New Years Thai Massage Training
DEC 27th 2023 - 6 JAN 2024
🇫🇷Nos cours peuvent être faits ou traduits en français 🇫🇷
🇪🇸 Nuestros cursos pueden ser y traducidos al español 🇪🇸
Thai massage is a transformative experience.
A profound revolution in the way we move, interact, communicate,
and above all... the way we touch each other.
The main ingredients of this 11-day program will be:
💆♂ Thai Massage 💆♂
🧘🏻♂ Yoga . Movement. AcroYoga🧘🏻♂
🌬 Breathwork 🌬
☕ Cocoa Ceremony ☕
🧘♀ Meditation 🧘♀
🎸 Bhakti yoga 🎸
👯♂ Sangha 👯♂
🐟 Swimming pool 🐟
🥗 Vegan and Vegetarian food 🥗
🏔New years hike 🏔
🧖♀3 Sauna sessions 🧖♂
🍀 Nature and more 🍀
🌳 at the heart of Alpujarras, Granada 🌳
At the incredible
Cortijo Caseria del Mercado
SPAIN
🍀 Sign up soon, you won't want to miss this New Years Celebration 🍀
GENERAL DAILY SCHEDULE
6:30 - 7 :: meditation (mostly Anapana, Vipassana and Metta Meditation)
7 - 8.15 :: yoga, movement (also there will be days with acroyoga, chiqong, breathwork)
8.15 – 9.30 :: break-slow and free time
9.30 – 1 pm :: thai massage teaching and practice
1 pm – 3 :: lunch and free time
3 pm – 6.30 pm :: thai massage teaching and practice
7.30 pm :: dinner
Evening :: review and practice always possible, bonfire, sauna, New Year celebration...
*On New Year's evening we will have a celebration
*On January 1st we will do a hike (optional) 9:30 to 14h approx
Arrival day: Dec 27th we start at 6PM with a Welcome Circle dinner at 7:30
Departure day: January 6th we finish by 3PM after lunch
You can stay 1 or 2 more nights if you want to (ask us for the extra cost)
THE TEACHING OF THIS COURSE IS BASED ON
Understanding the fundamentals of Thai massage (moving meditation) and the principles of touch: How to get softness and power in our hands, how to move fluidly and use our whole body so that no area is fatigued.
Learning a Thai massage sequence. The taught sequence (approximately 2h massage) is specifically designed to address the needs of our patients by restoring basic flexibility, recovering body mobility and balancing the flow of energy.
In addition, this class allows you to acquire tools to be more efficient in your massage and respond more precisely to the needs of patients, especially for back pain problems.
Many exercises will develop the sensitivity of our hands to "feel and be" rather than do.
Finally, we will learn how to use Thai herbal compresses.
Upon completion of the course,
students will receive an 80-hour international certification of attendance
from Luyani School and Thai Massage Sangha School.
TRAINING GOALS
1. UNDERSTANDING PRINCIPLES OF BEING, TOUCHING AND WORKING ON THE FLOOR
– Principles of Being :
get grounded, let go, get centered;
the four qualities of the divine state according to Buddhism (Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Uppekha).
- Principles of Touch: to touch, yes, but how..?
- Principles of Working on the Floor :
practicing with hands but also with feet, elbows and knees;
learning how to use our body weight;
stretching muscular channels (long leverages techniques related to yoga).
– Principles of Being :
get grounded, let go, get centered;
the four qualities of the divine state according to Buddhism (Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Uppekha).
- Principles of Touch: to touch, yes, but how..?
- Principles of Working on the Floor :
practicing with hands but also with feet, elbows and knees;
learning how to use our body weight;
stretching muscular channels (long leverages techniques related to yoga).
2. LEARNING A COMPLETE THAI MASSAGE SEQUENCE
to be able to give a full-body Thai massage in the four traditional positions (prone, supine, side and sitting) and to understand where and when to use them.
to be able to give a full-body Thai massage in the four traditional positions (prone, supine, side and sitting) and to understand where and when to use them.
