THAI THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
Thai Therapeutic (Acupressure) Massage for Serious Conditions
This course assumes the practitioner is not only familiar with the complete Thai Traditional Massage (or equivalents such as Shiatsu), but has practiced for a substantial amount of time or, even better, has worked as a Professional Therapist.
Who This Course Is For
Open to all Advanced Students and Professional Therapists with experience in Thai Acupressure Massage or in other energy work like Shiatsu.
Course Topic
This course assumes the practitioner is not only familiar with the complete Thai Traditional Massage (or equivalents such as Shiatsu), but has practiced for a substantial amount of time or, even better, has worked as a Professional Therapist.
Course Focus
The 150 Hour Therapeutic Massage Course concentrates on the acupressure points and sen lines used to treat specific conditions, injuries, and ailments that go beyond what is usually thought of as “Thai Massage” — for example, stroke damage, migraine, and frozen limbs.
The abdominal area is explored in much greater depth, and the “Royal Style” is taught as a special aid in the treatment of serious illnesses and injuries during the long, slow rehabilitation-type massages that are so effective at healing.
Most Baan Hom Samunphrai students will have had at least one 3- or even 4-hour therapeutic massage with Ajarn Bang, Ajarn Vichean, Ajarn Ann, or Ajarn Phikun after class, so they know just how much care, intelligence, concentration, and patience are involved.
Additional Resource
Click on the title to see the FOREWORD & INDEX to the 150 Hour Therapeutic Massage Book.
Course Details:
- Training Hours: 150 Hours
- Duration: 22 study days + 3 day off
- Live-in Program: 25 days
- 2025/6 Cost: Bt 30,000 ($914.00) (€801.00)
Why We Teach This Way
This course also covers the whole Thai Traditional Massage, legs, arms, side, prone and sitting positions, but from the very start adds on a detailed study of the energy points and sen lines. There is as well a strong emphasis on the much more technical abdomen, face, and head. A very popular herbal compress day is included, both the identification and preparation of the herbs and the technical application of the compresses, and there are always interludes for the unexpected, walking-massage with sticks, for example, curious lifts, flips and roll-overs. The course has a strong academic element, and students frequently practice on each other in the evening after dinner to prepare for the written and practical exams at the end.
Who This Course Is For
Suitable for serious beginners who want to go as far as possible in one go as well as for experienced Thai Massage students and professionals. This is the bread and butter course, it’s where all the parts come together.
Who This Course Is For
Suitable for serious beginners who want to go as far as possible in one go as well as for experienced Thai Massage students and professionals. This is the bread and butter course, it’s where all the parts come together.
Course Details:
- Training Hours: 150 Hours
- Duration: 22 study days + 1 day off
- Live-in Program: 13 days
- 2025/6 Cost: Bt 30,000 ($914.00) (€801.00)
A Practical Demonstration of Thai Therapeutic Massage.
These before & after photos were taken by Brie Jacobs of Toms River, New Jersey on Sunday, June 14th, 2015 at a small annomai (local village clinic) near Doi Intanon. Organized by her organization, The Association of Licensed Thai Traditional Healers, Homprang worked on the crippled left leg of this patient for over an hour using some of the special acupressure techniques she had just been teaching her western students, who were watching. The result was astonishing — a huge inspiration and uplift for everybody, westerner and Thai alike.
Whenever possible, Homprang integrates such experiences into her courses — you can scroll down for more photos of her western students involved in local Thai programs.