Although much of Pranic Healing has Indian techniques the movement's Master Choa Kok Sui was of a Chinese family brought up in the Philippines. It is true that there is more to it than just chakra healing and the particular concentration on meditation gives rise to the Arhatic practices, where real Spirituality comes into it. I trained in every level of Pranic Healing and am an Arhatic Yogi. It has certainly brought out a 'prescience' in me and certain people jump as if electrocuted when sitting next to me.

Thanks Louisa, I'm on your side. I think that got the emotions over?

Thanks for reading, the problem that many ex-pat brits that I spoke to who had retired there was the currency variations. When I went there first it was 75 TBT to the UK£, nowadays it is more like 45TBT to the UK£, but that can happen in many 3rd world countries. Hedge for that and you would be ok. It affected my spending habits but it helped when I sold the house as the values went up. Property there has risen like everywhere else. Chiang Mai is the cooler escape that the last King used to love. I never got there.

I quite like that cut-out dress on you, but somehow you portray your dislike of it in your pose. Like many of these dresses they are, as you say, designed to get attention on some catwalk or red carpet a movie premiere. As always as in the blue dress it is how you carry off that style with confidence, and you have style in abundance.