Chiang Mai Experiences and Wellness Stays
for a Healthy Mind and Body

Thailand has long been recognized as a sanctuary for those looking to rejuvenate the body and soul, and the many Chiang Mai experiences involve wellness promoting activities that remain as popular with visitors as ever. Surrounded by lush, jungle-covered mountains, steeped in culture, and with a warm, gentle climate the Rose of the North is the perfect place for those seeking wellness holiday packages in a nurturing, spiritual environment. A wide range of wellness packages are on offer, each with its own unique advantages. Many are a therapeutic mix of healing and self-discovery that involve a combination of holistic practices including yoga, meditation, and other activities requiring a peaceful environment in which to reflect. Chiang Mai hotel wellness packages can be tailored to the individual’s requirements and embrace every aspect of mental, spiritual, and physical well-being. It is not good enough to simply sever our tethers with the stresses of the outside world, Chiang Mai hotel wellness packages often guide participants towards deeper, sustainable levels of health and happiness.

Bamboo Nest provides a calm, peaceful environment amid lush tropical gardens in which to meditate, contemplate, or practice yoga. Among the various wellness packages is the ‘Gut, Mood, and Brain Workshop’ hosted by Pim Jai who utilizes her background in psychology and an in-depth knowledge of the hospitality industry to promote well-being and eco-friendly practices. What sets Pim Jai’s classes in Chiang Mai apart is her unique Magic of Natural Healing philosophy that combines indigenous practices, mindfulness, and balance with modern ecological awareness and an emphasis on respect for the natural world, nature and the environment. Although the more traditional wellness hotel package may concentrate on the mental and physical, Bamboo Nest @ Sanggadee’s wellness packages also focus on the musical. Singer-songwriter Gabriel Phway uses her medical background and deep passion for music as a tool to facilitate mental health care. Through her music, Phway has worked with other certified therapists to champion the curative and restorative benefits of music.

Explore the Vibrant Chiang Mai Art Scene

Chiang Mai is a magnet for artists from around the globe and the Chiang Mai art scene is positively flourishing. It seems like not a week goes by without new galleries and art collectives springing up in and around the old city. The walls of hotels, restaurants, and cafés are pop-up galleries for the works of artists drawn to Chiang Mai by its reputation as a place for free thinking and creativity. And visitors to the north of Thailand don’t have to look far for a Chiang Mai artist offering to share their expertise. As well as the numerous galleries and art cafés showing off a diversity of Chiang Mai art, there is an eclectic selection of courses on offer for artists of all ages and abilities at the Sanggadee Community.

At Bamboo Nest @ Sanggadee, a number of visiting artists offer a mix of Chiang Mai art courses and workshops ranging from architecture and textiles to experiential art and tie-dye. Architect Tim combines her passion for designing buildings with an enduring commitment to the environment to expand her art into the world of recycled materials that she uses to create incredibly intricate embroidery, vibrant textiles, and exquisite jewelry. Nui is a Chiang Mai artist with a passion for social and environmental justice who uses his work to raise awareness on important issues including our collective responsibility for the environment and the future of the planet. Nus is another Chiang Mai artist who is a member of the Bamboo Family. She specializes in the sustainable development of textile techniques such as weaving as a way of empowering communities and is keen to emphasize the connection between traditional craftsmanship and modern techniques. Bamboo Nest’s guests and visitors are invited to join Nus and learn how to create the gorgeous, vibrant colors and patterns created by traditional tie-dye fabric design using natural and chemical dyes.

Find the Best Cooking Class Chiang Mai has to Offer

Even if you imagine yourself to be the worst cook in the world, we guarantee that attending a cooking class in Chiang Mai will prove you wrong. As well as inspiring a newfound confidence in your innate culinary capabilities, booking a private cooking class in Chiang Mai with the team at Bamboo Nest @ Sanggadee hotel will teach you everything there is to know about what makes Thai cuisine so unbelievably tasty. Because of their popularity with visitors to the north, there are a plethora of options for those looking for a group or private cooking class Chiang Mai. Most classes in Chiang Mai will last half a day or a full day and generally involve a visit to a local market, or garden if the class is held at our hotel, to learn about and how to select the necessary ingredients and will take place in a kitchen under the watchful eye of an experienced chef with all the utensils needed to create your delicious masterpiece.

Don’t worry if you are vegetarian or vegan, Thai cooking is infinitely versatile and many of the dishes were vegetarian long before they contained meat. For guests at Bamboo Nest Hotel, the options include booking a course with Min & May, chefs originally from Inle Lake in Myanmar who now offer a cooking class in Chiangmai. Min & May bring a Burmese twist to their cooking and use seasonal ingredients from Chiang Mai’s markets as well as the Bamboo Nest’s well-stocked organic garden to create delicious recipes they are pleased to share with visitors on their organic cooking class in Chiang Mai.

There is no better way to take a piece of Thailand away with you at the end of your holiday than to know how to rustle up half-a-dozen easy-to-prepare Thai dishes for friends and family back home and a cooking class in Chiangmai is a relatively cheap and easy way to go from zero to hero in the kitchen in less than a day.