Joy’s Tales from Thailand 2020

Main Hall

The Main Hall is one of the original buildings at Wattle Hollow and contains the kitchen and a large room for meditation, yoga, and group classes or gatherings. The buildingalso houses the first two cob spaces which were created below the main lodge in 2000-2001, Earth Mother Room and Throne Room. Main Hall - fall scene Main Hall exterior This view of main Hall is from the direction of the pond. Main Hall exterior - view from pond View from Deck of Main Hall - sunrise Main Hall Main Hall - yoga class Group savanasa in Main Hall Main Hall -...

Cob Castle

Cob Castle (a Meditation Hall and offering lodging space) is made with half-rock and half adobe walls, with three separate pods and three turrets with clerestory windows. ..Stain-glass windows, all quite charming, albeit a work in progress….explore slideshow –

More Cob Castle

In addition to the main living room/meditation hall, Cob Castle includes a Kitchen, Bathroom, Ferocious Mother room, and Virgin of Guadalupe room …explore slideshow –

Teacher’s Cabin

The Teacher’s Cabin is snuggled in a bamboo arbor, near the hot tub and shower house, and has an adjoining screen porch and an 8′ boardwalk to the composter toilet….explore slideshow –

Sea World

Creation of Sea World began 2010-2011 and has continued to evolve both inside and outside…explore Slideshow including details of Living Room, Fish Room and Turtle Room.

Lotus Kuti (Meditation Hut)

The Lotus Kuti is a meditation hut available for use by retreatants….Explore slideshow, click Read More

Crystal Palace

Actually a Meditation Hall located on the Peace Path that sometimes doubles as a sleeping space (two twin beds) when we expect a full house for workshops.

The Crystal Palace has a large tile mandala, a 14′ copper pyramid hanging overhead, and the walls are made of wood and lexanne…explore slideshow –

Earth Mother Room

Earth Mother approaches the frontier of frou-frou, with larger-than-life sculpture, a dragon emerging through the wall, an adobe tea set, and mosaic tiled floors. People now come to Wattle Hollow to make confessions, leave gifts, and sit with Mother.

Sunrise streams through sliding-glass door and stain-glass windows, illuminating the Mother….explore slideshow –

Throne Room

The Throne Room – adjacent to Earth Mother room – has its own fantastical elements including a little decorative grotto full of butterflies, a mosaic tile floor, stain-glass windows, a throne, and a lit-up candy dish full of glass hearts that make you kinder…explore slideshow –

Ocean View Lodge

Ocean View Lodge is a place of fantasy and whimsy, a child’s dream.

There are two adobe-sculptured “ocean beds” four feet off the ground, with winding staircases. The deck has a fountain and a view of the pond/mountains…explore slideshow –

Dogwood Lodge

The renovated Dogwood Lodge is partially bermed, with six skylights and windows on two sides. It has two sections, each with three twin beds. It has a large deck overlooking the woodlands…explore slideshow –