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The Commercialization of Thai Massage in Thailand

Published February 13, 2020April 24, 2020 | Updated April 24, 2020

There’s of course nothing wrong with earning money, one needs to make a living at the end of the day, but when it comes to heavily commercializing services or products that weren’t at first very much commercialized, there’s always a certain price to pay. Or let’s say it differently — things will change. And for one, t [ Read More... ]

Thai Massage Schools Training Course Calendars in Thailand

Published January 16, 2020October 18, 2020 | Updated October 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 eve [ Read More... ]

Best Thai Foot Massage and Reflexology Training Courses in Chiang Mai

Published January 11, 2020October 18, 2020 | Updated October 18, 2020

Thai Foot Massage is usually a combination of massage and reflexology techniques that aims at opening the energy meridians (the Thai Sib Sen) and stimulating overall blood circulation and the flow of vital energy. Mind that “Foot Massage” in Thailand is often extended to the calves, upper legs, and finished with a head, neck and should [ Read More... ]

Bangkok Beauty & Spa School | Review

Published November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 | Updated November 21, 2019

The Bangkok Beauty and Spa School, founded in 2005, is an institute of non-formal education of private Thai Healing Arts vocational training. The school offers a broad variety of Thai, other Asian and Western massage, bodywork and beauty courses with the goal to train future spa therapists and independent spa entrepreneurs. The focus of this train [ Read More... ]

Baimint Spa Academy Bangkok | Review

Published November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 | Updated November 19, 2019

A bit confusing perhaps, but the Baimint Spa Academy in Bangkok runs five websites, plus two additional Facebook sites. Moreover, all sites are in the Thai language, which makes it clear that this training provider caters for Thai students, in any case, for those who speak Thai. Nevertheless, we think it’s interesting for us, foreign studen [ Read More... ]

Thai Facial Massage Training Courses in Chiang Mai

Published June 13, 2019October 18, 2020 | Updated October 18, 2020

A Thai Facial Massage treatment can consist of several techniques being applied: reflexology i.e. acupressure, peeling, cupping, herbal mixtures and essential oils applied as masks, compresses, packs, scrubs, and of course our good old massage techniques, such as rubbing, pulling, kneading, pressing, circular movements, squeezing, and so on. We do [ Read More... ]

Thai Facial Massage Treatments in Thailand

Published June 12, 2019May 3, 2020 | Updated May 3, 2020

Originally, Thai Facial Massage was simply part of a full body Thai Massage, or in any case an integral part of a Thai Head, Neck and Shoulder Massage. As has happened with several other treatments, such as Thai Foot, Thai Hand and Thai Abdominal Massage, to name a few, today the Thai Face or Facial Massage is increasingly offered as an individual [ Read More... ]

Spa Mantra Chiang Mai | Review

Published June 10, 2019October 18, 2020 | Updated October 18, 2020

Spa Mantra is a Thai Day Spa and Wellness center and a branch of the well-established ITM Thai Massage school in Chiang Mai. Connected to the Spa is the Spa Mantra training academy with both Western, Thai style, and Thai Lanna training courses, focused on both the Spa Relax and Therapeutic industry. The treatments offered are clearly marketed in t [ Read More... ]

Suai Spa and Thai Massage School | Review

Published June 3, 2019January 27, 2020 | Updated January 27, 2020

About the Schools Suai Spa School and Suai Thai Massage School are sister schools that work at the same location in Phuket, near Patong Beach. The first mentioned school focuses on offering training courses of spa modalities, and the second on offering Thai Massage training courses. They have separate websites and names, but if you want to have a b [ Read More... ]

Thai Bamboo Massage Training Classes and Workshops in Thailand

Published May 28, 2019October 18, 2020 | Updated October 18, 2020

The use of bamboo has a long history in China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and other Asian countries. In the far past, thin sheets of bamboo were used as paper by monks in Buddhist Temples, and young bamboo is still used as food. The list is long – from making tools, decorations and mats to building houses, from artifacts in creative, healing and [ Read More... ]