Blue Lotus Thai Healing Studies

11/20/2024

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1055862265459?aff=oddtdtcreator

This short one day class will be focused on safe, effective and fun partner stretching techniques.

09/04/2024

01/18/2024

2024 Thai Massage Training Open For Sign Ups - https://mailchi.mp/paulfowler.health/beginning-and-advanced-thai-massage-training-17631264
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https://bluelotusthai.com/200-hour-certification/

01/18/2024

2024 Thai Massage Training Open For Sign Ups - https://mailchi.mp/paulfowler.health/beginning-and-advanced-thai-massage-training-17631428

01/18/2024

2024 Thai Massage Training Open For Sign Ups - https://mailchi.mp/paulfowler/beginning-and-advanced-thai-massage-training-17631432

11/27/2023

Cupping with Buffalo Horn, Loy Krathong Festival, Brahmaviharas Study and More - https://mailchi.mp/paulfowler.health/beginning-and-advanced-thai-massage-training-17588336

11/13/2023

Gain confidence and skill while applying powerful therapeutic Thai Massage techniques to help your clients with shoulder / neck issues.

10/27/2023

Next weekend (Monday and Tuesday Nov 4/5) I'll be hosting and teaching "Technique and Spirit of Thai Bodywork" at Sat Nam Yoga in Chicago - a class for massage therapists! It provides 16 Continuing Education credits for LMTs. Learn more. . .

This class focuses mainly on basic technique of Thai bodywork, learning safe and comfortable compressions, stretching, and movement. We learn how to use our feet, knees, hands and thumbs for … Technique and Spirit of Thai Bodywork Read More »

10/13/2023

If you would like to meet my teacher but are not able to come to the Tok Sen class, we will be having a meet and greet and Q and A where you can ask about the Buddhist perspective on whatever you wish. It will be tomorrow night. Again, PM me if you are interested.

10/13/2023

Someone just dropped out of the Tok Sen class next week so there is an opening if someone wants to take it. You have to have experience with Thai Massage. The class is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from 9:30a-5:30p with my teacher who is in from Thailand. If you are interested, send me a PM and we can talk about it.

10/04/2023

🫶 THE FIVE BODY LAYERS - BONE 🫶

As the fourth body layer, the bone is the fourth level being addressed during a Thai Massage.

One way that this layer is accessed is through percussion which creates vibration though the first three layers. You can also affect the bone layer when doing joint mobilization techniques.

In order for percussion or joint mobilization to be effective, you need to spend more time with these techniques than you might normally do during a typical Thai Massage sequence. One or two minutes of percussion in one small area is what is necessary to make a therapeutic difference as opposed to maybe three or five "hits" you might do during a sequence (which really doesn't have much effect at all).

When doing joint mobilization, do it many times, maybe 21 hip circles for instance. This will build fluid in the joint and create the conditions for easier movement, breaking up stiffness in the joint.

10/02/2023

✨ OCTOBER IS PHYSICAL THERAPY MONTH ✨

National Physical Therapy Week, which was first observed in June of 1981, became National Physical Therapy MONTH in 1992.

In Traditional Thai medicine, there are five roots. One of those roots is called Hattha Saht. Hattha means hand or manual and Saht means science. Sometimes it is translated as physical therapy. Within the root of Hattha Saht there are numerous physical therapies, massage being just one of them.

Other physical therapies in the Thai medical tradition include cupping, scraping, bone setting, herbal compress and more. You may be surprised to see cupping there, but traditionally in Thailand, cupping was common, using water buffalo horns as the cups.

The difference between cupping that you may know from Chinese medicine and how it is used in Thai medicine is simply the different theoretical understanding in it's application. Chinese cupping comes from the Traditional Chinese medical perspective and while Thai cupping relies on the understanding from the Thai medical perspective.