I aquired my dual bachelor degrees in Nutrition and Biostatistics in 2016, giving me a keen understanding of chemistry, biology, and the frustrating difference between the scientific method and a statistical analysis. Concurrenly with my college education I acquired my 200hr YTT Certificate, Thai Bodywork Training, and started my first business.
I have received Thai Bodywork Training from Jennifer Yarrow, Slava Kolpakov, and even traveled to Thailand and received training from Jack Cheya.
Thai Bodywork is passed down from practitioner to practitioner, connecting me to the entire lineage of practitioners before me. The modality incorporates physical bodywork that utilizes compression, traction, and body manipulation as well as energy work focused on the meridians of the energy body. The rhythmic rocking of the practitioner holds space for the receiver to melt into deep meditation and release of body and mind.
For the receiver, Thai Bodywork is an exercise in active disengagement. Sessions can be dynamic and the ultimate goal is to let me move you, which can take a little getting used to. This active disengagement allows us to resolve pain, prolonged injury, and lifestyle tension that may accumulate in the body. Due to the dynamic nature of this modality, it is idea for folks seeking to increase range of motion, recover from injury, and recover from rigorous physical activity. For the same reason, Thai massage can be challenging for folks with delicate joints and connective tissue disorders (though may still offer some benefit), folks with implanted hardware in the spine or joints, and because Thai Bodywork is performed on a mat on the floor, folks who cannot get up or down from the floor without reasonable assistance.