It’s been a while since my last blog post. I’ve been settling into a new pace of life, living and working in Nakhon Si Thammarat, not traveling as much. It’s been a time of deep reflection and inner listening. Although I’ve been practicing yoga for almost ten years and meditation for about two and a … More Stream of Consciousness: Ko Kradan, the Flood, and the Meditative Flow
I made a stopover in Surat Thani, a city on the mainland peninsula of Southern Thailand, before catching the ferry to the island of Ko Samui the next day. Knowing from experience how jacked up the prices can be in a beach town, I did a little shopping in Surat to stock up on essentials, the … More Ko Samui, Thailand
The German owner of the guesthouse where I stay, Willi (pronounced with a V sound), kindly offered to drive me to my meditation retreat at Wat Tam Doi Tone, a forest monastery about an hour and a half west of Chiang Mai towards Burma. Willi has given me many pieces of wisdom about Thailand, and the long car ride was a … More Forest Monastery
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