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Weekly Retreat 12 - 19 September 2025

Updated: Jul 5

WEEK OF MINDFULNESS RETREAT
REGISTRATION FOR ON-SITE PRACTICE 
AT THE MONASTERY 
Arrival Day - September 12th, 2025

Dear Friends,

Thai Plum Village brothers and sisters are happy to announce that registration for the upcoming Week of Mindfulness is open. The retreat will be held at the Thai Plum Village International Practice Center from September 12th to 19th, 2025.


The following are basic notes for friends who are interested in registering for the retreat:

  • Languages: Vietnamese, English, and Thai.

  • The number of retreatants: 150 friends.

  • Instructions for Registration: Please click on the link below to complete the registration form. The link will be open on July 15th, 2025 (3:00 P.M. GMT+7, Thailand time).

  • Arrival date: September 12th, 2025 - The Monastery’s representatives will pick you up at the airports on that day between 01:00 P.M. and 04:00 P.M. Therefore, please kindly book your flight that arrives at the airport in the morning or before 03:00 P.M.

  • Departure dates: September 19th, 2025 - Please kindly book your flight that departs after 02:30 P.M.

Notes: 

  • The Monastery is not responsible for your flight ticket if you decide to settle it before a successful registration is confirmed.

  • You are recommended to arrive and leave the Monastery on the listed arrival dates. 

  • The monastery will have a period of monastic practice so extending your stay will not be possible after September 19th, 2025.

  • To guarantee community practice and activities, the Monastery only receives participants five years old or older.

  • Please read all the information that follows before filling out the registration form. 



A. REGISTERING TO VISIT THE MONASTERY

To visit the Monastery, these are must-haves: 

  1. Registration link: To register, please follow the link and fill in the form: Breathe and Smile. The link will be available here and open on July 15th, 2025 at 03:00 P.M. (GMT+7, Thailand time) and will close automatically when fully booked.



  1. Necessary details for registering: email address, date of birth, telephone number, Viber or Zalo number (to be convenient to pick you up at the Thai airport), passport number, etc.

  2. After successfully registering on the link above, you will immediately receive an email notification that shows you have successfully registered and provides instructions for you to send us your flight ticket details. You are asked to read thoroughly all the information and all the attached files. Your flight ticket details should be sent to us before July 30th, 2025. July 30th, 2025, if your flight ticket has not been sent to us accordingly, your registration will be considered canceled.

  3. Health insurance and travel insurance: You are advised to purchase health insurance and travel insurance when traveling to Thailand. 


B. PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF TRANSPORTATION

  1. Arrival date: 

    1. For participants who registered “to be picked up at the airport”: The Monastery’s car will pick you up from Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) or Don Mueang Airport (DMK) from 01:00 P.M. to 04:00 P.M. on Friday, September 12th, 2025. You are suggested to select a flight that arrives in Thailand before 03:00 P.M. If possible, please select one that arrives at about 12:00 P.M., so that after being picked up, you will have more time to take a rest and be ready for the activities. If you are now living in Thailand and could not arrange your own means of transportation to come to the monastery, you could register “to be picked up at the airport” also. Upon welcoming you at the appointed assembly point, our pick-up car will go directly to the Monastery. Please wear a face mask for the whole trip; the car will stop once for toilets at a pre-planned public place. 


  1. For participants who registered “will arrive in my own means of transportation” (not having registered “to be picked up at the airport”): Please arrive at the Monastery on Friday, September 12th, 2025 from 03:30 P.M. to 06:00 P.M. We may refuse to enroll any case that comes too late on September 12th, 2025 or any other days earlier or later than this day.


  1. Please note:

To help our pick-up team: Please buy a Thai SIM card upon arrival at Thailand’s airport (or use Wifi at the airport to use the Viber app) to stay connected with the Monastery and our pick-up team via email, Viber, or direct telephone. 

  1. Pick-up fee (Airport <--> Monastery)

    1. The pick-up fee is around 600 Thai Baht per person (or 1,200 Thai Baht per person for two rounds). 

    2. If the Monastery needs to arrange a taxi pick-up, the fee is 2,300-2,400 Thai Baht/taxi. If you travel with other friends, the taxi fee will be shared. 

  2. Departure date: 

The Monastery can arrange a drop-off service from the Monastery to the airport (either BKK or DMK). Our drop-off car will leave the Monastery at 08:00 A.M. on September 19th, 2025. You are suggested to select a flight that departs at least six hours after the time you leave the Monastery, which means approximately four hours of traveling from the Monastery to the airport plus two hours of check-in at the airport. For example, upon leaving the Monastery at 08:00 A.M

C. REGULATIONS DURING YOUR STAY IN THE MONASTERY

  1. Except for medical emergencies, please do not go out of the Monastery.

  2. Please clean your own space regularly according to the instructions of the Monastery.

  3. If you are currently taking any medication, please make sure that you bring it with you.

  4. Participants under 18 years old need to be accompanied by their parents or a legal guardian.

  5. For more information about the daily schedule, regulations at the monastery and important notes please kindly view here. 


D. MAKING A DONATION 

  1. The Monastery is a non-profit practice center. All activities are therefore donation-based only. We look forward to receiving your support during the time you stay in the Monastery.  For the time being, the estimated expense including food and accommodation for Retreat is 1,000 Thai Baht per person per night. For children from 6-12 years old, the estimated expense including food and accommodation for the Retreat is 750 Thai Baht per person per night.

You may contribute by:

- Cash (THB / VND / USD) 

- Credit card is NOT applicable.

  1. Your donation will support the Monastery to cover the monastics’ daily expenses like food, electricity, water, and health care.  Donations can be made in Thai Baht or USD (by cash) at our Registered office.   

E. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

Please read the information carefully below to prepare for the best visit to Thailand:

  1. Kindly note: photos and videos will be taken at the retreat. They are for keeping records and for sharing on the monastery's official website and social media platforms. In the event that you identify an image of yourself on our website or social media that you prefer to have taken down, kindly contact us at visitus@thaiplumvillage.org , and we will promptly address your request.

  2. Please note: Thai Plum Village Practice Center is a non-profit organization without any support from commercial establishments.  The funding is provided solely by donations from those with kind hearts. Therefore, should you develop any health problems or personal issues that require treatment during your practice and stay in Thailand, please be aware that you will be fully responsible for any expenses incurred.

  3. If there are updates from the Thai government related to the immigration and quarantine guidelines for international visitors, the Monastery will amend this document accordingly.

  4. Thai Plum Village on Google Maps: Click Here

    If you have any further questions regarding attending retreats or other Monastery events, please email us at visitus@thaiplumvillage.org.


    Thank you very much

    We wish you a great Retreat with a lot of joy and happiness


    Thai Plum Village Registration Office

    Breathe and Smile




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