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RE: Professional/Student Thai Massage Practitioners Needed Are you interested in sharing the Thai healing arts with others while also learning? Do you crave working in a supportive environment that will help you grow? We are seeking both Professional and Student Practitioners to join our team. The Thai Institute of Healing Arts is now hiring Professional/Student Thai Massage Practitioners with training and experience in the following: - Traditional Thai Massage - Thai Foot Massage - Thai He… Continue

Shared by Luesii David Bliss. Watch a Khawp Khru / Khawp Sien ceremony performed in Thailand by a Luesii.

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Hi all, I e-mailed David with my good news and he thought it was to good a news to keep between him and me. I Just finished Davids Basic Thai Massage course in November. I live in a town called Prescott Valley in AZ, and we have a Thai Massage place here (ran by thai people), I went and talked to the owners, and after practicing on the owners family I was offered a job as Thai Massage Practitioner (and I get to eat thai food every day that I work), and the owners wife is teaching me more and mor… Continue

Hi David, I have recently opened a small yoga/wellness center for women in Warrenton, VA. I am expanding my services in January to offer Thai yoga massage and I am looking for a very special female therapist to provide holistic wellness treatments for my clients. I discovered your school through a young woman that I have hired that took your training, Nadya Brockovich?, However, she is only available on Mondays at this time. I really would like to find a therapist that could do holistic treatme… Continue

There is a question I get from time to time that I thought I would share here with you. The question is, “What does it mean when a Buddha image is broken and what do I do with it?” That is always an interesting question and it has an equally interesting answer. There have been occasions when I’ve encountered a Buddha image that has fallen, been dropped, or somehow became damaged. Here’s what I know from being around Thai people when this happens. The Thais believe that if a Buddha image beco… Continue

How delightful. Definately, you should try them David Continue

Do you need a source for finding a Thai Temple in your local area. Try this link from the Thai Embassy's Website. I've used it to locate and visit temples all over the USA. http://www.thaiembdc.org/thaicommu/AssoMedia/temples.aspx Each temple is unique and interesting. Some of them even offer FREE meditation classes, reishi dat tun, Thai language, and a whole host of other services. The best thing to do is just show up. You'll never know what you'll find. Here's a temple in Florida I visited… Continue

add meditation, mindfulness, awareness and intention to your thai yoga session or any other bodywork that you are doing...treat it as if you are doing Yoga. How do you do that? Do each movement slowly. Do each movement with continuity. Do each movement with intention. Do each movement with a commitment to make a change. Continue

"Mr. Jomthong, Who Says His Job Is to 'Promote Peace and Harmony,' Gets Ensnared in U.S. Immigration Bureaucracy" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124449530735395499.html What do you think? Preposterous or justified precautions? Continue

The Bhikkhuni question By NISSARA HORAYANGURA, The Bangkok Post, April 28, 2009 Re-examining conventional wisdom on the issue of bhikkhunis in the Theravada Buddhist tradition http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=70,8074,0,0,1,0 Continue

This forum is designed to provide students, teachers, and associates of the Thai Institute of Healing Arts an online venue to share information, knowledge, and exchange ideas. We can use this forum to coordinate travel for upcoming classes or keep in touch with classmates after building bonds during classes or just about anything. I am very happy to be able to offer you this forum to share, grow, and learn. (Kind of an extension of the classroom.) Please do contribute to the discussions, join a… Continue