My current journey to Bangkok was all about steadiness, mindfulness, and a very good dose of enjoyable — I attended the Thailand Yoga Artwork & Dance 2025 (TYAD), held from 31 October to 2 November 2025 at Montien Riverside Lodge Bangkok.
For individuals who aren’t acquainted, TYAD is a world wellness competition that mixes yoga, dance, health, and tradition in a single vibrant area. This 12 months marked its ninth version, and it positively lived as much as its repute. The occasion gathered 66 instructors from 13 international locations, providing 133 courses throughout 12 school rooms — a formidable lineup that turned the whole resort right into a playground for wellness fanatics.
There have been every kind of classes to discover — from Yoga, Dance, Pilates, Thai Therapeutic massage, and Thai Cooking Class, to extra adventurous ones like SUP Yoga, Fly Yoga, Detox Class, Ice Tub (Shock Cell), and this 12 months’s spotlight, the Stand Up Paddle Board on the River.
The competition kicked off with a energetic Halloween Get together on 31 October evening — full with a spooky photobooth, energetic performances, a trend present, and a cocktail session that had everybody laughing and connecting earlier than the workshops started. It was organized by Chayada Martcharoen, underneath TYAD by Make Pals For U Co., Ltd, and the entire weekend was crammed with heat, vitality, and real ardour.
In the course of the three days, I joined two courses that stood out for me:
1. Aqua Yoga (1 November, 7am – 8am, sixth Ground Pool)
Taught by Kru Bub, this class was a refreshing solution to begin the day — actually. It was really my first time attempting Aqua Yoga, and training yoga in water gave an entire new dimension to steadiness and motion. The buoyancy made me really feel lighter, and poses which are tough on land all of the sudden grew to become achievable. However it wasn’t all straightforward; sustaining steadiness in opposition to the mild water present was its personal problem. It was enjoyable, playful, and surprisingly calming on the identical time — an ideal mixture of train and mindfulness.
2. Vipassana & Strolling Meditation by Kik Mayurin
Led by Kik Mayurin, a widely known Thai actress, this session was the exact opposite in vitality — serene, grounding, and deeply reflective. She guided us via two types of meditation: sitting and strolling, rooted in Buddhist rules. In the course of the strolling meditation, we practiced consciousness via respiration and sluggish, deliberate steps — raise, attain out, step — whereas specializing in the feeling of our toes touching the bottom. It was a lovely reminder to decelerate and actually be current.
General, TYAD 2025 wasn’t only a health occasion — it was a soulful journey. It jogged my memory how motion, mindfulness, and group can nourish each physique and spirit.
An enormous thanks to Tourism Authority of Thailand Kuala Lumpur (TATKL) for giving me the chance to be a part of this inspiring expertise that actually introduced well being and wellbeing to my physique and soul.
