F2F Class Notes (Kyle)

Yoga

Meditation

Permaculture

Compost = healthy soil/dirt used for growing more plants/trees

We offer a range of all-inclusive meditation and yoga retreats at an affordable price for those on a budget. Whether you’re new to meditation and yoga or a seasoned practitioner, we’ve got something for you. Our winter retreat program (November – March) is a 6 day immersion into the yogic lifestyle. From March to October we welcome stays of 3 nights up to several weeks, arriving and leaving on any day. We also occasionally host special programs like yoga teacher trainings and weekend retreats.

offer– give you something, like a physical goods or services 

all -include/inclusive – to have everything together

retreat – training / go back / run away from your “real” life

affordable – uuhh FORD able = it is a good price / not too expensive – bu gui

‘even if you are new to yoga, or just you want to practice more in a period of time, we have something for you!’-  great

seasoned practitioner – You are Already Good at/ Familiar with Yoga and Mediation… You have experiences under your belt.

practitioner – person who practices alot

immersion –  to immerse – to completely go into “Kyle went to the river in the winter time. He took off his clothes and immersed himself into the freezing water. His body had a intense reaction, but in his mind, he knew that this experience would benefit him.”  ” Today is a busy day, so I have to immerse myself into my work.”

occasionally – from time to time / sometimes

” Jesse occasionally invites his friends to drink whiskey with him in his office.”

We are confident that Suan Sati has the best local staff in Thailand, and as evidenced in our reviews, our guests agree! Our beloved chef Pee Jaa (Pee means older brother or sister in Thai) is a local to this village and has been critical in helping maneuver Suan Sati through difficult times. She is experimental in the kitchen, drawing on traditional Thai recipes and western influence to give you an authentic taste of Northern Thailand while also sprinkling in enough familiar foods of home to stave off homesickness or rice overdose. Pee Yai is the gardener/handyman extraordinaire. No job is too complicated for him to figure out, from organic gardening, to building adobe huts, to building furniture. He is a local to this village and an assistant to the village chief. Nong Tida (Nong means younger brother or sister in Thai) is the niece of Pee Yai’s wife. She has a soft presence and a sharp eye for beauty in the garden. She is from Mae Chaem, about 2 hours from Chiang Mai and is White Karen, a minority ethnic group. Starting work at Suan Sati was one of only a handful of times leaving the mountain where she was born. Pee Bow is the newest member of the Suan Sati Family. She has made herself indispensable from the first day she arrived. She is a hard worker with an eye for detail in housekeeping and in the kitchen. She is ethnically Shan, a minority Thai group from Myanmar.

They are explaining introduct their staff employees to people…. This paragraph is introducing their staff (the employees at SS)

Chef – the person who cooks the food, the Kitchen Boss

Gardener – a person who grows plants in a SMALL place, Garden – place where you go plants  (jardin) 

Recipes – reh See Pees – a set of directions on how to cook some type of Food,

to experiment (al) – to try something new, to test a new idea, to see what happens