Maybe during the transition from one email to the other something got lost. Anyway I re-sent module 1 to you in case it is not in your husband's inbox.

I am glad that you like Qigong. You will see that I use energy concepts in my training. Actually one of the bonus modules which comes with this course, Magic Touch Secrets, will be perfect for you. I also practice Qigong and always found that energy concepts can really improve your sensitivity and quality of touch in massage work, what to speak of the ability to direct and move energy. It's a good fit with Thai Massage which is based on working with energy lines anyway.

Did you get the hip and the nose to move? Did it feel right to you? That technique is actually a bit harder to do correctly than what it looks like. But maybe you are a natural talent. 

Great! Yes, the body weight is the biggie. It will make all the difference in your Thai Massage. Without using good body mechanics you will wear yourself out in no time with Thai Massage. With good body mechanics you can do Thai Massage up until ripe old age. 

Yes there is a referral deal. Actually I am about to change the numbers in your favor, and the total value of the courses you can get for a referral for the Complete Thai Massage course just went up from $60 to $74, which would be one or two of my smaller courses.

There are lots of people in the western world doing Thai Massage on the table. There are even quite a few trainers teaching this. Personally I feel much more comfortable on a floor mat for several reasons:

1. You have better leverage because you can get on top of clients and use your body weight to your best advantage.

2. You can do some techniques that just don't work on a table.

3. It is much easier to move the client into different positions on a floor mat rather than on a narrow table.

4. You can use body parts like knees and feet which you cannot use on a table.

Thai Massage can be done on a table but it is often a little bit watered down version. The clients won't know, but I know that I can do much better work on the floor, especially when it comes to preserving my own health and working with least effort.

I know that there are quite a few spas which "train" their therapists in Thai Massage, but you simply cannot learn real Thai Massage in a few days. I used to have quite a few of those spa Thai Massage therapists as clients when I worked in the western world. When I asked them why they did not get their massages from their colleagues, they told me that they just did not have the in depth training and that there was no comparison between my work and their spa colleagues.

So that's my experience with this subject. I am glad that you decided to go ahead with a more complete training. It will feel so much better for you, your confidence level will be much higher, and it will be much more enjoyable to do as well.

I have another student whom I trained a long time ago. She used the course to become the main Thai Massage trainer in the spa where she works. Who knows, the same could happen with you.

Without being really good at using your body weight, Thai Massage will neither feel good to the client nor to yourself - or to put it more bluntly, muscling your clients will feel painful to them and it will be exhausting for the therapist. So I am glad to hear that you are working a lot with your body weight. 

Brittany, here is the registration form for the certification:

https://thaihealingmassage.com.....istration/

You will also find it in your course manual in the certification section.

Actually I almost never do a whole body Thai Massage session anymore. I only work on clients who have specific problems, and that's what I focus on in my sessions. I might work for an hour or two just on someone's shoulders, or back , hips or whatever they need. 

Here in Thailand most therapists work on the legs for about 70 percent of the session. I always found this very unbalanced, and when I did whole body sessions I reduced this to more like 30 or 40 percent in favor of doing more upper body work.

Even when doing whole body sessions, if the client has upper body issues, it is ok to only spend only 20 or 30 percent of the session on the legs and then focus primarily on the upper body. Of course this ratio could be reversed if someone has leg or hip issues in which case you would focus mostly on the lower body.

Bottom line is: no hard and fast rules - let the particular situation guide you.