Thai Bodywork affiliated program
ORLANDO THAI MASSAGE SCHOOL in Orlando Florida
WHAT IS THAI MASSAGE
We offer Thai Massage and Thai yoga certifications and Thai Yoga and Thai massage continuing education (CEUs) classes/credits, often blended and called Thai yoga massage in Florida and Illinois. This combination of skills has become Thai Bodywork at the Orlando School of Thai Massage. Our education is geared toward teaching students the proper skills for a long career in massage as well as helping seasoned practitioners by offering a new and biomechanically correct way to do their work.
Yes, it CAN BE very different and challenging for people to learn but the rewards are dramatic and enormous. I find it very intuitive to stretch people, move their energy, and or treat their aches/pains with this Ancient Thai method (Nuad Boran or Nuad Chaleisak); it does become a part of you and you learn to feel when you are working biomechanically correct. Even students learn to feel the difference (with their eyes closed) between the different types of pressures (HANDS: palm [palm walking, palm pressing, butterfly press], thumbing, reinforced thumbs, fingers, hooked fingers); FEET: arch, blade, ball, heel; KNEE, HIP; forearm, elbow, on and one, etc...
Further, not only does the receiver get the benefit, so does the giver. Often, students experience increased ROM (range of motion) in their feet, ankles, knees, hips, and back (though sometimes accompanying soreness, just a little from the 20 hours of learning) after a weekend course, but this gets better over time.
Let me state that these are weekend intensives. This very same material is often presented in Thailand and at other schools here in the USA in a longer format; what you will learn in one weekend is often a week long class of 5 hrs per day or longer. Another way that we serve our students, is that we teach all four treatment attitudes (supine, side-lying, prone and seated) in one weekend. We have condensed our program through several efficient practice and learning techniques, and with excellent teaching aides (and instruction!! :-} ), so be prepared and come with an open mind.
[I wrote this paragraph specifically for massage therapist, because we have the hardest time learning this body of work (though our understanding of the body may be great) because we always want to do more with our hands; "embellish." Thai massage is more than 2,000 years old; it is perfectly worked out; we don't need to add massage (a relatively infantile modality) to it. Our energy and our bodyweight is perfect. Thus, this is new to you so come with an open mind and be prepared to learn something completely different in order to freshen your experience with your career with something new, and save your body and hands.]
Yes, anyone can learn this work. In Thailand, this practice is commonly associated with the Buddhist temples or Wats. There, people in the care of the temple (i.e. orphans, disabled, elderly) provide Nuat Boran to visitors to help the temples generate revenues for the common care of the temple and those that live within their walls.
What one wears in receiving and learning Thai Bodywork are clothes that allow full range of motion (I wear Prana clothing, which we sell). That's all you need. We provide everything else you need or may need (like DVDs) in our learning environment, except maybe a pen to take notes in your manual (we provide a manual for each course).
Training progression (and Thai Bodywork certification) might follow this sequence:
| Clinical Track | Spa Track |
| Level 1 | Level 1 |
| HandsFree 1 | HandsFree 1 |
| Level 2 | LPK |
| HandsFree 2 | Level 2 |
| Level 3 | Level 3 |
| LPK | |
| Anatomy and Palpation | |
| Clinical Series 1-7 |
Certified
Thai Bodywork Practitioner Certification
Certified Thai Bodywork Practitioner (TBP) has the following
requirements:
- Levels 1-3 (130
hours)
- HandsFree Thai 1 (20 hours)
- A&P 1 (20 hours or testing credit)
- 1.5 hour practical examination
- written exam - history, cultural context,
principles
- 30 documented client sessions
- 3 documented Thai massage sessions received
from a qualified practitioner
Where is Orlando Thai Massage?
We are located in Sunny and Warm, Orlando, Florida; more specifically in Winter Park/Maitland, a quiet suburb.Classes are held in my wellness studio at:
On a side note, at my studio we also teach and certify Stott Pilates instructors
(MapQuest and GPS address)
A Balanced Body
1971 Howell Branch Rd, Winter Park, FL 32792
407-644-5001 studio
407-359-8657 fax
(Mailing address)
Orlando School of Thai Massage
1971 Howell Branch Rd, Maitland, FL 32751
407-644-5001 studio
407-359-8657 fax
When does Orlando Thai Massage Training happen
Our classes are modular and designed to be taught to busy professionals on a weekend basis.
Friday 3 hours 6:00 to 9:00PM & Saturday/Sunday 10 - 6PM
We usually offer at least one class per month, sometimes two or three.
Why Thai Massage
We feel there is a tremendous potential to learn a fascinating and wonderful new skill through which you will:
Be able to help people and yourself - physically, mentally, and energetically
Enrich your own experience with the work by expanding your mind and decreasing the dependence on your hands [to do the work - I will demonstrate and explain this later].
Further, massage licensure (for Florida) requires therapists to complete a certain number of CEUs each biennium (2 year cycle ending August 31):
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24 hours plus and HIV / AIDS course of 1-2hrs.
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2 hours each (6 total) of Medical ERRORS, ETHICS, and LAWS/RULES
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12 hours of a LIVE techniques course
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leaving 6 hours of CEUs optional.
Each of our weekend courses are at least 20 hours of CEU (17 NCBTMB hours), so any of our courses will help a Florida licensed massage therapist fulfill the "Live" course requirement for licensure.
Who is Orlando Thai Yoga
Anyone is open to learning Thai Bodywork, although class size is limited to 10 people.
No prerequisites are necessary to learn our introductory level classes:
- Level 1 Thai Massage Fundamentals
- HandsFree Level 1
- Anatomy and Palpation/physiology for Thai Bodyworkers.
Courses usually fill a week prior, so deposits and registrations are highly recommended to reserve your place.
Your local laws govern how you practice commercially (if at all), as students come from all over the world to learn Thai massage here.
Rob Murray
was awarded Certified Thai Bodywork Instructor (TBI) status by Thai
Bodywork School of Thai Massage in 2007. The TBI designation is
earned through a rigorous, multi-year training process that is
awarded only to individuals who have earned Certified Thai Bodywork
Practitioner (TBP) status, and proven their excellence as Thai
massage therapists as well as in the classroom.
Rob, whose mother is Thai, was born in Thailand and brings a rich
background to his teaching of Thai massage, including:
- BS in Exercise Physiology 1998
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Athletic Trainer, and Personal Trainer since 1998
- Stott Pilates Instructor 1999
- Ashtanga yogi instructor 1999
- Licensed Massage Therapist in the State of Florida since 2000
- Licensed Massage Therapist at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games
- An accomplished athlete who has competed at an Olympic level in the sport of skeleton 2002-2006
Feel free to ask me any questions: info@orlandoschoolofthaimassage.com
How Thai Massage works
We teach our courses in several different approaches to facilitate learning so much material.
First, we teach proper body mechanics and application of efficient forces to both provide the proper intent. We teach why so you have an understanding that then translates to each and every movement.
Second, we teach with a method we call "the flow" that helps students learn the sequences of movement and asanas so that the sessions have a choreography or sense of movement that makes logical and logistical sense. The Flow is similar to dancing.
Lastly, we teach you proper, efficient, and effective techniques to effect both you and your client. My personal specialty is to teach the coordinated movements that make the Thai treatment mutually beneficial.
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