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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
Cost 9,500 THB per person for shared twin room; 10,700 THB for single room Description This three-day, two-night excursion will offer participants the opportunity to see and learn from Lanna scholar and professor, Dr. Ratanaporn Sethakul Ph.D., about the history, culture, architecture, and way of life of the people in Phayao, a charming city located […]
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 […]