Thai Yoga Therapy Training with Phoebe Diftler Saturday, May 14 – Sunday, May 22 2016
Limited to 12 Participants – Traditional Thai Massage is an ancient system of healing with roots in Yoga, Ayurvedic medicine and Buddhist spiritual practice. This unique and complete system of Yoga therapy combines rhythmic massage, acupressure, gentle twisting, deep stretching and meditation. It releases tension, increases vitality and creates wholeness of mind, body and spirit in both giver and receiver. The movements and adjustments you will learn are a valuable compliment to Yoga Teaching and other body work. This course is the equivalent of a two week course taught in Thailand.
For the first time ever, this transformational 9 day course is being offered at the Hostel in the Forest where our classes will take place in geodesic domes, by the lake under a canopy of trees, and in our unique glass house nestled into the forest on the far side of the pond. Lodging will be in tree houses, forest huts, or rooms painted by our resident artists. Breakfast and Lunch will be served solely to retreat participants, and dinners will be shared on the screen porch with hostel guests, staff, and travelers from around the globe.
In this course, you will learn:
To structure and give a full body Thai Massage
- Theory and massage of energy lines (meridians/nadis)
- Restorative Yoga poses to facilitate deep relaxation
- Applied Hatha Yoga stretching exercises and breathing exercises
- Principles of energetic healing
- Basic therapies for common ailments
- Using Thai Therapeutic movements to adjust, balance and correct Yoga Asanas
- To work in a meditative state of mind
- Helping the receiver to experience a deeply relaxed altered state
- History and theoretical foundations of Thai Yoga Therapy
- An introduction to and practice of meditation
This training is open to everyone. It is a great additional modality for Yoga teachers and massage therapists or for anyone interested in well being, healing and body work. The work is done in comfortable clothing on a mat. No prior Yoga or massage experience is necessary.
Certification All participants successfully completing the course will receive a certificate of completion. Those wishing a Thai Yoga Therapy Practitioner certification will be given a home study/practice assignment to fulfill after the course.
Included in the retreat are daily yoga classes, a Kirtan experience, and the option to stay one extra day to participate in the Monthly Sweat Lodge.
Program cost $1850 for a private treehouse (6 available) $1700 for shared space (2-3 persons to a hut)
To register, contact Pinto at the Hostel in the Forest – manager[at]foresthostel.com 912-264-9738
$500 Deposit required for Registration (nonrefundable after April 16), Total balance due May 1st
Limited number of scholarships available ~ Contact Pinto for application