About to embark on a Middle Way meditation session in Redding (CA) with Luang Pi Piya, his Thai meditation teacher from the Dhammakaya Meditation Center Silicon Valley.
The Idiot has been meditating with Luang Pi Piya at Racha Noodle in Redding, California, for an uncountable number of years. The monk makes a monthly trip from Morgan Hill to Redding to practice meditation and the session concludes with a delicious buffet of Thai food.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."