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200 HOUR ONLINE TRAINING

This 200 hour online program is a complete overview, a deep dive into all the fundamentals that you need to safely get started in your journey, build up your own practice and tap into your personal style.

Our main focus throughout the course is the universal principles that make Thai Massage such a unique bodywork practice.

There is a person laying down in a large futon and we work on this person for two full hours. We offer our loving touch from the tip of the toes to the crown of the head. Our tools, our elbows, and knees, feet, sometimes even the sitting bones. And of course, we use our hands, transforming the way we touch the way we feel and sense the way we hold space.

And with time and practice, developing warmth, sensitivity and intelligence in our hands, gently and gradually opening up their heart and in the process opening up also our own heart.

This course is created and designed for practitioners of all levels, and if you‘re completely new to Thai Massage, we’ve got you covered.

We will walk you step by step through hundreds of exercises in every single part of the body, with our patient laying down in supine, in the side position, in the sitting position and in prone with theoretical and practical sessions, recaps and guided sequences.

This program is filled with practices that are crucial for the true understanding of Thai Massage the teachings of the Buddha Buddhist philosophy and Vipassana meditation. The energetic system of the Thai Zen lines. This invisible network of personalities that provides and nourishes every cell of our body.

Program

MODULE 1 - INTRODUCTION & PRINCIPLES

Welcome
Mantra Ganesha
Words of Caution
Introduction to Vipassana meditation
Prayer: Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Mani Padme Hum
Sadhana: Thai Yoga
History of Thai Massage
Principles of Thai Massage
Practice: Invitation to Savasana
Common language & vocabulary
Zooming in: Bones
Zooming into the muscles
Zooming into the Foot
Practice: Feet
Mantra Sita Ram

MODULE 2 - RESPECT FOR THE TRADITION

Gayatri Mantra
Metta Bhavana meditation
Prayer: Om Namo Shivago
Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
Sadhana: Vinyasa Yoga 1
The 9 Principles of harmony
Thai Massage Styles
Review: Invitation to Savasana Express
Zooming into the Knee
Zooming into the Iliac
Energy lines introduction
Discovering the energy Lines
Practice: Energy Lines
Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum

MODULE 3 - FIND YOUR GENUINE STYLE

Mantra Krishna, Krishna, Krishna
Morning prayers and meditation 3
Sadhana Vinyasa Yoga 2
The 5 Koshas
The 5 Precepts
Jaya Maha Mangala Gata
Brahma Viharas (The 4 aspects of true love)
Static Thai Massage
Dynamic Thai Massage
Zooming into the Sacrum
Zooming into the Physiology of gate
Practice: Tools
Practice: Double leg exercises
Practice: Single Leg exercises
Review: Full Guided Practice #1
Mantra Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

MODULE 4 - THE CORE

Mantra Hey Maha Lakshmi
The art of meditation
Qi Gong
Namo Avalokiteshwara
The 4 Noble Truths
9 rules for a good Thai masseur
Good pain bad pain
Practice: Reciprocal tension
Zooming into the Lumbar Vertebrae
Zooming into the Thoracic Vertebrae
Zooming into the Cervical Vertebrae
Practice: Side Position leg up
Practice: Side position Orthodox
Zooming into the Shoulder
Practice: Shoulder Therapy
Review: Full Guided Practice #2 The CORE
Mantra Ya Devi

MODULE 5 - THE VISCERAL UNIVERSE

Maha Mantra
Sadhana Pranayama
Gate Gate
Benefits of Thai Massage
Self-care
Practice: Bloodstops
Zooming into the diaphragm
Zooming into Physiology of the Digestive system
Practice: Belly Massage
Zooming into the elbow & hand
Practice: Chest rib cage arms hands
Practice: Prone position
Positions
Mantra Om Namo Narayanaya

MODULE 6 - STRUCTURE AND SEQUENCE

Mantra Hanuman Chalisa
Sadhana Yin Yoga
The 7 factors of enlightenment
Tangerine of Mindfulness
Red Flags
Practice: Sitting position
Zooming into the Cranium
Practice: Shoulders neck head face
Guided Practice #3 Wrapping up
Guidelines of your massage
Practice: Sequencing breadcrumbs
Practice: Transitions
It’s not ok
Om Namo Amitabhaya
Mantra Sita Ram & Hanuman

MODULE 7 - THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS

Mantra Sri Krishna
Intro to PRM
Core link
Practice: An Osteopathic intrusion
Practice: Lazy Yoga
Introduction to Thai Massage Therapy
Therapy: Headache treatment
Therapy: Knee treatment
Therapy: Lower back treatment
Therapy: Herbal Compress treatment
Pregnancy Massage intro
Therapy: Pregnancy Massage
Practice: Lost and found
Mantra Amma
Closing

Pricing

Early Bird: 1080€
After February 1st: 1350€

Course fees are non-refundable. Refund Policy

Schedule

March 1 to June 5

March 1: Access to Module 1
March 13. Zoom call & access to Module 2
March 27: Zoom call & access to Module 3
April 10: Zoom call & access to Module 4
April 24: Zoom call & access to Module 5
May 8: Zoom call & access to Module 6
May 22: Zoom call & access to Module 7
June 5: Final Zoom call

3 LIVE guided practices dates coming soon.
Students have until July 31st to complete the whole program and receive the Certificate.

INCLUDES

7 Zoom calls + 3 LIVE Guided Practices
In 2 different time zones each day so you can choose the one that fits best for you. Zoom calls will be recorded and sent to you later on.
Forever access
Hundreds of exercises in every single part of the body, with theoretical and practical sessions, recaps and guided sequences.
Therapeutic approach
Therapeutic applications for common conditions such as headache, knee pain, lower back pain, shoulder pain and also the main guidelines and adaptations that we need to offer a safe touch to a pregnant woman.
ZOOMING INTO THE ANATOMY
A reasonable amount of crystal clear anatomy and physiology, zooming in so that we can visualize in 3D and rediscover everything that lies under the skin.
Osteopathic precision
The salt and pepper, the spices of this delicious mix, the magic that comes from the Osteopathic lineage.
Sadhanas
Physical practices of self-love like Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, Pranayama and also Qi Gong. And every step of the way, the nectar of Bhakti Yoga, many songs, melodies and prayers, mantras that are often the highlight of our residential courses.
Buddhist wisdom
Introduction to Buddhist practice & philosophy, crucial for the true understanding of Thai Yoga Massage.
200 hour Certificate
At the end of the course, you will receive an international diploma as a Thai Yoga Masseur from the Thai Massage Academy and the prestigious Sunshine Network.
manual
A complete and thorough manual that will support your journey all the way and beyond this training.

Meet
Pau Castellsagué

YOUR HOST

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A family trip to India, back in 2005, started it all. I dropped my career as a radio sports journalist and together with my brother Wari and my sister Mireia launched the Omshanti Yoga Studio (2006) and, later on, the Barcelona Yoga Conference (2011).

The path has been filled with Yoga, AcroYoga and soon enough Thai Massage showed up and stole my heart. For the last decade I have traveled around the globe sharing this art, inspired by teachers of the Sunshine Network. Laurino Bertelli, and his dedication to Vipassana meditation, the visionary OsteoThai founders David Lutt & Arno L’Hermitte, and the Sangha spirit, generosity and joy from Takis and Kerys at the Sunshine House Greece.

After graduating from a 5-year Osteopathy program at SICO (Switzerland), under the mentorship of Phillipe Druelle, the mission is crystal clear… to create a global platform, the Thai Massage Academy, and dive deep into this magical fusion between Thai Yoga Massage and Osteopathy.