The Gratitude Vietnam Retreat Venue Blog

(3 days, 3 nights) from $400 Dear Friends, We’re delighted to share with you the second of our upcoming retreats: a mindful mini-break designed to provide a weekend of stillness and peace in the midst of daily-stresses. Press pause on your busy life, step out of ‘auto-pilot’ and join us for an immersive and gentle weekend of living in mindful awareness. Through self-inquiry, guided activities, yoga and meditation, discover the benefits of ‘being present’ and give yourself pe

Dear friends, We’re delighted to announce visiting practitioner Rj Noble, who will be leading sound bowl Level 1 and 2 singing bowl training workshops here in August and September. Having experienced 1:1 sessions, group sound meditation journeys and training with Rj, I can personally highly recommend him and am thrilled that he is able to join us! 29th August – 2nd September (3 Days, 4 Nights) from $500 Every sound is a vibration and every living cell responds directly to vi

Dear Friends, As we frantically navigate the inevitably delayed finish of the villa, and ready it for photographs to be taken from Friday, we have encountered a day of balance. Balance of frustration and gratitude in equal measures! A day trip to DaNang is never really something we look forward to, as it means leaving our quiet bubble of happiness in Hoi An, however it had to be done! The electronics and cash-and-carry trip was productive, but the mission to get a VAT receipt

Dear Friends, Since signing the final villa contract last Monday, everything has stepped up a gear! The licence to build the yoga sala has just come through, the pool is filled with water, and we’ve completed the (slightly dreaded) trip to Danang to test and order mattresses and bedding. The mattress decision was a quick one! Those of you familiar with the cultural predilection for hard beds in Asia will be delighted to hear that they are Western-style, fully sprung, and th

Dear Friends, This week has been one of joy and delight! Having met Rj Noble several times in Hong Kong at the Shakti Healing Circle for both group meditations and a one-to-one sound healing, I was privileged to complete a ‘bowl mastery’ and sound healing course with him in Doi Saket near Chiang Mai, Thailand. Everything in the universe is constantly vibrating. The smallest particles studied by Quantum Physics such as photons and quarks that make up every solid, liquid and