Thai Massage Training Schedule in Chicago and Other Cities

The schedule below lists all upcoming Thai massage classes in Chicago and other cities with Chuck Duff - please see below for classes with Thai Bodywork Certified Instructors.

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Starts: May 19 (3 hours)
Observe a Clinical Session: Pain complaint to be announced. -- Saturday 10am - 1pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 3.00
CEU Contact Hours: 3.00
Tuition: $50.00

Observe a clinical session and discuss More info...

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Starts: May 19 (3 hours)
Level 1 Below the Waterline -- Saturday 2:30 - 5:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 3.00
CEU Contact Hours: 0.00
Tuition: $50.00

Like an iceberg, where the majority of the mass exists below the water's surface, the Level 1 sequence contains more depth than is initially apparent. While it is introductory and may seem simple, it is a very rich launching point for exploring deeper layers of technique, moving energy, and how we approach the client's body. The level 1 sequence, itself a condensed form of the full Northern style sequence, contains all of the theory of Thai massage. From the microcosmic view of what is happening at the tissue level, to the macrocosmic level, where the Level 1 sequence contains a very logical way of working through the body and if understood well, can be an invaluable aid in knowing how to structure a treatment. In the hands of someone who truly knows how to work with the body, interpret the tissues, and how to facilitate change, the Level 1 sequence is a complete form. More info...

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Starts: May 20 (3 hours)
Marketing Your Thai Bodywork Practice -- Sunday 10am - 1pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 3.00
CEU Contact Hours: 3.00
Tuition: $50.00

Techniques to build and manage a successful Thai bodywork practice. Topics may include understanding and promoting your unique value as a therapist, communicating with and retaining clients, creating a relationship with clients based on your value and knowledge rather than being a service provider, client compliance, advertising and internet marketing, online booking and payment systems, web presence and design, managing finances and bookkeeping, charging what your time is worth, increasing your value and developing your practice so that you are more and more effective, helping your clients without draining yourself, managing the day to day. Specific discussions will be driven by student needs. More info...

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Starts: May 20 (3 hours)
Ruesri Dat Ton with Paul Weitz and Susan Voelz -- Sunday 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 3.00
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $35.00

This is a rare opportunity to study Ruesri Dat Ton, sometimes referred to as Thai yoga. Paul Weitz will lead us through a beautiful flowing practice of breath and movement that gently stretches and opens the myriad points and pathways of the body. This elegant and meditative practice will be set to music written and played by Susan Voelz, violinist of the band Poi Dog Pondering. The music piece, called Pali Chant Suite For Strings and Thai Yoga, is a fifty minute piece composed to enhance each movement, using layers of violins, cello and percussion, with birds, insects, chanting, the occasional moped and other sounds recorded on their recent trip to Thailand. More info...

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Starts: May 21 (3 hours)
Applying Thai Massage to the Table -- Monday 1-4pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 3.00
CEU Contact Hours: 3.00
Tuition: $50.00

This course will cover the key changes in body mechanics and techniques for applying Thai bodywork to the table. Working on the table introduces both challenges and opportunities for the practitioner, and this intensive workshop will quickly zero in on the key elements that will make your table practice a success. We will deal with adapting stretches, table height and equipment concerns, working with bigger clients and the overall issues of working from the core and using body weight rather than strength. All levels are welcome, but the student must have prior Thai bodywork training. We will cover techniques from all of our trainings as representative examples, but the focus will be on the general principles that can serve to guide the practitioner in adapting any technique from the mat to the table. More info...

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Starts: May 30 (2 hours)
Introduction to Thai Massage and Thai Yoga -- Wednesday 6:30-8:30 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 2.00
CEU Contact Hours: 0.00
Tuition: $0.00

Learn more about Thai massage and the Thai Bodywork School at this free 2-hour intro workshop. Experience basic Thai massage techniques, meet Thai Bodywork faculty, staff and students. Thai Bodywork offers one of the top Thai massage-specific instructional programs in the country. Most courses are taught by master instructor Chuck Duff. Our program is workshop-based and accomodates real world schedules. Students can fit our program around jobs and family, and take courses at a pace that they determine. Chuck's teaching places a strong emphasis upon sustainability in practice, body mechanics, connections with yoga and therapeutic focus. Chuck is the originator of Clinical Thai Bodywork, a modality that combines trigger point therapy and Thai massage in a very effective modality for pain and dysfunction. Our clinic offers apprentice and professional Thai massage at reasonable rates. Book a session at 847-440-7525 x703 to experience the work first hand. All are welcome. RSVP at 847-440-7525 ex. 0 or admin@thaibodywork.com. More info...

