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Pattaya Professional Women’s Forum
You’d be correct in thinking that the Pattaya Professional
Women’s Forum is yet another club for women, but you’d be wrong if you thought
that’s all it is. This club has been set up for working women (no, not that kind
of working woman). The Pattaya Professional Women’s Forum was set up in March
1995 to provide a network for working ladies who go to work every morning and
come back in the evening, and who are unable to attend various other clubs which
meet and run their activities during the day.
Meetings are held monthly in different locations, normally on an evening during
the week. The usual format is dinner followed by a guest speaker on a topic of
local or general interest.
November’s monthly meeting was held at the Health & Beauty Center on Naklua
Road. After a very delicious, very healthy, but still very tasty vegetarian
dinner, the owner of H&B Center, Khun Noi, together with Mr. Carlofilippo,
explained the ways of Yoga and Meditation. All the ladies were fascinated to
watch those two people perform and many of them did not hesitate to ask a lot of
questions, which were answered in a professional manor but still simple enough
for those who had never experienced such a session.
Mrs. Eleanor Brennan, President of Pattaya Professional Women’s Forum, said that
besides regular monthly meetings, the group also arranges outings and social
events throughout the year. One of those social events to come will be on
December 6, 1996. This will be more less a Festive Party and will be open to
family members and friends alike.
Mrs. Brennan also said that the PPWF welcomes Thai ladies as well as “Farangs”,
and she added, with a charming twinkle in her eyes, that since there aren’t very
many working Farang ladies yet in Pattaya, the club is welcoming all ladies,
working or not. This is being done not only to increase membership but to give
the club a wider horizon.
Eleanor said: “Many of the girls were working before they got married, therefor
they can still give us interesting advise and make club discussions even more
interesting. If some are not too busy with work, don’t worry, we can make them
work to make our club a big success!”
Ladies interested in joining this club can contact President Eleanor Brennan,
Tel. 250 129, or Club Treasurer Dana Kerrigan, Tel. 602 937.
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A better way of life through ancient philosophy
This is the guiding principle of a rather small and
relatively new Yoga school at the H&B Center in Pattaya. Located at 157/147
Moo 5, Naklua Road, next to German Thai Group, this place promises that
through Yoga one can learn the secret of peace of mind and everlasting
beauty.
Though Yogis with their seemingly absurd postures remind us of torture, Yoga
has won an acceptable place in today’s contemporary life. Many people
throughout the world are aware that Yoga helps the reflex of the organs of
the body, from liver to blood vessels, and the relationship between the
brain and the soul to create an internal and external chain that always
keeps the body young. Without having to rely on plastic surgery, Yoga
returns nature to body which has succumbed to constant inertia.
Because of the great variety of Yoga postures, 50,000 in all, it is natural
that some are more vigorous than others, thus the need for a specialist is
required. Khun Ganniga Jitsatdha, nick-named “Noi”, is such a specialist.
Though originally a doctor for natural healing, she switched her profession
9 years ago to become one of the most popular Yoga teachers in Bangkok. Many
movie stars are counted amongst her students. About 6 months ago, Khun Noi
decided to move to Pattaya, for it is a better and healthier climate here
than in Bangkok. Since then she has been teaching Yoga classes on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. To be able to concentrate on each of her
students she won’t take more than 6 people in one class.
One of her teachers, though a Farang, Mr. Carlofilippo Ciambrelli, who only
teaches on special requests, is more into Tantra Yoga. This is an esoteric
Yoga and was kept as a secret for centuries until finally the 10 Grand
Masters decided to publish it to help the people. Carlo also practices and
teaches martial arts, which are related to Tantra and are used to sublimate
sexual power, control energy of body and mind, and perfect self defense.
But the H&B (Health & Beauty) Center has much more to offer than only Yoga,
including traditional Thai massage (Aryuravadie College), herbal steam
baths, Swedish massage and facial massage with natural products. There is
also a health food restaurant that serves delicious vegetarian pizza, as
well as other health foods. The prices are very reasonable at the restaurant
as well as for the beauty treatment and the Yoga lessons.
For those who would like to discover peace of mind and be at peace with your
soul and your body can give them a call: Tel.: 370 333-4.
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