Grand View of The Suan Sompou Landscape
Why Another Practice Center?
To provide a space for daily practice on how to take care of not only our spiritual health, but our physical health as well, as routinely taught and practiced at all of our Health Retreats. Here are some of the highlights of our practice center:
✓ Realize the long-standing vision of our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh to have a Health Center in the Plum Village tradition.
✓ Practicing total control of the food we eat and follow a health supportive diet (light vegan meals).
✓ Develop our awareness of the interdependence between the various food we consume, our body, our mind and the environment we are living in.
✓ Inclusion of specific daily practices to strengthen and heal our physical and mental health into the spiritual practice of our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh .
✓ Peaceful and natural environment with authentic living conditions which are highly conducive for our spiritual practice.
✓ Wholesome amount of daily physical exercise (gardening, walking, chi gong, tai chi and many others).
✓ Grow our own food by applying the principles and methodologies of organic agriculture and permaculture.
✓ Fulfill our conviction of "Strict Wastelessness" by optimizing our financial and material resources, eliminating waste and recycling consumer goods and natural resources.
✓ Forge close links with the nearby community and support it actively (community development).
✓ Flexible venue designed to cater for various residential programs-workshops and health-focused practices and activities from other spiritual traditions (don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to organize an event at Suan Sompou).
✓ Full accountability in maintaining open accounts of income and expenses.
To provide a space for daily practice on how to take care of not only our spiritual health, but our physical health as well, as routinely taught and practiced at all of our Health Retreats. Here are some of the highlights of our practice center:
✓ Realize the long-standing vision of our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh to have a Health Center in the Plum Village tradition.
✓ Practicing total control of the food we eat and follow a health supportive diet (light vegan meals).
✓ Develop our awareness of the interdependence between the various food we consume, our body, our mind and the environment we are living in.
✓ Inclusion of specific daily practices to strengthen and heal our physical and mental health into the spiritual practice of our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh .
✓ Peaceful and natural environment with authentic living conditions which are highly conducive for our spiritual practice.
✓ Wholesome amount of daily physical exercise (gardening, walking, chi gong, tai chi and many others).
✓ Grow our own food by applying the principles and methodologies of organic agriculture and permaculture.
✓ Fulfill our conviction of "Strict Wastelessness" by optimizing our financial and material resources, eliminating waste and recycling consumer goods and natural resources.
✓ Forge close links with the nearby community and support it actively (community development).
✓ Flexible venue designed to cater for various residential programs-workshops and health-focused practices and activities from other spiritual traditions (don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to organize an event at Suan Sompou).
✓ Full accountability in maintaining open accounts of income and expenses.
Where?
Suan Sompou (or Sompou Gardens) is located 20 km from Mae Hong Son, Thailand, on a piece of land of more than 6 hectares, giving us vast possibilities for future expansion and ample space to conduct subsistence agricultural activities. Our land is adjacent to a small traditional village of the Shan ethnic group. This privileged geography provides boundless natural beauty and tranquility, surrounded by rolling mountains and lush forests, refreshing rivers and cosy, warm climate even in the winter season.
Sompou Gardens can currently accommodate a total of up to 20 practitioners in our dormitories, for both women and men.
Suan Sompou (or Sompou Gardens) is located 20 km from Mae Hong Son, Thailand, on a piece of land of more than 6 hectares, giving us vast possibilities for future expansion and ample space to conduct subsistence agricultural activities. Our land is adjacent to a small traditional village of the Shan ethnic group. This privileged geography provides boundless natural beauty and tranquility, surrounded by rolling mountains and lush forests, refreshing rivers and cosy, warm climate even in the winter season.
Sompou Gardens can currently accommodate a total of up to 20 practitioners in our dormitories, for both women and men.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SUAN SOMPOU?
Direct Banking Options:
THAILAND (only for in-country payments in Thai Baht);
Name of account holder: Suan Sompou Association
Account Number: 379-0-35773-9
Address: Bangkok Bank LTD, Mae Hong Son branch, Thailand
ELSEWHERE around the world to WISE Bank (unfortunately it was not possible to register in the name of Suan Sompou Association);
Euro (€)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
SWIFT/BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX
IBAN: BE36 9671 0670 1881
Address: WISE, Avenue Louise 54, Room S52, Brussels 1050, Belgium
Singapore Dollars (SGD)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 240-618-9
FAST Payment network
Bank Code: 0516
Address: WISE, 1 Paya Lebar Link #13-06 - #13-08 PLQ 2, Paya Lebar Quarter, Singapore 408533
Canadian Dollars (CAD)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 200110120522
Numéro d'institution: 621
Numéro de transit: 16001
Address: WISE, 99 Bank Street, Suite 1420, Ottawa ON K1P 1H4, Canada
Australian Dollars (AUD)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 516581689
Code BSB : 802-985
Address: WISE, 36-38 Gipps Street, Collingwood 3066, Australia
British Pounds (GBP)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 63115855
Sort Code : 23-14-70
IBAN : GB17 TRWI 2314 7063 1158 55
Address: WISE, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ, United Kingdom
US Dollars (USD) (only for transfers inside the USA, no ‘wire’ transfers please)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 9600008364987927
ACH routing number: 084009519
Address: WISE, 30 W. 26th Street, Sixth Floor, New York NY 10010, USA
Direct Banking Options:
THAILAND (only for in-country payments in Thai Baht);
Name of account holder: Suan Sompou Association
Account Number: 379-0-35773-9
Address: Bangkok Bank LTD, Mae Hong Son branch, Thailand
ELSEWHERE around the world to WISE Bank (unfortunately it was not possible to register in the name of Suan Sompou Association);
Euro (€)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
SWIFT/BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX
IBAN: BE36 9671 0670 1881
Address: WISE, Avenue Louise 54, Room S52, Brussels 1050, Belgium
Singapore Dollars (SGD)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 240-618-9
FAST Payment network
Bank Code: 0516
Address: WISE, 1 Paya Lebar Link #13-06 - #13-08 PLQ 2, Paya Lebar Quarter, Singapore 408533
Canadian Dollars (CAD)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 200110120522
Numéro d'institution: 621
Numéro de transit: 16001
Address: WISE, 99 Bank Street, Suite 1420, Ottawa ON K1P 1H4, Canada
Australian Dollars (AUD)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 516581689
Code BSB : 802-985
Address: WISE, 36-38 Gipps Street, Collingwood 3066, Australia
British Pounds (GBP)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 63115855
Sort Code : 23-14-70
IBAN : GB17 TRWI 2314 7063 1158 55
Address: WISE, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ, United Kingdom
US Dollars (USD) (only for transfers inside the USA, no ‘wire’ transfers please)
Name of account holder: Marc Wetz
Account Number: 9600008364987927
ACH routing number: 084009519
Address: WISE, 30 W. 26th Street, Sixth Floor, New York NY 10010, USA
Thank you for your generous support.
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