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Starts: Jun 01 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

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Starts: Jun 11 (2 hours)
Herbalism Study Group -- Monday 6:30-8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours:
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $0.00

In this study group we learn to use herbs to address the health and wellness of ourselves, friends and family from the plants that grow around us here in the midwest. Based on the energetic principles of western herbalism (integrated with concepts from TCM, Ayurveda and other systems), we will focus on learning to recognize patterns such as excess and deficiency, hot and cold, dry and damp, tense and lax, rather than simply knowing chemical constituents or memorizing a list of problems and associated herbs. We will focus on understanding the foundational properties of how herbs work, how the body and its systems function, how to use our senses, intellect and intuition to develop our understanding of herbs. We won’t be memorizing lists, instead we'll be making tinctures, teas and salves (and other things), experiencing the herbs as a way of understanding them. We will meet Monday evenings once per month. To support the Monday evenings, we will also schedule day time meetings where we will go out and gather the herbs, learning what to pick when and how to harvest sustainably. The daytime meetings will be scheduled depending on availability of the group and weather. The study group is free but there may be a materials fee for certain sessions. Please RSVP for each session so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. More info...

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Starts: Jun 20 (2 hours)
Self-Care with Mary Biancalana -- Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 2.00
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $30.00

We are excited to have Mary Biancalana back! Mary of the MyoPain clinic in Chicago, author of the Trigger Point Workbook for Low Back Pain will be teaching a series of four workshops on self-care for therapists as well as how to teach it to your clients. More info...

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Starts: Jun 22 (1 day)
Clinical Thai Bodywork Fundamentals - 1 Day -- Friday 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 8.00
CEU Contact Hours: 7.00
Tuition: $200.00

Clinical Thai Bodywork is a modality for the treatment of specific pain conditions using Thai massage in conjunction with other disciplines. A highly effective modality for the treatment of pain, CTB was developed by Chuck Duff and first taught in 2005. CTB Fundamentals is a required course in our TBP certification program. The course covers the principles of trigger points and pain referral, use of adjunct techniques such as heat, cold distraction, and post-isometric relaxation, assessment, perpetuating factors and specific techniques that are useful for pain patterns in different body areas. More info...

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Starts: Jun 23 (1 weekend)
CTB for Hip, Thigh, Knee and Groin Pain -- Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 16.00
CEU Contact Hours: 15.00
Tuition: $395.00

This course covers specific Clinical Thai Bodywork treatments for hip, thigh, knee and groin pain. These are very common pain conditions that therapists often see in their practice. Myofascial causes are frequently responsible even for pain that seems to originate in and around major joints, such as the hip or knee. CTB techniques use the highly effective asanas of Thai massage, informed by knowledge of trigger point areas and western clinical approaches. We are very often highly effective at not just relieving these pain conditions, but eleminating them entirely. CTB Fundamentals must be attended prior to attending this course. Students should have familiarity with the relevant muscular anatomy and/or AP1 credit as well as Level 1 Thai Massage; Level 2 Thai Massage is recommended. It is recommended that in preparation, students read either Travell and Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, Volume 1 relating to these pain areas, or equivalent sections in Claire Davies' Trigger Point Workbook. More info...

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Starts: Jun 27 (2 hours)
Self-Care with Mary Biancalana -- Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 2.00
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $30.00

We are excited to have Mary Biancalana back! Mary of the MyoPain clinic in Chicago, author of the Trigger Point Workbook for Low Back Pain will be teaching a series of four workshops on self-care for therapists as well as how to teach it to your clients. More info...

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Starts: Jun 29 (1 weekend)
HandsFree Thai Massage - Level 1 -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

Learn to work on large or heavily muscled clients in a way that is highly beneficial for you the practitioner as well as for the client. Asana variations using feet, legs and knees allow the therapist to provide broad, deep pressure without endangering the hands, wrists or shoulders. In this class, we learn a 2-hour treatment sequence that employs all treatment attitudes. This is an excellent way for the practitioner to safely work with athletes and other clients who require deeper pressure without putting stress on themselves. As in all of our courses, we maintain a strong therapeutic focus in our teaching, guiding the student in how to work with specific issues of pain or dysfunction. We employ the principles of Clinical Thai Bodywork to teach the student patterns of pain and its origins while using HandsFree or Commoner style techniques. More info...

