Exploring Chiang Mai Thailand Elephant Nature Park Part 1

Thank you for listening to part 1 of the fantastic adventure in Chiang Mai, Thailand! One Yoga Global hosted a yoga event in Thailand, giving yogis and yoga teachers the opportunity to support and save Elephants that were once in captivity. This unique adventure included yoga sessions with certified yoga teachers, workshops on preserving endangered species, and the opportunity to interact with the rescued Elephants. Participants also had the chance to explore the beauty of Thailand, with trips to the ancient temples, Thai cuisine, and the local culture. This event was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that provided a way to give back to the community while deepening your yoga and meditation practice.

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Episode Transcript

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Thank you for joining us to ourtravels of Thailand. It was a wonderful
experience. We're traveling as part ofthe One Yoga Global Retreat group to Chang
Mai, Thailand. We're spending fivedays in Chang Mai and five days at
the Elephant Nature Park, which isabout forty five minutes outside of Chang Mai.

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Chang Mai is in the Northeast Asiaarea between Hong Kong and Minimar,
north of Bangkok. We are agroup of twelve and our group leader is
the wonderful Alison Simms. We allare from different places globally a writing to
indulge in rich culture experiences, engagein yoga and sight seeing. We're stepping

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away from our regular jobs to volunteerin SIVA at the Elephant Nature Park.
Siva means selfless service for the goodof society. We all met for the
first time at the airport and weretransported to our breath taking accommodations at the

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Rear and Jardine Wellness Center and spa. The grounds were beautiful. We had
fresh fruit flowers and lovely fountains.The location was actually owned once by doctor
Chandra Sinjar Data, which is partof the watt Cake community. That community

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was also home to the first Christianchurch, and the village is located on
the east bank of the Ping Riverand has had active trade for over five
hundred years. So we all gotquickly unpacked and had a lovely dinner at
the deck One restaurant, which wasright across the street from the resort.

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The restaurant had a river view andwas our daily mill serves which had lavish
and it was The meals were justdelectable and it was covered by the retreat.
Allison gave us maps and escorted usto mini shops and watts with your
Temples. Her expertise in the layoutof the providence was superb and fun.

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Our daily yoga and meditation was basedon different principles for either a beginner or
advanced session. Our evenings were freeto be whisked off into the city on
their famous tuk tuks, which yourcycle taxis. Several of us took a
private tour to do Seta, whichis one of the sacred temples of Buddhism.

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Our highlight was going to Mannamoi CookingSchool, which is top rated.
It was based on the Foreigner tableconcept. The table was huge and we
all could sit around and gather.They had huge gardens that were beautiful.
Also, we were able to tastefresh teu mic and garlic chives. The

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school had an impressive menu for us. Some of the things we were able
to make were pat tie, TomGuy guy and green curry. It was
filled with fun and ended with yummymango sticky rice and tie tea. Over
the next few days, we weretotally immersed into the culture, getting pampered

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massages, more shopping, and evenlistening to the Flower Festival parade. It
was magical. We were in theheart of it all. We closed out
the resort stay with the nice relaxingyoga session to prepare for our journey to
Elephant Nature Park.