Tao Garden Health Spa & Resort Flowing from the Great Mother Mountains, the Himalayas, ancient glacial waters bring life to the broad alluvial plain of central Thailand, filling reservoirs, canal irrigation systems and the River of Kings, Chao Phraya. And so it is with the flow of Universal Chi, life force which invigorates us all, from the mountains of traditional Taoist wisdom through the teachings of contemporary Qigong Master Mantak Chia, founder of Tao Garden, and into the lives of seekers of healthy lifestyles, healers of self and others.