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Starts: Jul 08 (3 days)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Sun 6:30-9:30 PM, Mon-Tues 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

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Starts: Jul 09 (2 hours)
Herbalism Study Group -- Monday 6:30-8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours:
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $0.00

In this study group we learn to use herbs to address the health and wellness of ourselves, friends and family from the plants that grow around us here in the midwest. Based on the energetic principles of western herbalism (integrated with concepts from TCM, Ayurveda and other systems), we will focus on learning to recognize patterns such as excess and deficiency, hot and cold, dry and damp, tense and lax, rather than simply knowing chemical constituents or memorizing a list of problems and associated herbs. We will focus on understanding the foundational properties of how herbs work, how the body and its systems function, how to use our senses, intellect and intuition to develop our understanding of herbs. We won’t be memorizing lists, instead we'll be making tinctures, teas and salves (and other things), experiencing the herbs as a way of understanding them. We will meet Monday evenings once per month. To support the Monday evenings, we will also schedule day time meetings where we will go out and gather the herbs, learning what to pick when and how to harvest sustainably. The daytime meetings will be scheduled depending on availability of the group and weather. The study group is free but there may be a materials fee for certain sessions. Please RSVP for each session so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. More info...

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Starts: Jul 11 (2 hours)
Self-Care with Mary Biancalana -- Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 2.00
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $30.00

We are excited to have Mary Biancalana back! Mary of the MyoPain clinic in Chicago, author of the Trigger Point Workbook for Low Back Pain will be teaching a series of four workshops on self-care for therapists as well as how to teach it to your clients. More info...

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Starts: Jul 18 (2 hours)
Self-Care with Mary Biancalana -- Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 2.00
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $30.00

We are excited to have Mary Biancalana back! Mary of the MyoPain clinic in Chicago, author of the Trigger Point Workbook for Low Back Pain will be teaching a series of four workshops on self-care for therapists as well as how to teach it to your clients. More info...

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Starts: Jul 27 (1 weekend)
A&P for Thai Massage and Yoga - Level 1 -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This popular course teaches anatomy and physiology in a way that is interesting, practical and relevant to the practice of Thai massage and yoga. Not just another dry anatomy class, this series provides direct experience of bones and muscles at rest, in movement, function, isolated stretching, osteopathic techniques for regulation of muscle function, interaction with energetic anatomy, pain referral and other topics of critical importance to yogis and bodyworkers. The emphasis of the series is on practical work and palpation to increase retention and make the course more fun. AP1 (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for our Certified Thai Bodywork Practitioner certification, and is also great preparation for the Clinical Thai Bodywork series. More info...

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Starts: Aug 03 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

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Starts: Aug 08 (5 days)
Level 2: Therapeutic Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Wed 6:30-9:30 PM, Thurs-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 40.00
CEU Contact Hours: 34.00
Tuition: $750.00

This course establishes the foundation of a professional Thai Massage practice. The basic principles of Thai medicine are discussed, including the Sen Sip, therapeutic points, Southern and Nerve Touch (Jap Sen) styles and relationship to other point and line systems. Key treatment positions are taught for each area of the body. Thai line work is the key to relieving stagnation and making it possible for muscles to achieve their full length and function. We introduce the concepts of myofascial pain, trigger and reflex points, and the basic principles of Clinical Thai Bodywork. More info...

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Starts: Aug 17 (7 days)
Level 3: Northern Style Thai Massage -- Friday-Thursday 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 70.00
CEU Contact Hours: 50.00
Tuition: $1125.00

Our wonderful Level 3 training covers the Northern style sequence that was developed at the Northern Medicine Hospital in Chiang Mai. It is known worldwide as a standard of knowledge for Thai massage practitioner education, and consists of nearly 4 hours of treatment. This style is known for its Thai Yoga qualities and dynamic, flowing stretches. Level 3 completes our traditional core series, and is mandatory for students who wish to become a Certified Thai Bodywork Practitioner (TBP). This is an extremely important training that provides the essential repertoire of asanas that any professional should have at their disposal More info...

