Phuket International Academy (PIA) Standard for Human 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, as well as international communities, a modern, sustainable facility with focus on education, sports, arts and wellness.  Phuket International Academy is sited in surroundings of natural beauty amidst the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand. PIA works to realize 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 grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.  As a pioneering international school in Phuket, it will integrate the uniqueness of Asian culture and the best from Western educational methods, to cultivate inquisitive, informed, and empathetic young people who know how to conduct their lives with integrity, cultivate genuine happiness, and who work toward a more peaceful and sustainable planet.   The PIA Day School has excellent facilities, teachers, trainers, staff and administration.

Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is partially constructed, and will soon start to deliver a variety of world-class sports, arts, wellness and recreational facilities and programmes for the enjoyment of students, their families, the local Phuket community and for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the glove.  PIASLC will establish a benchmark as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and perhaps the world.

Phuket International Academy Mind Centre (PIAMC) is currently under construction and will shortly begin to deliver training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will  provide  a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience in association with traditional Asian contemplative practices.  Delivered through residential retreats and weekend seminars PIAMC is open to all participants.  Working in close interaction with the PIA Day School and the PIA Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered through PIAMC will contribute to everyone’s enhanced mental equilibrium and wellbeing.  April 10th marks the launch of the PIA Mind Centre (PIAMC) with a two-day “Genuine Happiness Retreat” led by Dr. B Alan Wallace.  The retreat incorporates two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence called shamatha.  It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is an effective way for soothing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” also referred to as “settling the mind in its natural state”.

Phuket International Academy  prides itself on being a responsible member of the community.  It is dedicated to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest ethical standards to accomplish Mind, Body and Spirit wellness

Information on Thailand’s  newest and most revolutionary  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.