Courses in Thai Yoga Massage & Osteothai

with international Certification of Thai Healing Alliance
organised by ASBL Ecole de Thai Yoga Massage

This course is aimed at people who wish to take the first steps on a journey of discovery into the world of Thai Yoga Massage.
Learn a 2-hour massage sequence to progress onto a professional level. This course is open to complete beginners, repeat learners and advanced students, as well as bodyworkers from other therapy disciplines.

With practice and heightened sensitivity, the massage reaches a more profound level.
Awareness and experience of different bodies help us develop our intuitive touch. 

Thai Yoga Massage Basic 1
The sacred dance

July 21

Meeting point between static and dynamic flow

For both the giver and receiver, Thai Yoga Massage is a sacred dance, a meditation in movement - It is a transformative and healing journey, a deep experience on the way we move, interact, communicate and the way we touch.

This 5 days program is open to beginners, intermediate and advanced practitioners. The course requires your attention and Presence more than technical experiences.

The course is inspired by the Dhamma and by the instruction of two Thai Massage masters: Chayuth - dynamic, rhythmic style and Pichet - static, deep, focussing on the importance of feeling.
The combination of this two influences of the northern style of thai massage offers a holistic experience, a sacred dance…

The practice engages a state of meditation where deep stretches inspired by asanas are rhythmically applied along with pressure on sen lines of the body. Healing occurs in a state of mindfulness, equanimity, compassion and shared happiness, where tensions are released and the free flow of energy resumes.

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CONTENT

Each day we travel from the feet to the head with demonstrations, theory and practice time. Instruction manuals are provided.

• History and roots of Traditional Thai Massage
  
• Essential principles for the practitioner:
  harmony and tranquillity in movement, posture, rhythm, coordination and breathing
  
• Locating and working on the energy lines
  
• Static techniques, deep and slow..opening the tendons, creating space
  
• Dynamic techniques, mooving fluids, opening the joints, effective on central nervous system…
  
• Anatomical description in relation to the techniques
  
• Indications and contraindications of the techniques
  

Thai Yoga Massage Basic 2
Going in depth

09.-13.10.21

Presence - Attention - Intention

This course is in continuity with the Basic 1 Thai Massage Training. Meanwhile it is an opportunity for all students and practicioners to deepen their practice, tuning to a source of subtleties and details giving clear understanding of techniques mechanism.

Learning or already practicing comes always back to the fundamentals.
For this purpose, the focus is based on:

• Improving the correct postural adaptation with respect of our own limits and body tensions. It is one of the key aspects allowing tranquility, balance and stability for deep silence connection with the true reality of the receiver
  
  
•  Sensing the body and exploring between the physical, emotional, energetic layers and systems 
  
  
• Clarifying the qualities of touch, being adaptive for the organic changes and observing the natural process of healing followed until vitality is returned
  
  
• We learn optimal transitions for different morphologies and possible adaptations while integrating with slow and deep approaches and/or dynamic techniques
  
  
• A specific day is dedicated to the abdominal thai massage offering a detailed sequence
  
  At the end of this training your fingers feel, listen and hear better. The heart is open happy to give and receive. The hara is grounded allowing stability.

Each day we travel from the feet to the head with demonstrations, theory and practice time. The sequence is complete and shift from prone, supine, side and sitting. The entire sequence could lead to 2 hrs of massage.

For the students having completed both courses, an internationally recognized certificate from the Thai Healing Alliance is given.

Dynamic Thai Massage

Just as nature is characterised by seasons and cycles, each being is a living microcosm of rhythmic patterns such as breathing, heartbeats, peristalsis, cell division and hormonal cycles.

The sacred dance of dynamic Thai Massage is elaborated upon with a range of movement to create fluidity, continuity and release.

•. • ... • ... rhythm, continuity and joy ... • ... •.•

• ~ • Dynamic Thai Massage combines the principles of Traditional Thai Massage with rocking, rhythmic and modern osteopathic principles as oscillatory techniques.

• ~ •  The treatment effectively shifts stagnation in the physical and energetic pathways, including life force energy, circulatory flow, nerve conduction, spinal mobility, and muscular and fascia structures.

• ~ •  Often injury and deep holding patterns are healed as the mind and body are lulled into singing a different song.

~ CONTENT ~

Basic principles of Dynamic Thai
Therapeutic applications
Sequences of rhythmic oscillatory
Rocking-techniques to incorporate into massage
Methods for developing greater fluidity, continuity and rhythm
Anatomical application in dynamic movement
Indications and Contraindications

This is an advanced course, open to all practicioners of Thai Massage, Shiatsu and other forms of bodywork with fluidity in their practice.

~ Benefits for the GIVER ~

improves fluidity, precision and transitions in the massage
increases creativity, joy and happiness while working
develops the touch while working on the mechanic, liquid and energetic levels

~ Benefits for the RECEIVER ~

* Recovers mobility and freedom in the musculoskeletal system
* Improves the fluid circulation in the blood and lymphatic systems
* re-establishes a good energetic circulation
* releases the nervous system

The teacher

Thierry Bienfaisant

Thierry Bienfaisant, originally from Brussels, is a recognised international teacher authorized by the Thai Healing Alliance. He is the founder of the School of Thai Yoga Massage - Therapy Thai Massage - Anathai, the bridge courses between Applied Anatomy and Thai Yoga Massage.
Thierry offers diverse courses and retreats for all levels of practicioners in Europe, Thailand and North/South America since 2010. Most of the time he invests to deepen his studies looking for the bridges between eastern and western knowledge. The journey led him to the early days of osteothai. Repeating all courses with David Lutt, Thierry becames a regular assistant, then recognised to teach osteothai course joint mobility.
His practice includes silence retreats and a deep connection with Swami Atmananda and Mooji, touching spiritual teacher offering satsangs and teachings on the non-dual essence of reality, Advaita Vedanta and the nature of spiritual awakening. While living in Pacific-Asia, until 2010, he completed 3 years of training in Shiatsu and Oriental Medicine, Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy. Currently he is studying Osteopathy in Sico, Switzerland.
www.therapythaimassage.com

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WHERE:
Yogashala Merano

Fee:
Early bird until 30 days before the course: 575,00 €
after: 650,00 €

If you apply for two or more courses you will receive a discount of 10%.
The courses are open to everyone who wants to learn Thai Yoga Massage, but also for those you want to deepen their practice. Thierry will be teaching in english. For accomodation we can be helpful - just ask!

Payment
The payment has to be done before the course. Please send the amount within 5 days after your application via bank transfer to the following bank account:
Name conto: ASBL Ecole de Thai Yoga Massage
IBAN: BE 10 3630 8826 6404
BIC: BBRUBEBB
Description: Thai Massage Level 1 or 2 Meran + your name and surname (Important!!!)
 
REFUND (AGB)
If you cancel your application (officially by post) 2 weeks before the course we will refund 50% of the amount. In the last 14 days before the course is starting there will be no refund.

OTHER CONDITIONS
Participation in the course will be the sole responsability of the individual participants. Each participant in the course will therefore take responsability for the damages that could result from the execution of this discipline for themselves and for their own health and to third parties. All teachers are freed from any claim of responsability and are therefore exempt from any kind of responsability, for any damage to health, as well as for those to things or people, including everything regarding Covid-19. We reserve the right to make changes and we reserve the right to cancel or postpone the course with less than 8 participants. By registering, the participant declares to be in good health and to be able to participate at the course.

APPLICATION
With your written application you accept the AGB above.

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