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Starts: Aug 20 (2 hours)
Herbalism Study Group -- Monday 6:30-8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours:
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $0.00

In this study group we learn to use herbs to address the health and wellness of ourselves, friends and family from the plants that grow around us here in the midwest. Based on the energetic principles of western herbalism (integrated with concepts from TCM, Ayurveda and other systems), we will focus on learning to recognize patterns such as excess and deficiency, hot and cold, dry and damp, tense and lax, rather than simply knowing chemical constituents or memorizing a list of problems and associated herbs. We will focus on understanding the foundational properties of how herbs work, how the body and its systems function, how to use our senses, intellect and intuition to develop our understanding of herbs. We won’t be memorizing lists, instead we'll be making tinctures, teas and salves (and other things), experiencing the herbs as a way of understanding them. We will meet Monday evenings once per month. To support the Monday evenings, we will also schedule day time meetings where we will go out and gather the herbs, learning what to pick when and how to harvest sustainably. The daytime meetings will be scheduled depending on availability of the group and weather. The study group is free but there may be a materials fee for certain sessions. Please RSVP for each session so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. More info...

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Starts: Sep 07 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

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Starts: Sep 10 (2 hours)
Herbalism Study Group -- Monday 6:30-830pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours:
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $0.00

In this study group we learn to use herbs to address the health and wellness of ourselves, friends and family from the plants that grow around us here in the midwest. Based on the energetic principles of western herbalism (integrated with concepts from TCM, Ayurveda and other systems), we will focus on learning to recognize patterns such as excess and deficiency, hot and cold, dry and damp, tense and lax, rather than simply knowing chemical constituents or memorizing a list of problems and associated herbs. We will focus on understanding the foundational properties of how herbs work, how the body and its systems function, how to use our senses, intellect and intuition to develop our understanding of herbs. We won’t be memorizing lists, instead we'll be making tinctures, teas and salves (and other things), experiencing the herbs as a way of understanding them. We will meet Monday evenings once per month. To support the Monday evenings, we will also schedule day time meetings where we will go out and gather the herbs, learning what to pick when and how to harvest sustainably. The daytime meetings will be scheduled depending on availability of the group and weather. The study group is free but there may be a materials fee for certain sessions. Please RSVP for each session so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. More info...

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Starts: Sep 21 (1 weekend)
Clinical Thai Bodywork Fundamentals - 1 Day -- Friday 10am-6pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 8.00
CEU Contact Hours: 7.00
Tuition: $200.00

Clinical Thai Bodywork is a modality for the treatment of specific pain conditions using Thai massage in conjunction with other disciplines. A highly effective modality for the treatment of pain, CTB was developed by Chuck Duff and first taught in 2005. CTB Fundamentals is a required course in our TBP certification program. The course covers the principles of trigger points and pain referral, use of adjunct techniques such as heat, cold distraction, and post-isometric relaxation, assessment, perpetuating factors and specific techniques that are useful for pain patterns in different body areas. More info...

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Starts: Sep 22 (2 days)
CTB for Mid-Back, Chest and Abdominal Pain -- Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 16.00
CEU Contact Hours: 15.00
Tuition: $395.00

This advanced course is suitable for Thai massage practitioners wanting effective tools for treating specific conditions of pain and dysfunction in their practice. This course covers specific, detailed Clinical Thai Bodywork treatments for mid-back, chest and abdominal pain. CTB Fundamentals must be attended prior to attending this course. Students should have familiarity with the relevant muscular anatomy and/or AP1 credit as well as Level 1 Thai Massage; Level 2 Thai Massage is recommended. It is recommended that in preparation, students read either Travell and Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, Volume 1 relating to these pain areas, or equivalent sections in Claire Davies' Trigger Point Workbook. More info...

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Starts: Sep 24 (2 days)
CTB for Low Back, Sacral, Gluteal and Pelvic Pain -- Mon-Tues 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 16.00
CEU Contact Hours: 15.00
Tuition: $395.00

This advanced course is suitable for Thai massage practitioners wanting effective tools for treating specific conditions of pain and dysfunction in their practice. This course covers specific, detailed Clinical Thai Bodywork treatments for lumbar, sacral, gluteal, pelvic and hip pain. CTB Fundamentals must be attended prior to attending this course. Students should have familiarity with the relevant muscular anatomy and/or AP1 credit as well as Level 1 Thai Massage; Level 2 Thai Massage is recommended. It is recommended that in preparation, students read either Travell and Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, Volume 1 relating to these pain areas, or equivalent sections in Claire Davies' Trigger Point Workbook. More info...

