Courses and Workshops on Thai Massage
and Yoga Therapy
Thai Yoga Therapeutic Bodywork classes are designed
to work on many levels:
1. Massage techniques and physical manipulation
You will develop a new level of awareness of how
to use your body in order to meditatively , effortlessly,
and gracefully engage in a dance of harmony with another
body.
You learn how to relax and warm muscles, loosen
and open joints, extend range of motion, stretch and
manipulate all major joints and muscle groups, release
tightness and holding patterns, improve flexibility,
increase circulation and energy flow.
There are sequences of movements in supine (lying
on the back), prone (lying face down), side, and sitting
positions. You learn how energy moves through the body
and how to work with energy lines.
Students learn how to use the natural weight of
their bodies to effect deep and transforming work through
physical manipulations and stretches of the entire
body. There is no muscular effort, but this work reaches
every part of the body - muscles, joints, organs, and
energy body - in a profound way. Both giver and receiver
move in harmony, and both benefit from the deeply relaxing
and healing atmosphere.
All work is done on the floor, fully clothed, without
use of oil.
2. Ergonomics: how to use and protect your
body effectively
You learn how to do effective and powerful bodywork
without the risk of injuring your thumbs, wrists, arms
or shoulders.
You learn how to use not just your hands, but elbows,
forearms, knees and feet. This will enable you to work
on light as well as much heavier persons effectively
and without strain or effort.
You learn how to move easily with power and
grace, and how to work with your body weight instead
of with muscle power.
You learn how to maintain your own energy level
so that, instead of feeling tired after a session,
you feel energized.
3. Therapeutic applications
You learn how to read bodies, how to work with different
body and personality types, how to feel blockages,
how to recognize patterns of dis-ease and how to work
with them.
This goes beyond physical manipulation and includes
working with breath, energy, intention and visualization.
4. Energy work, healing principles and techniques
You learn how to transform a mechanical way of
moving, massaging and manipulating the body into
a creative dance which effects levels much deeper
than muscles and joints. Instead of being a 'massage
mechanic', you learn how to be a healer.
5. Attitude and consciousness of a healer
You learn how your own attitude and awareness
affect the healing process of your client. This training
is designed not just to work on other people, but
also to further and refine your own growth and healing.
You give to others not just a bodywork technique,
but you give your energy, you give who you are, you
give your ability to connect with the universal source
of all energy.
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Courses include a detailed introduction to the
theory of this modality, practical bodywork demonstrations,
supervised practice sessions, course manual, video
CD where all sequences can be seen in motion, and
a certificate of attendance. Some previous exposure
to either yoga and/or bodywork is helpful.
This bodywork requires a reasonable amount of
flexibility of the practitioner and is not suitable
for very overweight or extremely stiff persons.
Excellent! I learned more useful information in
6 days of this seminar than I did in 1 year of massage
school. The bodywork is amazing, and the fact that
it is so easy on the practitioner makes it the most
useful modality I have seen. Shama is obviously a
master - I can't imagine a more dedicated and gifted
teacher. Thank You!
Abby Mishko
Massage therapist
I have never experienced anything like it. The beauty
of flowing with another body in a healing way - for
both giver and receiver - is so unique. I wouldn't
want to learn from anyone else.
LB Iddings,
Yoga instructor
Shama's passion and love for his work show through
in the entire course. You have a real gift, Shama,
and your presence and energy were felt by all of us.
I liked the refreshing eastern approach to healing,
explained with passion from the heart and the truth
of experience.
Eric Whitehead
Forester
Excellent! I got more out of this course than I expected
- and I had high expectations! It is so important for
me to now understand that we are striving to become
healers and not massage mechanics. I liked Shama's
emphasis on attitude, intention, energy, and correct
ergonomics along with the technique. Shama is a gifted
healer and teacher. For him this work is not a job
- it is a calling.
Cynthia Robinson
Advertising
After participating
in a 40 hour certification class in Thai Yoga Therapeutic
Massage with Shama as the instructor, I can highly recommend
him as an instructor, as well as a therapist. His dedication
to the healing art and his ability to convey theory
and practice, as well as his commitment to helping others
is commendable. I recommend his classes and his services
to anyone dealing with unresolved health problems, or
just wishing to reach a higher level of health. He understands
what qualities are required to work as a healer and
appreciates the physical and mental exercise necessary
to keep himself working at the highest level.
John Mishko
Doctor of Chiropractic
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