THE AWAKENING RETREAT
Chaing Mai, Thailand
November 2nd - 7th, 2026
Awaken to your true nature!
Join Aimee as she brings her passion for practices that invite awakening and freedom to this five-night, all-inclusive offering. This time away has been designed to help you step gently into the deeper realms of yourself, develop a relationship with who you truly are, and discover a profound connection to your inner wisdom.
This retreat is a deep dive into the body's systems. Through these body maps, we are guided to the realization that every single part of our being has the potential to become aware of itself. The result of such awakening is a richer, more vibrant experience of living, the ultimate promise of yoga. Aimee draws on her love for the profound and life-affirming teachings of Tantric Shaivism and her extensive training in many styles of yoga to assist you in the blossoming of this potential within your being.
Our body and its movement are essential experiences of the interconnectedness within ourselves and with all of life. This precious connection to the potency of the source power moving through us and as us can dissolve inner conflict and the fractured parts of ourselves. From this place of wholeness, our inherent creativity and joy awaken, allowing us to live in a way that feels playful, spontaneous, and free. This is our 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 Awakening 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 Tantric Flow 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
• 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
KIND WORDS
KIND WORDS
Mala Dhara, Chaing 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…
Awakening Retreat Investment at Mala Dhara!
Early bird (booking before 2nd of August, 2026
Twin share - $2350 AUD
Single - $2750 AU
Bring a friend - $2250 AUD
Full price (booking after 2nd of August)
Twin share - $2450 AUD
Single - $2850 AUD
Bring a friend - $2350 AUD
A deposit of $ 500 AUD is required to secure your exquisite and exotic time away in glorious Thailand!
The beauty of Tantric yoga, and any offering steeped in its teachings, is that whilst it upholds the premise that the practice is about enlightenment, it acknowledges that most of us, including myself, 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 sacred path with you.