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Starts: Sep 28 (1 weekend)
Thai Herbal Compress (Luk Pra Kob) -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This course covers preparation and use of Thai herbal compresses, or Luk Pra Kob, which has been used in Thailand for over 400 years as a medicinal treatment. The herbs used in Luk Pra Kob, which are wrapped in cotton cloth and steamed prior to application, have been shown to have anti-inflammatory, analgesic and muscle relaxant properties. In addition, there are benefits to the skin as well as aromatherapeutic properties to the herbs, whose essential oils are released with steam. In addition to traditional sen line application, we spend considerable time on the clinical use of the herbal compress for pain and restriction. Tthe course also covers the use of Thai herbs for traditional Thai herbal sauna or Thai steam treatments. Prerequisite: Some Thai massage experience. More info...

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Starts: Oct 05 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

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Starts: Oct 08 (2 hours)
Herbalism Study Group -- Monday 6:30-8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours:
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $0.00

In this study group we learn to use herbs to address the health and wellness of ourselves, friends and family from the plants that grow around us here in the midwest. Based on the energetic principles of western herbalism (integrated with concepts from TCM, Ayurveda and other systems), we will focus on learning to recognize patterns such as excess and deficiency, hot and cold, dry and damp, tense and lax, rather than simply knowing chemical constituents or memorizing a list of problems and associated herbs. We will focus on understanding the foundational properties of how herbs work, how the body and its systems function, how to use our senses, intellect and intuition to develop our understanding of herbs. We won’t be memorizing lists, instead we'll be making tinctures, teas and salves (and other things), experiencing the herbs as a way of understanding them. We will meet Monday evenings once per month. To support the Monday evenings, we will also schedule day time meetings where we will go out and gather the herbs, learning what to pick when and how to harvest sustainably. The daytime meetings will be scheduled depending on availability of the group and weather. The study group is free but there may be a materials fee for certain sessions. Please RSVP for each session so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. More info...

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Starts: Oct 19 (1 weekend)
HandsFree Thai Massage - Level 1 -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

Learn to work on large or heavily muscled clients in a way that is highly beneficial for you the practitioner as well as for the client. Asana variations using feet, legs and knees allow the therapist to provide broad, deep pressure without endangering the hands, wrists or shoulders. In this class, we learn a 2-hour treatment sequence that employs all treatment attitudes. This is an excellent way for the practitioner to safely work with athletes and other clients who require deeper pressure without putting stress on themselves. As in all of our courses, we maintain a strong therapeutic focus in our teaching, guiding the student in how to work with specific issues of pain or dysfunction. We employ the principles of Clinical Thai Bodywork to teach the student patterns of pain and its origins while using HandsFree or Commoner style techniques. More info...

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Starts: Oct 22 (3 days)
HandsFree Thai Massage - Level 2 -- Mon 6:30-9:30 PM, Tues-Wed 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

Learn to work on large or heavily muscled clients in a way that is highly beneficial for you the practitioner as well as for the client. Asana variations using feet, legs and knees allow the therapist to provide broad, deep pressure without endangering the hands, wrists or shoulders. In this class, we learn a 3-hour treatment sequence that employs all treatment attitudes. This is an excellent way for the practitioner to safely work with athletes and other clients who require deeper pressure without putting stress on themselves. As in all of our courses, we maintain a strong therapeutic focus in our teaching, guiding the student in how to work with specific issues of pain or dysfunction. We employ the principles of Clinical Thai Bodywork to teach the student patterns of pain and its origins while using HandsFree or Commoner style techniques. We teach HandsFree 2 once a year. This course more than doubles your HandsFree repertoire from HandsFree 1, and gives you an amazing set of tools for working in all areas of the body. HandsFree 1 is a prerequisite. More info...

