Thai Healing Massage Academy | Thai Massage Online Courses
If you want to learn Thai Massage (or improve your existing skills), Thai Healing Massage Academy’s Complete Thai Massage course contains all you need to achieve your training goals, and much more.
If you think that the course is just a collection of techniques, you will be pleasantly surprised. There is A LOT more to it! The techniques are just one part of it.
When researching Thai Massage online training options, what makes one course different from another? How do you find one that works best for you?
At Thai Healing Massage Academy, we have been providing Thai Massage training since 2001. And since 2010 we have focused exclusively on online training.
We originally pioneered Thai Massage online training. We were the first school to offer it, and we have been going strong ever since.
Nowadays, you have many options to choose from. The question is which online training is best for you and your needs?
Thailand is famous for its unique Thai Massage therapy system. Every year many thousands of people travel to Thailand to study there. Countless Thai Massage schools have sprung up all over the country in the last 20 years.
Most people assume that Thai Massage education must be best in its home country. The question is if this is really true.
Before we get into the details, I should mention that I am not just espousing theory or educated guesses. After living in Thailand for 2 decades and being married to a native Thai Massage therapist, my conclusions are based on observable facts.
Before you decide to learn Thai Massage, it is important to understand what makes it different from western therapies.
Thai Massage study is not just about learning a different set of massage techniques. Instead it is a totally different approach to massage therapy with a totally different mindset.
‘Holistic’ means that it addresses the whole person, not just an isolated part. Human beings are not just physical bodies, but they consist of several elements – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
Thailand is famous for its unique style of bodywork, Thai Massage, which is really a combination of massage and applied or passive yoga stretches.
There is plenty of information available about the benefits of massage in general. And there is no shortage of scientific evidence that massage is good for your body.
Massage is also good for your mind. It relaxes, de-stresses, and temporarily shuts off incessant mental chatter. The Thais have been well aware of both of these benefits for over a thousand years.
So here is the question: Is Thai Massage ‘just’ relaxing, or is it therapeutic, i.e. does it actually help with something? Does it really improve certain conditions?
Thai Massage is not just a job. It is not just a type of work. It does not just provide a good income. It is enjoyable to learn and practice. Why is that?
You get to play with an almost infinite variety of techniques, modifications, adaptations, and ways to make it uniquely your own.
Thai Massage is not just about following a set sequence, but about being intuitive, creative, and innovative.
There are hundreds of techniques and stretches available which can be combined in countless ways to create a therapeutic masterpiece.
In the western world, anatomical knowledge is seen as a required element of massage therapy. It is accepted as one of the fundamental principles in massage schools.
However, you might be astonished to learn that there are parts of the world where anatomy is not the main basis of massage education.
One of these countries is Thailand. How can that be? Let’s take our own Thai Massage school as an example.
In Thai Healing Massage Academy’s online training courses we use anatomical terms at a basic level only. There are three reasons for this: