.
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What is the focus of this retreat?This 5-day luxury retreat offers a powerful immersion into the practice of self-acupuncture. You’ll learn how to treat your own body using ancient wisdom rooted in the Five Elements and modern understandings of anatomy and energetics. The training empowers you to support your health, longevity, and emotional balance—anytime, anywhere.
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Do I need prior experience with acupuncture?No prior experience is needed. This retreat is designed for beginners and curious wellness seekers. We teach a highly accessible method that allows you to safely and confidently use acupuncture on yourself.
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Join us in Danang for a once-in-a-lifetime luxury retreat that will change your health- and your life- forever.
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