3. ENERGY LINES
to learn about and work on energy lines specific to Eastern philosophies and techniques.
to learn about and work on energy lines specific to Eastern philosophies and techniques.
4. LEARN ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
to acquire advanced techniques and sequences to become more efficient,
to focus on transitions in order to gain fluidity and grace.
to acquire advanced techniques and sequences to become more efficient,
to focus on transitions in order to gain fluidity and grace.
5. DEVELOP OUR HANDS SENSITIVITY AND INTUITION
some exercises give us the possibility to work with thinking and seeing hands..!
some exercises give us the possibility to work with thinking and seeing hands..!
6. THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
to cover some therapeutic aspects of Thai massage including :
- headaches,
- lower back pain.
to cover some therapeutic aspects of Thai massage including :
- headaches,
- lower back pain.
7. USING THAI HERBAL COMPRESSES
to know when and how to use compresses, a traditional and unique medicinal tool made of Thai herbs. In Thailand, the herbal compress is called luk pra kob, translated as “herbal pressing sphere.”
to know when and how to use compresses, a traditional and unique medicinal tool made of Thai herbs. In Thailand, the herbal compress is called luk pra kob, translated as “herbal pressing sphere.”
With no prerequisites,
this 11-day training is open to everyone:
From the beginner who has no practical experience and just wants to be able to give a good massage to family and friends. To the person who wants to gain stability, presence, practice and continue learning Thai massage.
To the health professional (physiotherapists, osteopaths, nurses...) who wishes to expand their therapeutic techniques.
LOCATION & VENUE
Cortijo la Casería del Mercado
www.cortijolacaseria.com
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/rzbnnN2DhCy
The Cortijo is located 1,250 meters high in the mountains bordering the National Park of Sierra Nevada. Nestled between the small villages of Almegíjar and Cástaras, 100 km from Granada. The closest town is Orgiva.
The farm is surrounded by a wide variety of flora and fauna.
The local area is a fantastic hiking area with spectacular mountain views and isolated “white villages”.
HOW TO GET THERE
-- If you come by car or van the venue is 40 min from Orgiva (and Orgiva is 40 min from Granada) We would love to organize a carpool from Orgiva to the Cortijo.
-- The closest airport Granada by car is about 1.5 hours away from our venue. And Malaga airport is 2.5 hours away by car.
-- If you fly from Spain you can see the option to fly to Granada. From there, there is a bus to Granada´s bus station and from there to Orgiva (check www.alsa.es)
-- If you fly from abroad, generally the best option is Malaga. From Malaga Airport
1. You can get a good deal renting a car (check www.doyouspain.com)
2. By bus to Granada and then Granada - Orgiva (check www.alsa.es)
3. By www.blablacar.es to Granada
We are happy to support you to find the best option
ABOUT THE TEACHER
All my life I have been interested in the body and movement.
The Diploma in Physiotherapy in 2006 gave me the foundations for the path that followed: Thai Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Chinese Medicine, AcroYoga, Yoga & Movement, and Osteopathy. This is what you can find in my teachings. I feel like an eternal student of the human being, of anatomy, physiology... and also of his philosophy and values and I share what I love and learn the most.
For me, Thai massage is meditation, dance, and healing. It gives me the opportunity to flow, to be present, to create, to communicate without words.
Along this path, my passion for Thai Massage and Osteothai has been growing thanks to teachers like Dayalu, Laurino Bertell, KrishnaTakis, and David Lutt (whom I have been assisting for years) and Jörg Schürpf I graduated with Master OsteoThai.
Currently, I am still studying Osteopathy. I have been sharing workshops and training in Spain and Europe since 2008, and since 2018 giving therapies and training next to Granada where I live with Sharon and our 2 children Alma and Kailu at @cortijoalegria
I have a passionate and therapeutic teaching style and cultivate joy as much as I can in the trainings I teach.
For me, my work is about the endless exploration of body and mind and, a way to discover the beauty of life. As we become aware of what is happening inside and where we are in the present moment, the body is alienated to release what it is holding. Then we can embark on a journey of restoration and transformation.
