About the Phuket Meditation Center
Tobi and Parn
FOUNDERS
Phuket Meditation Center was founded in 2009 by Tobi Warzinek and Parn Sakda.
Tobi began his spiritual training in 2002 and spent seven years studying Buddhist philosophy and meditation in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Switzerland. Since moving to Thailand, he has continued his practice and study within the Buddhist Forest Tradition.
Today, his teaching focuses on making meditation practical, direct and accessible, while remaining rooted in many years of traditional training.
Parn has been part of the center from the beginning. She grew up in Thailand, where meditation and spiritual practice were part of everyday life from an early age. She helps organize our retreats, workshops and events, and takes care of many of the details that help guests feel welcome and supported.
Name and Logo
Dharana is a Sanskrit word that refers to steady, collected attention.
For us, it points to a simple way of practice: becoming present, reducing distraction and learning to see experience more clearly. Rather than adding more ideas or beliefs, meditation helps us become quiet enough to observe what is actually happening.
Our logo reflects this approach. The red center represents clarity and direct insight. The open white form around it suggests movement, change and the many experiences that arise around us.
The symbol reminds us to remain centered without becoming closed, and to meet life with awareness, clarity and openness.
What We Do
We offer meditation retreats, group sessions, workshops and personal guidance in Phuket, as well as selected online programs.
Our approach is rooted in Buddhist meditation practice, but you do not need to be Buddhist or follow any particular belief system to take part.
The emphasis is practical: learning to calm the mind, develop stable attention, understand habitual reactions and meet experience with greater clarity.
Meditation becomes most useful when it can be carried into ordinary life. Our programs are therefore not only about sitting quietly. They are about learning how to relate differently to thoughts, emotions, stress and the situations we meet every day.
Why We Do It
Like most people, we have both experienced difficult periods in life. During those times, meditation, good teachers and sincere spiritual practice gave us stability, perspective and a way forward.
We were fortunate to receive guidance from teachers who took practice seriously and shared what they had learned generously.
The Phuket Meditation Center grew from a wish to pass some of that support on.
We want to offer a place where people can slow down, practice sincerely and explore their own experience without pressure to believe anything.
A Place for Sincere Practice
Many people who come to us are looking for something simple and genuine.
They may have practiced meditation for years, or they may only be beginning. What they often share is a wish to slow down, understand themselves more clearly and find a way of practice that feels grounded in real experience.
We try to offer a place where meditation can be approached with sincerity, openness and common sense.
If you are looking for more presence, clarity and inner steadiness, you are very welcome to practice with us.
