The Tourism Authority of Thailand has long recognised that Chiang Mai has become a well-known centre for wellness amongst not just Thai, but international residents and visitors. There are a great number of spas across Chiang Mai, there are also non-traditional healing centres, wellness centres, specialised alternative medicine clinics and importantly there is a wealth of residents who live and work here, renowned for their expertise and interests in the healing arts.
For those of us who live here, we again have an opportunity to indulge ourselves in expanding our knowledge and our wellbeing by joining in the two-day festival which will be held in the lush green space that is Lanna Devalai.
The festival will be set on the expansive and exquisitely designed grounds of Lanna Devalai, a purpose-built centre of meditation and wellness which incorporates a library and many spaces designed to soothe the soul and help those seeking something just beyond their grasp.
Within the two-day festival you will be able to join in a number of art therapy and healing workshop activities. This will include a workshop on crystal healing, an alternative therapy that utilises crystals and gemstones to promote healing and wellbeing. It is believed that crystals interact with the energy fields of the body and can help to create physical, emotional and spiritual balance. This ancient tradition will be introduced to those interested at the workshop.
There will also be a singing bowl healing workshop, otherwise known as sound therapy, an ancient Tibetan and Buddhist form of healing and relaxation where the soothing vibrations from the bowls come together with peaceful meditation to offer a deep sense of tranquillity and relaxation and even promises the ability to shift you to a higher consciousness.
Numerous activities will be available, designed to help detox emotions and dissolve negativity. Porjai Arts Studio will be putting on some children’s art therapy workshops such as showcasing how to make honey, lime and turmeric teas, how to make herbal vapours and more. The Orn Tai community will be offering foot-massages and herbal compresses and more.
A number of hand selected and curated businesses in the wellness industry have been invited to open booths to feature their products and services including spas, resorts, restaurants as well as representatives from a variety of communities which have deep rooted traditions in healing and wellbeing.
Event Schedule:
30th August
11am-11.30am Immune Booster Workshop by Buddha Raksa Nature Farm
11am-6pm Herbal vapour workshops by Ban Rai Gong King
11am-6pm Workshop herbal compress and foot massage by Orn Tai Community
11.30am-11.45am TAT Chiang Mai officiates over the opening of the festival, followed by group photographs
11.45am-1.15pm Crystal healing workshop
1.30am-2.30am Music by Anna Maria Olson
3pm-4pm Music by Opal A Capella 7 (feat. Pooh Wattanawan)
31st August
11am-1pm Singing bowl healing workshop
11am-6pm Herbal scented medicine by Ban Rai Gong King
11am-6pm Workshop herbal compress and foot massage by Orn Tai Community
1.30pm-2.30pm Music by Nohn Intaranan
3pm-4pm Music by Due Felicita-Two Happiness
4.30pm-6pm Workshop art therapy by Porjai Arts Studio
And no Thai festival would be complete without a plethora of giveaways, discounts and prizes to be won!
If you wish to have a chance to win or purchase these vouchers at a discount then go to the TAT Chiang Mai Facebook page take a screen capture of the voucher you wish for and post it to your own social media page, sending a message to TAT Chiang Mai Facebook page to prove that you have shared it. Once eligible, you will be put onto the list with a chance to win the following:
Forty lucky visitors will be able to purchase vouchers for entrance into The Cocoon Chiang Mai for only 200 baht per person, from the normal rate of 300 baht. The Camp Muay Thai Resort and Academy is also offering vouchers for 40 lucky people reducing their fees for Thai nationals from 699 baht to 399 baht and foreign nationals from 899 baht to 699 baht. Twenty people will be able to pick up 580 baht (Saturday) and 400 baht (Sunday) vouchers for 360Art Centre which normally go for 880 and 600 baht respectively, and WTF Coffee Camp Yoga Matcha will be putting on special yoga sessions for the 30th and 31st August at 9am offering ten people each day the session for a 500 baht vouchers.
