Thursday 16 January, 2020 Exploring Santitham and Wat Santitham I have a routine to my typical day, even though no day in Chiang Mai is really typical. My day starts with a check of e-mail and any pressing work-related issues, then either yoga practice at 8:00 AM and then breakfast, or a small breakfast and then yoga practice at 10:00 AM. The afternoons are typically hot and humid, so I do not want to spend […]
Wednesday 15 January, 2020 Exploring Wiang Kum Kam After yoga today, I stopped at the Amazing Alleyway for a fruit smoothie. Kuhn Sun makes the best fruit smoothies in much of the old city, and she is very friendly. Being conveniently located at the sio (lane) one takes to get to Wild Rose Yoga, it is popular with the yoga teachers and students. Wiang Kum Kam Two friends, Kathy and Gordon, from Canada whom I […]
Sunday, January 12, 2020 Returning to Wat Sri Suphan Yoga practice today was with Annie, a very strong practice, as they all are at Wild Rose Yoga. I like all of the teachers at Wild Rose, they all are very skilled at yoga asana, very adept at demonstrating, and very good teachers. This is a credit to Rose, the owner, who selects the teachers. This year I have practiced with Sera, Annie, May, Airy, Earthy, […]
Saturday, January 11, 2020 The Flower Market I skipped yoga practice with Earthy at Wild Rose Yoga today because I thought I had an appointment with Om to finish the gua sha treatment. When I arrived at her studio, she was surprised to see me; there had been a miscommunication and she had scheduled a doctor’s visit at this time. We re-scheduled gua sha for Monday. With some extra time, I decided to walk to […]
Thursday, January 9, 2020 Wild Rose Yoga I have often described Wild Rose Yoga as a small yoga studio in an old traditional teak Thai house. It is small. The room in which yoga is practiced can hold only 20 yoga mats, all very close together. And almost every class has 20 students, so it is an intimate space in which to practice. Here are a few pictures, including me at the entrance sign: And […]
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 A walk around the Southeast quadrant of the old Chiang Mai city The day today started with an invigorating, energetic yoga practice with Annie as instructor. Although Annie’s practice is challenging, she is always smiling, she is a very good teacher, and her adjustments are always an improvement in the pose. After practice I walked over to the Amazing Alleyway for a fresh juice smoothie with a young man from Israel. […]
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 A mellow, rest day in Chiang Mai I have been practicing yoga every day, walking around the old city every day, and some fatigue is easing in. Time for some rest and a bit of rejuvenation. After breakfast and catching up on personal and work e-mail. I decided to go in search of the Samlaan Barber who cut my hair very nicely twice while I was here last year. While in […]
Sunday, January 5, 2020 A routine day in Chiang Mai Insofar as any day in Chiang Mai can be considered “routine,” this Sunday was a relatively routine day, except that I did not practice yoga today as I had another appointment at the same time. The day started with breakfast at the Good Morning Chiang Mai. After breakfast I grabbed my camera and left early to walk to Om’s for a gua sha session. Wat […]
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 New Year’s Day Forest Hike to Wat Palad Started the day with a invigorating yoga practice with Annie. Annie is a truly gifted teacher, her yoga skills are unsurpassed, heavily influenced by the Ashtanga yoga style, and her passion for yoga comes through in her teaching at every class. The idea of starting the new year with a hike through the forest/jungle up to Wat Palad came to me, so after […]
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 Chiang Mai Second Day Walk Inside the Old City After another very strong yoga session bright and early at 8 AM, I had breakfast and decided to make a walk inside the old city. Seemed appropriate after walking the circumference of the wall/moat yesterday. And, I might see what preparations are being made for the New Year celebrations. After King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX) passed away three years ago, there […]
Monday, December 30, 2019 Chiang Mai First Day Walk Around the Wall/Moat After a strong yoga session bright and early at 8 AM, I had breakfast at the Good Morning Chiang Mai cafe (Good Morning Chiang Mai is the cafe/coffee shop and Tropical Inn is the guest house). Breakfast is included with the room, so it is convenient. Here is photo of the entrance area of Good Morning Chiang Mai/Tropical Inn. I decided to sort […]
Sunday, December 29, 2019 Traveling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai First on the agenda is breakfast, a the rather nice breakfast buffet included with the room rate. At about 7:30 AM, I made my way to the breakfast buffet. [I would share a picture of the overall buffet, but I do not feel comfortable taking pictures of people in a fairly close setting without their permission.] So here is a very similar breakfast to that […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 