Our class begins with a visit to an authentic Thai Buddhist Temple in the San Francisco Bay Area for a wonderful cultural experience and delicious Thai brunch.

Sometimes we encounter Buddhist holiday celebrations, costumed Thai musicians and dance performers, and Thai fruit & vegetable carving classes, which is a form of meditation and creating beauty for the participants.

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Sawasdee means Welcome!...To magical Lucas Valley, in beautiful Marin County and Northern California. Visitors from all over the world come for an extraordinary, life-enhancing week of personal retreat, delicious organic meals, wholistic learning, fun and friendship in the Thai extended family tradition...Sawasdee!