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Starts: Nov 02 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

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Starts: Nov 10 (2 days)
CTB for Shoulder, Upper Back and Arm Pain -- Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 16.00
CEU Contact Hours: 15.00
Tuition: $395.00

This advanced course is suitable for Thai massage practitioners wanting effective tools for treating specific conditions of pain and dysfunction in their practice. This course covers specific, detailed Clinical Thai Bodywork treatments for shoulder, upper back and arm pain. CTB Fundamentals must be attended prior to attending this course. Students should have familiarity with the relevant muscular anatomy and/or AP1 credit as well as Level 1 Thai Massage; Level 2 Thai Massage is recommended. It is recommended that in preparation, students read either Travell and Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, Volume 1 relating to these pain areas, or equivalent sections in Claire Davies' Trigger Point Workbook. More info...

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Starts: Nov 12 (2 days)
CTB for Elbow, Forearm and Hand Pain -- Mon-Tues 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 16.00
CEU Contact Hours: 15.00
Tuition: $395.00

This advanced course is suitable for Thai massage practitioners wanting effective tools for treating specific conditions of pain and dysfunction in their practice. This course covers specific, detailed Clinical Thai Bodywork treatments for elbow, forearm and hand pain. CTB Fundamentals must be attended prior to attending this course. Students should have familiarity with the relevant muscular anatomy and/or AP1 credit as well as Level 1 Thai Massage; Level 2 Thai Massage is recommended. It is recommended that in preparation, students read either Travell and Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, Volume 1 relating to these pain areas, or equivalent sections in Claire Davies' Trigger Point Workbook. More info...

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Starts: Nov 12 (2 hours)
Herbalism Study Group -- Monday 6:30-8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours:
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $0.00

In this study group we learn to use herbs to address the health and wellness of ourselves, friends and family from the plants that grow around us here in the midwest. Based on the energetic principles of western herbalism (integrated with concepts from TCM, Ayurveda and other systems), we will focus on learning to recognize patterns such as excess and deficiency, hot and cold, dry and damp, tense and lax, rather than simply knowing chemical constituents or memorizing a list of problems and associated herbs. We will focus on understanding the foundational properties of how herbs work, how the body and its systems function, how to use our senses, intellect and intuition to develop our understanding of herbs. We won’t be memorizing lists, instead we'll be making tinctures, teas and salves (and other things), experiencing the herbs as a way of understanding them. We will meet Monday evenings once per month. To support the Monday evenings, we will also schedule day time meetings where we will go out and gather the herbs, learning what to pick when and how to harvest sustainably. The daytime meetings will be scheduled depending on availability of the group and weather. The study group is free but there may be a materials fee for certain sessions. Please RSVP for each session so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. More info...

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Starts: Nov 16 (1 weekend)
A&P for Thai Massage and Yoga - Level 1 -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This popular course teaches anatomy and physiology in a way that is interesting, practical and relevant to the practice of Thai massage and yoga. Not just another dry anatomy class, this series provides direct experience of bones and muscles at rest, in movement, function, isolated stretching, osteopathic techniques for regulation of muscle function, interaction with energetic anatomy, pain referral and other topics of critical importance to yogis and bodyworkers. The emphasis of the series is on practical work and palpation to increase retention and make the course more fun. AP1 (or equivalent) is a prerequisite for our Certified Thai Bodywork Practitioner certification, and is also great preparation for the Clinical Thai Bodywork series. More info...

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Starts: Nov 30 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

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Starts: Dec 07 (1 weekend)
Thai Herbal Compress (Luk Pra Kob) -- Fri 6:30-9:30 PM, Sat-Sun 10 AM-6 PM
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

This course covers preparation and use of Thai herbal compresses, or Luk Pra Kob, which has been used in Thailand for over 400 years as a medicinal treatment. The herbs used in Luk Pra Kob, which are wrapped in cotton cloth and steamed prior to application, have been shown to have anti-inflammatory, analgesic and muscle relaxant properties. In addition, there are benefits to the skin as well as aromatherapeutic properties to the herbs, whose essential oils are released with steam. In addition to traditional sen line application, we spend considerable time on the clinical use of the herbal compress for pain and restriction. Tthe course also covers the use of Thai herbs for traditional Thai herbal sauna or Thai steam treatments. Prerequisite: Some Thai massage experience. More info...

