Phuket International Academy (PIA) Blueprint for Personal Development
A new international sports, education and wellness centre has been established in Thailand that offers unmatched facilities and programmes. It is comprised of three synergistic centres: the PIA Day School, the PIA Sports, Arts and Wellness Centre and the PIA Mind Centre. They offer students, parents and people from all over Phuket, and international communities, a modern, sustainable facility with focus on education, sports, arts and wellness. Phuket International Academy is situated in an environment of natural beauty in the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand. PIA works to accomplish the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual potential of all students, members and participants of the three centres.
The Phuket International Academy Day School (PIADS) is working to develop into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. As a leading international school in Phuket, it will integrate distinctive Asian culture and the best from Western educational methods, to cultivate inquisitive, informed, and compassionate young people who know how to conduct their lives with honor, cultivate genuine happiness, and who work toward a more peaceful and sustainable earth. The Phuket International Academy Day School has excellent facilities, teachers, trainers, staff and administration.
Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is partially constructed, and will shortly start to deliver a variety of world-class sports, arts, wellness and recreational facilities and programmes for the enjoyment of the school’s pupils, their families, the local Phuket community and for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the world. PIASLC will establish a benchmark as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and quite possibly the world.
Phuket International Academy Mind Centre (PIAMC) is nearing completion and will soon begin to provide training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The PIAMC will deliver a blend of contemporary psychology and neuroscience together with traditional Asian contemplative practices. Delivered through residential retreats and weekend seminars PIAMC is open to anyone. Working in close interaction with the Phuket International Academy Day School and the PIA Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered by Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will contribute to participant’s enhanced mental sense of balance and wellbeing. April 10th marks the launch of the PIA Mind Centre (PIAMC) with a weekend “Genuine Happiness Retreat” led by Dr. B Alan Wallace. The retreat incorporates two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence referred to as shamatha. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is helpful method for relaxing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” or “settling the mind in its natural state”.
PIA prides itself on being a dependable member of the community. It is dedicated to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest ethical standards to fulfill the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual potential of all students, members and participants of the three centres.
Information on Thailand’s newest and most pioneering international education, sports and leisure facility, the Phuket International Academy (PIA) can be found following these links for the PIA International School; the PIA Mind Centre, and PIA Sports and Leisure Club.
