Facts

Yoga and meditation

The yoga starts 29/10, 5 times/week (3 times per week until 4/11) at "the retreat", at far back of Cha Ba/Picasso´s garden, at the middle of Klong Dao Beach. You easily get there both from the main road and the beach.

New for this season, apart from the location, is the extended time for lessons from 1,5 hours to 2 hours. I think it´s very difficult to get time to go through everything important during 1,5 hour. Also often there´s hardly time for the relaxation afterwards, which is just as important as the asana's. And if we don´t have the time for long relaxations and meditations afterwards when we are on vacation, when will we ever have that?

09:00-11:00 Monday, Wednesday and Friday for beginners who have practiced some yoga before (and all the students that comes back every season) and introduction courses Tuesday and Thursday at the same time for beginners. The introduction course is 10 times and those who wish to continue join the other group.

I have yoga mats both for sale (from 700B) and to borrowing (included in the fee). You need soft clothes, long trousers and a big towel to put on your mat. Also this season the small yoga shop is available. Here you find cotton mats to put on top of your yoga mat, yoga clothes and so on.

10 x 2 hours lesson costs 4000B and are valid for 6 weeks. If you get sick we of course prolong the date.
For those who stay here during longer time and wants to do yoga practice during all their stay there is a card valid 1 month. This card costs 4500B/month and you can practice 22 times/month if you like, since this card entitles you to all classes in astanga yoga. You can also buy all season card, it costs 20 000B. Then you can join all astanga classes from beginning of October until the season ends in March/April.

Every course I teach include a donation to temple.

Meditation -for handling stress and increase focus

This meditation course is for everyone. For you who never tried meditation before, but also you who meditates but wants a new powerful tool.
You learn to use the meditation as a tool to reach deep relaxation, minimize stress and increase focus and concentration. This tool also helps to quiet the monkey , the mind, so that we can experience genuine relaxation and quietness. To implement some of the practice in your daily life, will help you to keep mental balance and calmness despite all stress.
All meditation is guided, so no previous skill or experience is needed. This course gives you simple tools that everyone participating in the course should practice every day, preferably in the morning and evening before you fall asleep.
This course is very suitable if your intentions are spiritual and also as an introduction if you are very interested and wants to deepen your knowledge of meditation through Vipassana.

These courses in english have no set dates. We start as soon as enough students have registered for the course or if you would like to have private lessons.

Many combine yoga and meditation since both are different tools for the same thing, so the result is excellent.

Vipassana

We do a small introduction course so that everyone know how to behave in the temple towards the monks. I also talk a little bit about basics within Buddhism. This course is for free. I prepare with my teacher for the 10 day teaching (apx 2 h/day) and I join the group to the temple the first morning. Whenever you need to talk I´m available.
If you want you donate money in an envelop to the temple as a gesture of gratitude. You can write on the envelope what purpose you choose for the money, ex Vipassana center.

Vipassana course has maximum 6 students.

I already have the students interested in Vipassana course for this season. So there´s reason to believe that the first course will be around December. Please let me know if you´re interested.

Daily Vipassana practice in "the retreat"

Everyone that practice Vipassana is welcome to join me in my own practice in the sala at "the retreat" between 0315 and 0515 in the morning. Since the Vipassana center is´nt ready yet and there´s a lot of novis monks and others who visits the temple for educations, it´s nice for both the monks and for us to have an alternative for our daily practice. Please let me know in advance that you´re coming, so that I can unlock the gate for you!