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Starts: Dec 10 (2 hours)
Herbalism Study Group -- Monday 6:30-8:30pm
Location: 537 Custer Ave. Suite 5, Evanston, IL 60202
Hours:
CEU Contact Hours:
Tuition: $0.00

In this study group we learn to use herbs to address the health and wellness of ourselves, friends and family from the plants that grow around us here in the midwest. Based on the energetic principles of western herbalism (integrated with concepts from TCM, Ayurveda and other systems), we will focus on learning to recognize patterns such as excess and deficiency, hot and cold, dry and damp, tense and lax, rather than simply knowing chemical constituents or memorizing a list of problems and associated herbs. We will focus on understanding the foundational properties of how herbs work, how the body and its systems function, how to use our senses, intellect and intuition to develop our understanding of herbs. We won’t be memorizing lists, instead we'll be making tinctures, teas and salves (and other things), experiencing the herbs as a way of understanding them. We will meet Monday evenings once per month. To support the Monday evenings, we will also schedule day time meetings where we will go out and gather the herbs, learning what to pick when and how to harvest sustainably. The daytime meetings will be scheduled depending on availability of the group and weather. The study group is free but there may be a materials fee for certain sessions. Please RSVP for each session so we can make sure we have enough materials for everyone. More info...

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The schedule below lists all upcoming Thai massage classes with Thai Bodywork Certified Instructors. Please contact the instructor directly for classes that are not being taught at Thai Bodywork in Evanston, IL.

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Starts: May 18 (1 weekend)
Level 2: Therapeutic Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Friday: 6:00pm -9:00pm;Saturday-Tuesday:9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Merrimack NH, Contact: Mariko Huette Tel:603.560.8966 mariko@jynba.com Register: http://jynba.com
Hours: 40.00
CEU Contact Hours: 34.00
Tuition: $750.00

This course establishes the foundation of a professional Thai Massage practice. The basic principles of Thai medicine are discussed, including the Sen Sip, therapeutic points, Southern and Nerve Touch (Jap Sen) styles and relationship to other point and line systems. Key treatment positions are taught for each area of the body. Thai line work is the key to relieving stagnation and making it possible for muscles to achieve their full length and function. We introduce the concepts of myofascial pain, trigger and reflex points, and the basic principles of Clinical Thai Bodywork. More info...

Starts: May 25 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Friday 25: 6:00pm- 9:00pm; Saturday & Sunday: 9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Windham ME, Contact: Mariko Huette Tel:603.560.8966 mariko@jynba.com Register: http://jynba.com
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $425.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...

Starts: Jun 08 (1 weekend)
HandsFree Thai Massage - Level 1 -- Friday:6:00pm-9:00pm;Saturday&Sunday:9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Merrimack NH, Contact: Mariko Huette Tel:603.560.8966 mariko@jynba.com Register: http://jynba.com
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $450.00

Learn to work on large or heavily muscled clients in a way that is highly beneficial for you the practitioner as well as for the client. Asana variations using feet, legs and knees allow the therapist to provide broad, deep pressure without endangering the hands, wrists or shoulders. In this class, we learn a 2-hour treatment sequence that employs all treatment attitudes. This is an excellent way for the practitioner to safely work with athletes and other clients who require deeper pressure without putting stress on themselves. As in all of our courses, we maintain a strong therapeutic focus in our teaching, guiding the student in how to work with specific issues of pain or dysfunction. We employ the principles of Clinical Thai Bodywork to teach the student patterns of pain and its origins while using HandsFree or Commoner style techniques. More info...

Starts: Aug 29 (1 weekend)
Level 1: Thai Massage Fundamentals -- Wednesday:6:00pm-9:00pm;Thursday&Friday:9:00am-5:00pm
Location: Merrimack NH, Contact: Mariko Huette Tel:603.560.8966 mariko@jynba.com Register: http://jynba.com
Hours: 20.00
CEU Contact Hours: 17.00
Tuition: $425.00

This fantastic training is the gateway to the rest of our program. There are no prerequisites for this course, and students are accepted without any prior bodywork training. You will be amazed at what you learn in a weekend as we teach you the critical fundamentals of body mechanics, positioning, compression, working with passive stretches, energetic, spiritual and historical background, basic concepts of clinical work, and much more. You will learn a valuable 1-hour professional sequence that you can immediately put to use with clients, friends and family. The focus of this training is instill principles of full-body movement through carefully refined teaching methods that have helped thousands of students learn this fantastic art. Even students who have studied at other schools give us rave reviews about this training and our teaching methods. More info...