With Dr. Pongsakorn Suppakittpaisarn, Landscape Architect Description: Ajarn Pongsakorn will lead a guided hike to teach us about the trees and plants at Ang Kaew Reservoir and the Chiang Mai University campus. The walk usually starts on the main campus and ends up at the Ang Kaew Reservoir. The walk is on flat ground. There […]
Water of the Heart “For 11 years, I lived in a stilt house on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phya River opposite the Grand Palace. Fascinated by river life, I sought information that, as it turned out, didn’t exist because nobody had traveled the entire length of the river. So, despite being a neophyte, […]
Dates: Tuesdays, January 14, 21, & 28; February 4 Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am Cost: 1,000 THB for all 4 classes Description In this 4-week course, we will explore a series of standing Qigong movement and breathing exercises to build sophisticated body awareness, improve physical balance, and develop skillful reflexes to protect against falls. […]
Dates: January 16, 23, & 30; February 6, 2025 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Cost: 1,800 THB for the four-week series Description This 4 session art course will explore the basic concepts of art in a fun way. Attendants will be challenged to draw a self portrait without observing, to draw the negative space […]
Excursion Description: Participants will have the opportunity to live alongside the resident monastics at Songdhammakalyani Monastery in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, to get a real taste of what their lives are like. We will join in the chanting, do meditation, and join the dana offering at the Uposatha on Sunday morning. There will also be opportunities […]
Dates: Tuesdays, January 14, 21, & 28; February 4 Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am Cost: 1,000 THB for all 4 classes Description In this 4-week course, we will explore a series of standing Qigong movement and breathing exercises to build sophisticated body awareness, improve physical balance, and develop skillful reflexes to protect against falls. […]
Dates: January 16, 23, & 30; February 6, 2025 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Cost: 1,800 THB for the four-week series Description This 4 session art course will explore the basic concepts of art in a fun way. Attendants will be challenged to draw a self portrait without observing, to draw the negative space […]
Description “What is Bangkok like?” asked an American visitor rhetorically around the turn of the last century. Some sought to answer the question by evoking its “oriental” atmosphere or by relying on clichés like “Veniceof the East.” Others insisted its contrasts and contradictions made an easy description impossible. Bangkok in the early decades of the […]
Description Elephants have held an important role in the cultural history of Northern Thailand. They are iconized in sacred settings, their images reminding all of their relationship to the foundations of Northern Thai society. Originally used as beasts of burden, they facilitated the development of regional trade networks through difficult mountainous terrain as well as […]
Dates: Tuesdays, January 14, 21, & 28; February 4 Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am Cost: 1,000 THB for all 4 classes Description In this 4-week course, we will explore a series of standing Qigong movement and breathing exercises to build sophisticated body awareness, improve physical balance, and develop skillful reflexes to protect against falls. […]