THE SUBLIME RETURN
Somatic Descent into the Tides Within
Chiang Mai, Thailand
November 2nd - 7th, 2026
Joy-centric. Embodied. Awake…
Join Aimee for a five-night, all-inclusive retreat designed to guide you gently into the deeper realms of yourself. This is an invitation to develop a real relationship with who you truly are, and to discover a profound connection to the living intelligence within your own body.
At the heart of this retreat is a deep dive into the body's systems through the lens of Awakened Body Yoga. Drawing on the life-affirming teachings of Tantric Shaivism and her extensive training across many styles of practice, Aimee guides you through a series of body maps: explorations that reveal how every part of our being has the capacity to become aware of itself. The result is a richer, more vibrant experience of being alive. The ultimate promise of yoga.
Through guided somatic movement, yoga, and breathwork, you will cultivate awareness from the deepest cellular layers to the surface of your skin, reconnect with the intelligence of your inner body systems, and awaken the subtle body through embodied presence, meditation, and conscious movement.
Our bodies and their movement are essential experiences of our interconnectedness, with ourselves and with all of life. When we touch this potency, inner conflict begins to dissolve, and the fractured parts of ourselves find their way home. From this place of wholeness, creativity and joy awaken naturally, and life becomes more playful, spontaneous, and free.
This is not something you have to earn. It is your birthright.
“The mark of such a yogi is joy-filled amazement” - The Shiva Sutra
Imagine blissful days being like this….
• Wake up amongst the serenity and greet the day with an early morning yoga practice.
• Breakfast afterwards prepared with the freshest local produce, including juices and fruit.
• Enjoy a relaxing massage or float.
• The day is then yours to enjoy. Maybe take a transfer to the town for shopping, a temple visit, or a foodie experience. Or laze by the pool, luxuriate with a massage or body treatment, rest, sleep, read a book or do nothing at all.
• All meals are vegan, organic and served buffet style in the stylish Kin Dee restaurant (you won’t be disappointed even if you're a meat eater!)(Please let us know of any dietary requirements at the time of your booking)
• An afternoon class dedicated to Meditation, Kriya yoga, Restorative or Yin Yoga to help unwind the body. Each session dedicated to the Koahas (sheaths of the embodied Soul)
Your Thailand Sublime Return Retreat includes:
• Transfers to and from Chiang Mai International Airport
• A welcoming ceremony and opening circle
• 5 nights accommodation at the Mala Dhara retreat resort
• 5 daily Awakened Body Yoga classes
• 5 daily yoga practices dedicated to Yin Yoga/Restorative Yoga/Meditation
• 2 complimentary treatments of massage or float tank session (option to choose either 2 massages, two floats or 1 massage & 1 float)
• A group hot springs and scrub night (this is the best kind of nourishing fun!)
• Delicious Thai breakfasts, lunches and dinners daily
Group outing to the local sacred sites
Fire ceremony and Mantra Medicine Circle
Moving from “the mind” of the body systems somatic workshop
• A mala bracelet retreat gift
• Unlimited fresh filtered water
• Plenty of time for yourself to relax by the pool or explore the many sites of Chang Mai
• Wi-Fi
You can do as little or as much of the daily schedule. Design this journey to meet your needs!
KIND WORDS
KIND WORDS
Mala Dhara, Chiang Mai
Nestled among the lush rice fields just outside Chiang Mai, Mala Dhara is a sanctuary for rest, renewal, and reconnection. This eco-chic retreat centre celebrates simplicity and sustainability, with beautiful earthen villas, an open-air yoga shala, a saltwater pool, and organic gardens that supply its delicious farm-to-table vegetarian cuisine.
Surrounded by the gentle rhythm of northern Thailand’s countryside, Mala Dhara offers the perfect setting to slow down, breathe deeply, and immerse yourself in practice. Every detail invites you to return to nature and to yourself — a true home for the heart.
The Rice Field Yoga Shala is located in the sublime breeze of the Mala Dhara rice fields, with open wall-less views of the sky, rice fields and distant mountains. This large yoga shala is the preferred sunrise gathering space and is the shala most groups seeking to align with nature can’t resist using during the majority of their yoga retreat. With such an expansive feeling of being immersed in nature combined with the convenience of a nearby bathroom and electricity, it is easy to see why retreat groups often use the Rice Field Yoga Shala as their base camp.
At Mala Dhara Chiang Mai Yoga Retreat Centre, Eco Resort and Organic Farm, they like food, they like eating, and they like to share. Their Kin Dee Plant-Based Vegan Restaurant is the very heart of Mala Dhara and reflects their attitudes and ethos. They love their food: fun, fresh, local, organic, and of the highest quality in every way possible. They strive to pour their hearts out, laugh until it hurts and take the source, quality and taste of all of their ingredients seriously.
The Mala Dhara menu changes with the seasons, the harvests and the playful creative juices flowing through our living kitchen…
The Sublime Return Retreat Investment at Mala Dhara!
Early bird (booking before 2nd of August, 2026
Twin share - $2897 AUD
Single - $3397 AU
Bring a friend - $2797 AUD
Full price (booking after 2nd of August)
Twin share - $2997 AUD
Single - $3497 AUD
Bring a friend - $2897 AUD
(Payment plans are available)
A deposit of $ 500 AUD is required to secure your exquisite and exotic time away in glorious Thailand!
The beauty of Awakened Body Yoga is that it is rooted in the teachings of Tantra, a tradition that upholds enlightenment as the goal of practice whilst acknowledging that most of us, myself included, will not experience that in this lifetime. An equally important goal in this tradition is to have a beautiful life!
That is my wish for us all.
I look forward to walking this path with you.
