Sound Healing in Thailand
When people ask me what my favorite country is - I always struggle - I have been to so many absolutely amazing and fascinating countries that I can barely choose anymore! Southeast Asia is one of manyyyy favorite places in the world but what I can say for certain - Thailand is always a place I will always return too.
TBH I love leaving the US and prefer spending my time elsewhere because every time I leave I can feel the clutches of US-capitalism-need-to-be-busy-in-order-to-be-a-good-human draining from my soul and body. I find that whenever I am in Southeast Asia / Thailand I specifically feel like I am in a complete flow state with the universe.
In the spring of 2025 I took myself on a solo adventure through Southeast Asia; I went to Korea for the first time as well as Japan and the Philippines. I saw Mt Fuji for the first time and cried happy tears, I saw my best friend David in Osaka and Kyoto, I witnessed it snow in Tokyo. In the Philippines I scuba dove the reef in Cebu which is absolutely stunning and life changing; and for the main topic of this blog - I also returned to Thailand. I visited Koh Phangan, an island I had not previously been to - for another yoga teacher training (100hrs) and gave myself another gift a month later - climbing the big walls at Tonsai Beach.
While I was on Koh Phangan living out my best life I scootered all over the island, meeting new friends, seeing old friends, getting tattooed, dancing until dawn, attending my first Full Moon Party (all completely sober I might add!) I was one with the universe and one with magical energy of Thailand.
I went to a resort called The Sanctuary for my yoga teacher training - taught by the most amazing teacher I’ve ever had - Janine. She was so knowledgeable and trained in so many different types of yoga, she was concise and consistent and answered any and all questions I had. Janine and I bonded and when she found out I was a sound healer she told me there was another retreat being hosted at The Sanctuary - called Wonderment Retreats - that requested a sound healer! How lucky I felt to be able to offer Crystal Bowl Sound Healing sessions while I was there learning. Being a teacher and a student at the same time has always felt so good to me and so I happily obliged and took part in their last day; their Spirit Day honoring the Akasha!
One of my requirements for my 100 hr YTT with Janine was to also teach while I was there, and luckily next door there was another resort called Why Nam and so I was able to teach yoga there and offer even more Crystal Bowl Sound Healing sessions! Super special thanks Melina for helping me coordinate a bunch of sessions and classes during my stay!
When I travel and I find myself in this gorgeous flow state I find the friends I make, the things I learn and the collaborations I find are so heart centered in soul family. It’s such an honor to move through these spaces in faraway corners of the world and find such epic opportunities…
… and speaking of other magical opportunities, while on Koh Phangan 2 other amazing things happened for me.
I got an email saying that I was finally accepted to Quepasana on Maui for their 12 day Vipassana Retreat - I had been on the waitlist for about 6 years (due to covid) and when I looked at the dates of the retreat it worked perfectly to be when I was already heading over to Hawai’i to visit my cousin! I was overjoyed as a life goal of mine since I started learning about meditation was always to one day to a 12 day silent retreat and here it was falling directly into my lap.
After this glorious email I had received I got an amazing phone call from my friend Hanna who was inviting me to work a month long pop-up city called Edge City and be their resident Wellness Lead doing all their morning meditations, yoga, breathwork and crystal bowl sound healing sessions. So that meant right after my 12 day Vipassana retreat and visiting my cousin on Kauai (and hiking the Napali Coast, of course) I would be coming back to California to work this amazing month long event in Headlesberg, CA!
Such magic happens when we listen to the call of our soul and fling ourselves off familiar routined-cliffs and realize that are wings are born as we trust fall. I am so grateful to Past Jess for trusting herself and her desires and fulfilling her needs and always marching to the beat of her own drum. I am the person I am because I’ve always only ever listened to my heart. I can happily say that I live without regret - because I’ve never not-done something I’ve wanted to do, and because of that I’m happy with who I am and who I will inevitably become.
Xoxo
Spirit Day with Wonderment Retreats