Thai Healing Massage Academy

Tips For Promoting Your Massage Business Part 2

Shama — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:09:11 +0000

How easy do you make it for your massage clients to find you?

You can be the best massage therapist in the world, but if nobody knows you and you are hiding in a cave, it doesn’t help anyone, neither you nor your potential clients.

If you have an established massage therapy business, are well [...]

Thai Yoga Massage Versus Yoga – Which One Is Better?

Shama — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:18:53 +0000

Thai Massage versus Thai Yoga Massage – what’s in a name?

Thai Yoga Massage is basically another name for Thai Massage. There are variations and adaptations and different styles of therapists, but we are talking about the same family of bodywork. The term ‘Thai Yoga Massage’ has been coined by western practitioners. It is [...]

Ten Ways To Make Massage More Therapeutic

Shama — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:43:36 +0000

Here is another one of my irreverent massage therapy master pieces, along with my warning message: If you don’t have a sense of humor, stop reading right here! For my part, I’d rather be controversial than boring.

There is no one point at which massage turns into massage therapy. It’s a matter of degrees. It [...]

What Exactly is Thai Healing Massage?

Shama — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:09:16 +0000

Thai Healing Massage is not just a fancy name for Thai Massage. It has a very specific meaning, at least in the context of my training school, Thai Healing Massage Academy. I live in the Thai Massage capital of the world, Chiang Mai, Thailand. There are Thai massage schools and shops all [...]

Massage And Relationships

Shama — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:16:49 +0000

Massage for couples, friends and family

As a professional massage therapist I tend to write about subjects that fall in the “professional massage” category. But I am also a husband and a father and a friend. In this article I want to take massage out of the professional context, namely the kind where you make [...]

Massage And Healing

Shama — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:17:29 +0000

Why are members of the Healing Arts community not allowed to heal?

One thing never ceases to amaze me. Massage is part of the healing arts world, but in quite a few countries, including the USA, massage therapists are not allowed to say that they heal anything. So if Massage is a healing art, but [...]

Massage, Human Nature, and Sainthood

Shama — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:52:53 +0000

I often get questions and comments along the lines of: “How pure is a particular healing arts, massage, or yoga system?” “How close is it to it’s origins?” “How much does it adhere to its tradition?” “How much has it been tampered with or altered?” “How much has it been commercialized?” “How spiritual or conscious [...]

8 Factors That Make Thai Massage Unique

Shama — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:49:15 +0000

What makes Thai Massage or any other therapy unique? There are countless massage and therapy systems to choose from, and that’s great! But just like not everyone likes to eat the same kind of food, not every type of massage or therapy will work for all of us.

There are big differences. For example, let’s [...]

Courageous Touch: Yoga And Thai Massage For Chronic Sufferers

Shama — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:20:15 +0000

The following is a guest post written by Jillian McKee.

As more people embrace holistic therapies for improving health and fighting disease, yoga and massage are becoming more common among cancer patients and other chronic sufferers. Yoga and massage therapies combine ancient philosophies with modern techniques to ease symptoms and optimize treatment effectiveness.

While most [...]

Massage, Anatomy and Celebrities

Shama — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:42:25 +0000

How much Anatomy do Massage Therapists Need to Know?

In my massage video training courses I use very few specific anatomical terms. There are three reasons for this:

1. The first reason is quite simple: Anatomy uses a scientific language which is not understood by most people unless they have studied the subject. [...]