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Thai Massage Events and Training Course Calendars and Schedules in Thailand

Published January 16, 2020January 18, 2020 | Updated January 18, 2020

Not surprisingly, Thai Massage training is big, very big in Thailand and the number of events and training course offerings across the country is simply dazzling. Many Thai Massage schools and trainers offer training on an ongoing basis and you can usually enroll for a new Thai Massage course every week of the year—at some schools even every [ Read More... ]

Titles for Thai Massage Teachers and Masters in Thailand

Published January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 | Updated January 9, 2020

I can remember well that when I started learning Thai Massage in 2009, I thought that Ajarn was the first name of Ajarn Pichest Boonthumme. Pichest, by the way, is a famous Thai Massage teacher in the Chiang Mai region in Thailand and usually referred to as Ajarn Pichest. Ajarn It was only later that I understood that Ajarn is a Thai word ( อา [ Read More... ]

Thai Women and Thai Massage in Thailand

Published January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 | Updated January 5, 2020

In this post we take a look at the role and importance of Thai women in the Thai Massage treatment and training industry in Thailand. We talk a bit about the place of Thai men also, but rather as a comparison, to give a better idea about the impact women have on Thai Massage in Thailand. 1. Spas and Massage Parlors 2. Midwifery 3. Traditional Hea [ Read More... ]

Spa Patcharapat | Review

Published January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 | Updated January 2, 2020

Medical Spa Patcharapat is beautifully located at Khao Takiab (near Hua Hin), the so-called Monkey Mountain. It’s funny, because it’s there at Monkey Mountain that we took the photo of our TraditionalBodywork Mascot. The environment—mountain, monkeys, sea, temple, views—is really magnificent, but okay, that’s a whole [ Read More... ]

Thai Massage on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity List

Published December 13, 2019January 1, 2020 | Updated January 1, 2020

Above all, I’m happy. Happy for Thailand, the Thai People, for all Thai Traditional healers and therapists, and for Thai Massage (Nuad Thai). It’s a great honor and recognition to be featured on the UNESCO ICH list, and I would almost like to add—it was about time! It definitively takes Thai Massage far away from its still lingering imag [ Read More... ]

Thai Massage Training Events in Thailand | Season 2019-2020

Published October 4, 2019January 16, 2020 | Updated January 16, 2020

In Thailand, the tourist high season is about to start. The season roughly runs from November up to April and it’s the time of year of the highest tourist influx, visitors coming to Thailand for holidays, shopping, medical issues, massage and bodywork treatments and training, and what not. Thai Massage training is big in Thailand, and many s [ Read More... ]

Lifelong Continuing Education and Thai Massage

Published August 13, 2019August 14, 2019 | Updated August 14, 2019

Many massage licensees are required to participate in so-called Continuing Education (CE) or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities to keep on being a legit licensed therapist. The amount of mandatory continuing education (in hours and per period) depends on individual country regulations, and sometimes even on the states or province [ Read More... ]

The 800-hours Thai Massage Training Course Curriculum in Thailand

Published July 30, 2019August 23, 2019 | Updated August 23, 2019

Therapeutic Thai Massage in Thailand is regarded as a branch of Traditional Thai Medicine (TTM). The Thai Ministry of Public Health regulates the registration and licensing of TTM practitioners and the conditions wherein Thai Medical Doctors, and Thai Pharmacy, Thai Midwifery, and Thai Massage therapists practice their profession. Note that Buddhi [ Read More... ]

The 372-hours Thai Massage Training Course in Thailand

Published July 21, 2019July 21, 2019 | Updated July 21, 2019

In Thailand, with regard to Traditional Thai Massage training curricula, one of the official governmental distinctions made is the study of Thai Massage Fundamentals of 60 hours, Thai Traditional Massage for Relaxation and Health of 150 hours, Thai Traditional Massage for Relieving Symptoms of 372 hours and Thai Traditional Massage for Therapeutic [ Read More... ]

The Wai Khru Ceremony and Thai Massage in Thailand

Published July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 | Updated July 2, 2019

Plainly said, the Wai Khru ceremony in Thailand is a ritual saying thanks to (all) your teachers going back in time up to paying respect to the Lord Buddha. Yet, before we discuss some of the details of the way Wai Khru is performed in Thai Massage, first an introduction to the general meaning of the Wai Khru ceremony in Thailand. Introduction to [ Read More... ]