My holiday in Phuket
Of course, after forty, life is just beginning, but it is no longer possible to treat it as carelessly as 20 years ago. In the sense that you need to pay more attention to your health and lifestyle. That is why my husband and I began to practice Pilates, switched to a healthier diet and seriously addressed the issue of maintaining internal balance. For the same purpose, we go twice a year to where you can relax and put yourself in order. This time the choice fell on Phuket.
More precisely, initially we planned to go to Bangkok, and from there - to the province of Prachinburi, where the Dhamma Kamala temple is located. Vipassana meditation retreats are conducted there according to the Goenka method. We sent an application for one of them about three months before its start and received a positive response within a week. This meant that the whole 10 days of March, my husband and I had to spend, plunging into complete silence.
This has nothing to do with Buddhism as a religion, for us it was an opportunity to test ourselves, to know the hidden facets and, of course, to study various meditative techniques. By the way, they are given about eleven hours a day. Another 6 hours sleep. And the rest of the time is a dialogue with yourself. In conditions when it is impossible to speak, read, write, watch TV and use electronic devices, nothing else remains. Time freezes and gives rise to slow but sure changes in self-consciousness and inner feelings, both on the spiritual and physical levels. And not everyone can stand this closeness with their own "I".
By the way, women and men are separated during the retreat. The meditation hall is divided into two halves by gender. The dining room is also not a common area. At the same time, each is assigned his own small room, where he lives alone. This meant that my husband and I would see each other only after everything was over. And it will be interesting to know how this will end not only for each of us, but also for our relationship as a whole.
And since the experience of previous separations shows that even after eighteen years of marriage we continue to miss each other, immediately after the retreat we decided to spend another ten days in Phuket, in a secluded villa. We were drawn to the island by its fame as the best resort in Thailand. Therefore, we planned to actively visit the spa-treatments, take a few initial yoga classes and purchase the ever-popular local medicine. We have already tried something before, so we know about the effect firsthand. So I had to stock up on what I already liked and try something new.
In principle, all this formed the basis of our wishes for Bizphuket. We heard reviews about them personally, and very worthy ones, and therefore we decided to follow in the well-known footsteps. As it turned out later, we were not mistaken. How Vipassana went for us is worth writing a whole article. Here I want to note the main thing - with Bizphuket, my husband and I had not just a vacation, but a second honeymoon.
First of all, the villa turned out to be even better in real life than in the photo. In the sense that the laptop screen does not fully convey emotions and sensations. When we stepped on the threshold of the house, we instantly felt how cozy and humanly warm it was. All that we saw from the window was the ocean, and there was complete silence and serenity around. It was the perfect continuation of our retreat and rethinking its preliminary results. In addition, the manager of the company made us an individual route for shopping. We bought everything we wanted, and also discovered a few more interesting stores, whose products we plan to try out.
Ten days passed very freely for us, and even my husband and I began to think that it would not be bad to get our own square meters in Phuket. Moreover, you can again choose an option and make a deal through a proven Bizphuket. Perhaps this dream will come true, and from the next retreat we will already be returning to our own apartments.
