Program Overview:
Instructors: Miranda Warburton, Ph.D. & Renee Stucklen, B.S., LMT
This program is taught by Miranda and Renee who have studied Thai Massage in Bangkok at Phra Chetaphon Temple more familiarly known Wat Po, the Buddhist Temple where Thai Massage originated. They have also completed the Thai Massage Instructor Program with Chongkol Setthakorn at the Institute of Thai Massage in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and are certified by ITM to offer the Level I and Level II Traditional Thai Massage: Nuad Bo-Rarn.
This detailed protocol of approximately 140 separate techniques incorporates gentle rocking, deep stretching, and rhythmic compression to create a unique therapeutic massage. This style of bodywork requires that the practitioner have strength, balance, focus, precision, and visualization, thus each class will begin with a gentle yoga practice led by the instructor, which will easily integrate into your personal practice .
This course is designed to give you a strong foundation in Thai Massage, and to expose you to the wide variety of massage techniques incorporated in this style for the greatest benefit of your clients and your bodies.
Thai Massage Practitioner: Level I
In the Level 1 training students are introduced to the ‘front body’ Thai Massage protocol. This protocol also includes some techniques for the back and head. Students learn techniques for initiating energy movement through the body. Thai meridians, main energy lines, pressure points and techniques for facilitating the body’s physical, psychological, and spiritual balance are presented. Deeply focused abdominal work is included in this level. Overall, the Level 1 training introduces the student to the system of Thai Massage, its basic moves, and how the practitioner smoothly transitions from one technique to the next.
Thai Massage Practitioner: Level II
In the Level 2 training students are presented with a more in-depth application of the energetic system. This level focuses on techniques for the client’s back and side, and in the sitting position. Greater sensitivity and awareness are stressed with the application of techniques using thumbs, palm, elbows, knees, and feet. By the end of the Level 2 training students will have the techniques to do a 1 hour or 2 hour full body Thai Massage.
Yoga Instruction and Practice 
The Yoga course of this program is integral to Level I and II and will assist you in developing strength and flexibility for the increased effectiveness of your treatments and will help you to help others discover the true power of yoga. The classes will precede each bodywork class serving to warm-up, strengthen, and increase the depths and capabilities as you train to become a Thai Massage Practitioner. By synchronizing movement with breath in a continual flow, an internal heat is generated that revives and repairs the physical body as well as the mind, heart, and spirit!
