Study Thai Yoga Massage Professionally
WE MAKE THAI YOGA MASSAGE SIMPLE & POWERFUL
With over 18 years of experience teaching more than 5,500 students, the Still Light Center system of Thai Yoga Massage has been rigorously tested and continually refined to help you achieve your goals in the best and quickest time possible.
Are you a massage therapist looking for continuing education as you add a new modality to your toolbelt?
Are you a yoga teacher looking to get certified so you can offer Thai Yoga Massage in class and in private sessions with clients?
Whatever your goals, our commitment is to support you every step of the way with one of the most complete Thai Yoga Massage programs in the world.
How Our System Works
Is it possible to give an outstanding massage after two days of training?
Primary Certification
Primary Certification on the mat or the table consists of two courses and the required practice that will train students in how to give professional level Thai Yoga Massage. Upon completion, you’ll know approximately three hours of techniques and how to create highly customized massages upon completing the program. You’ll also have a marketing foundation that will help you to find and retain clients.
With Primary Certification, you can join various massage associations in Canada and the USA including NHP Canada, International Association of Thai Massage, and NAMASTA. Completing our program in Ontario will make you eligible to apply for licensing in Toronto.
You will also be eligible to apply for professional liability insurance in Canada and the USA. Courses are recognized for Continuing education units with the NCBTMB, CMTO, CMTNB and Yoga Alliance.
Primary Certification Courses
Foundations in Thai Massage Parts 1 & 2
Prerequisites: None | Each course is 21.5 hours (2.5 days of study)
Thai Massage combines the best of yoga, massage, meditation and energy work into a powerful healing modality. Among its many benefits, clients report an amazing ability for the massage to help remove tension, eliminate pain in the neck, shoulders, back and legs and to feel more youthful, deeply relaxed and refreshed.
That is because Thai Massage gets the body to move how it was designed while combining customized massage techniques. As such it helps clients to heal themselves naturally.
What’s more, you learn to give it as a meditation in loving kindness and compassion. As such the benefits are shared and they are profound. By design you’ll learn to massage so that it is at least as good to give as it is to receive.
These classes are designed for yoga teachers, massage therapists and those without any experience. In addition to the massage itself, yoga teachers will be able to gain confidence and knowledge for giving assists, incorporate Thai Massage into their classes and have a new treatment to offer private students. Massage therapists will be able to start offering a new modality to their clients right away. And those without any experience can give a high-level massage even after one weekend of training.
In Level 1 Thai Massage Foundations you will learn a complete 75-minute massage:
- How to massage back, shoulders, legs, feet, head and hands;
- The secrets of developing intuitive touch;
- How to get started on a successful Thai Massage career
This is the first level of a two-part certification program. Students will be required to complete the two levels and a series of practice massages as part of the certification process, but will already be able to give a complete 75-minute massage after finishing this class.
Level 2 Thai Massage Foundations
This class builds on level one by adding 45 minutes of new massage techniques, reinforcing all Level 1 material, and introducing students to the fundamentals of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian healing system and sister science to yoga. Level 2 teaches students practical, hands-on methods for customizing the massage holistically in order to deepen the therapeutic quality of their practice.
As students learn the fundamentals of Ayurvedic principles and the three mind-body constitutions (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha), they will apply these concepts to craft highly customized massages that address physical needs, enhance client relationships, and create a unique massage experience. Learning how to give massage with ones’ knees will help to reduce reliance on hands and thumbs and facilitate deep pressure massage.
Level 2 Foundations in Thai Massage focuses on:
- Reinforcing and deepening the application of Level 1 postures;
- Adding 45 minutes of new techniques to treat areas of greater need such as the shoulders, neck, back, and hamstrings;
- Using the knees as a new touch technique and massage tool;
- Applying Ayurveda to help create a highly customized and holistic massage;
- Determining a client’s Ayurvedic constitution; and
- Building client relationships—the key to a successful business. Required reading: Thai Massage: Unlocking the Secrets of Universal Touch by Shai Plonski
Required reading: Thai Massage: Unlocking the Secrets of Universal Touch by Shai Plonski
Required Preparation: Ahead of level 2, there are Ayurveda videos and exercises that students will be asked to do ahead of class time to familiarize themselves with the three doshas and how to complete an ayurvedic questionnaire.
These courses are accredited with NCBTMB for continuing education and can be used as continuing education with Yoga Alliance.
