Note: due to the floods in Thailand and the economic malaise in the US, we're reworking this program - it'll be a shorter tour at a bargain budget, slated for spring 2012.

Here's what we're planning: scheduled to depart in late February 2012... ten days in beautiful Thailand! Please note that this is a primarily a spiritual travel adventure and if your primary purpose is not transformative and devotional, this may not be the vacation you're looking for. However, if you're the kind of person who dreams of combining meditation and fun... you belong with us! Welcome!

We start the tour in beautiful Chiang Mai at Mantak Chia's Tao Garden, set on 80 beautiful garden acres with its own organic farm. Tao Garden is internationally renowned as a healing resort, where we can experience a wide array of holistic healing methods. The spa was founded by the Taoist Master Mantak Chia, and it utilizes his experience with Thai and Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic Indian and western holistic medicines, along with many different kinds of massages and ancient healing practices. These are combined into a singular system, blending the traditional Eastern arts of Taoist massage, acupuncture, Ayurvedic practices and 5 Element Chinese healing systems from India with the new developments in holistic Western medicine. As a group, we will do a cleanse, study meditation and tai chi, and delve into advanced tantric exercises - and in fact, will be learning directly from Master Chia about these subjects in a rare and unique workshop.

Visitors to the Tao Garden have reported losing weight, reducing high blood pressure, and feeling significantly healthier after staying at this spiritual resort, so if you aren't interested in the core lectures - there's still plenty for you to do. Our goal for our group is to learn some advanced tantra exercises and theory, and to begin the process of Taoist age reversal and access the deeper techniques of Taoist meditation.

The tour begins with an optional pre-conference cleansing process - at an additional cost - with multi-day detox at Tao Garden.

You can find out more at: www.tao-garden.com.



From Chiang Mai, we'll head south to Bangkok and Phuket. We'll stay in terrific luxury hotels - in single occupancy luxury suites and gorgeous beach front pool villas, and seek a balance of group activities and individual "exploration time". The plan is to keep the tour off the beaten track, so it's less about hustle & bustle and seeing as many sights as possible, and more about seeing the beauty of the present moment. For example, instead of a nine Wat tourist tour (considered to be lucky) that rushes people through as many temples as possible, we have set up a meaningful dharma talk with a leading Buddhist monk who was featured in CNN. Instead of just going to see a muy thai fight, we'll go and study kickboxing for an afternoon. But there will be touristy events too - for example, a Chao Prya river tour and a walk through the famous Night Bazaar. Finally, we won't discuss our "night time activities" publicly... let's just say that activities are custom tailored for both men and women. Also, whatever happens in Bangkok stays in Bangkok. Trust us on this... you're gonna have the time of your life.



Then, we'll head farther south to Phuket, to rest and recuperate by the sea. Feast on healthy mouth watering gourmet specialties. Stay in unique first class accommodations and experience wonderful daily qigong, yoga and meditation offerings. Our goal for this leg of the journey is to access a space of deep languid relaxation and freedom, so yummy that you'll never want to go home. No required planned activities, except for sun, sand, scuba... spectacular! This is for those who understand il dolce far niente - the sweetness of doing nothing.

This will be an unique and notable spiritual travel experience, replete with experiences at both raw/vegan as well as gourmet restaurants, in both first class hotels as well as less expensive but unique accommodations, providing a chance to study directly with world famous spiritual teachers as well as immerse yourself in the local culture... all in the company of beautiful and spiritual co-travelers. 
The rate for the 10 day tour (including accommodations and about half of your meals, with two transit days, and exclusive of airfare) will be just a bit more than $3000. This includes a cleanse and detox to kick off the tour.
If you're interested, please register below (where it says "I will go to this Event" , and we'll put you on the list of interested parties. Also, if you'd like to learn more, click below to download our extensive brochure:

Note: The tour is not responsible for any incidential or consequential issues arising from those holistic treatments. Please review health program materials from Tao Garden directly.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at: moses @ thespiritualitynetwork.com.