Thai Massage
101 & 201
Thai 101 Prerequisites: None | 36 hours for each course
Thai Massage 101 & 201
Thai 101 Prerequisites: None | 36 hours for each course
Thai Massage -or Thai Yoga Massage- combines the best of yoga, massage, meditation and energy work into a powerful healing modality. Among its many benefits, clients report an amazing ability for the massage to help remove tension, eliminate pain in the neck, shoulders, back and legs and to feel more youthful, deeply relaxed and refreshed.
That is because Thai Massage gets the body to move how it was designed while combining customized massage techniques. As such it helps clients to heal themselves naturally.
What’s more, you learn to give it as a meditation in loving kindness and compassion. As such the benefits are shared and they are profound. By design you’ll learn to massage so that it is at least as good to give as it is to receive.
This is a class designed for yoga teachers, massage therapists and those without any experience. In addition to the massage itself, yoga teachers will be able to gain confidence and knowledge for giving assists, incorporate Thai Yoga Massage into their classes and have a new treatment to offer private students. Massage therapists will be able to start offering a new modality to their clients right away. And those without any experience can give a high-level massage even after one week of training.
In Thai 101 you will learn a complete 90-minute massage, focusing on:
- Safe and effective massage for shoulders, head, back, hands, legs, abdomen, and feet;
- The secrets of developing outstanding and intuitive touch as it applies to Thai Massage;
- The secrets of developing outstanding and intuitive touch as it applies to Thai Massage;
- Assisted yoga postures;
- Loving touch; and
- How to get started on a successful career giving Thai Yoga Massage
This is the first level of a two-part certification program. Students will be required to complete the two levels and a series of practice massages as part of the certification process, but will already be able to give a complete 90-minute massage after finishing this class.
Thai 201
Prerequisites: Thai 101 | 36 hours This course adds 60 minutes of new massage techniques, reinforces all Thai 101 material, and introduces students to the fundamentals of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian healing system and sister science to yoga. Thai 201 bridges Thai massage with its historical roots in Ayurveda teaching students practical, hands-on methods for applying Ayurvedic wisdom to deepen the therapeutic quality of their practice. As students learn the fundamentals of Ayurvedic principles and the three mind-body constitutions (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha), they will apply these concepts to craft highly customized massages that address physical needs, enhance client relationships, and create a customized, holistic massage experience. Learning how to massage with ones knees at this early point in the training will help to reduce injuries and reliance on ones hands and thumbs and facilitate deep pressure massage. Thai 201 focuses on:- Reinforcing and deepening the application of Thai 101 postures;
- Adding 60 minutes of new techniques to treat areas of greater need such as the shoulders, neck, back, and hamstrings;
- Using the knees as a new touch technique and massage tool;
- Understanding the fundamental concepts of Ayurveda;
- Determining a client’s Ayurvedic constitution; and
- Building client relationships—the key to a successful business. Required reading:
Thai Massage: Unlocking the Secrets of Universal Touch by Shai Plonski
Table Thai Massage, Parts 1 & 2
Prerequisites: None| Each course is 21.5 hours (2.5 days of training)
Prerequisites: None| Each course is 21.5 hours (2.5 days of training)
Part 1: Table Thai massage can considerably expand your clientele, while giving you the tools to take even better care of your body and promote a sustainable massage career. This course brings the incredible benefits of Thai massage—including yoga-like stretching, profound relaxation, and energy work—to the comforts of a massage table. Performed on a traditional massage table with the recipient fully clothed, this practice attracts a broad cross-section of people, including athletes, the elderly, overweight clients, and those who simply prefer to be massaged on a table. Massage therapists accustomed to traditional table techniques will reduce injuries to hands and wrists by learning to use their elbows, forearms, feet and other parts of their body. Those accustomed to practicing Thai massage on a mat will augment their practice with a new and accessible form.
After completing this class students will be able to:
- Give a 75-minute Thai massage on a standard size massage table;
- Apply Thai foot reflexology techniques without using the thumbs;
- Use principles of proper body alignment to massage on and around the table in a way that is deeply efficient and effective.
Part 2: This course builds on the foundations learned in Table Thai 1 and expands students’ repertoire to two hours worth of massage techniques. During this course, students will:
- Learn a new 60-minute flow while reviewing all postures and techniques taught in Table Thai 1;
- Incorporate sen lines (energy pathways) into the massage;
- Understand how to customize to accommodate people of different sizes, flexibilities, and limitations.