Learn Thai Massage for Modern Clients
Study Navina Professional Modules 1-3 Online
For those looking to explore Thai-inspired manual therapies without having to juggle schedules & take time off your regular work-week.
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Can't make it to our annual intensive in Costa Rica? This is the perfect solution.
An Overview of How It Works:
What You'll Learn:
Module 1: Essentials of Quality Touch
We build a solid foundation in the concepts and the practice of high quality touch. Combining fundamental anatomy theory and detailed hands-on practice, we establish a base upon which our following modules build a safe and successful massage practice. You'll learn enough techniques to offer a 60-minute massage experience. This module is focused on the most common high-tension areas for modern clients: the shoulders, neck and back.
Module 2: Expanding Your Repertoire
Here we solidify our understanding of content covered in the first module and we then build on these concepts and postures to begin to explore more of the body. By adding in more postures we will extend our massage offering to 2 hours. We'll increase our anatomy knowledge to include the major structures of the arms, legs, hands and feet, as well as the relevant techniques to work them.
Module 3: Customizing the Client Experience
In this module we will once again revisit and consolidate knowledge gained from previous courses and build from there. After this course you will be able to offer a 3-hour massage that will allow you to provide a total body experience for your clients. Given that most clients won't be able to make that much time for a treatment, we also begin the process of customizing your work to meet the needs of each individual. After this module, every addition of continuing education fuels an ever-more-detailed understanding of how to extract the greatest potential from your work with each client.
"The way you manage the centre is truly beautiful and you have managed to create a safe space (in many ways) in the middle of the jungle."
~ Marianne
"It’s so well put together and thoughtful. Everything is there for a reason…What I see in Navina is what I see for the future of other education."
~ Kyle
"The course content and resources were laid out better than any others I have seen and the online content was incredibly helpful and easy to access." ~ Gwen
Snippets Of The Coursework:
Ensuring You're Supported
Enhancing Your Experience:
Private WhatsApp Chat: Weekly messages in the group to keep you motivated and progressing through the content.
Monthly Group Calls: Live calls where we go through a review of the month and I can offer live feedback.
1-on-1's: Sometimes the group call times won't work for you - no worries, let's get on a 1-on-1 call.
Filmed Feedback: I'll request you to record an occasional practice of techniques and will then record some feedback to improve technique.
Meet Your Instructor
Hey! My name is Drew and my own Thai massage journey started like a jump in the deep end of the pool. I had never even had one before and I signed up for all these courses in one go! 15 years on now, I can say I'm really glad I took that leap. It has been my preferred style of manual therapy since then (but not just from anyone).
I've been fortunate enough to travel to various places around the world and offer treatments, workshops and courses thanks to the unique way I use these techniques. There's a lot of potential therapeutic benefit that this practice has to offer - if you know how to implement it in a particular way.
None of it is rocket-science. It's basic physiology. I'll teach it to you. It's simple, effective & repeatable over time and across clients.
It really comes down to two things - SLOWING IT DOWN, which is easy enough for all bodyworkers to do (yet, for some reason they don't); and being able to continuously get better at customizing your treatments to each individual.
That's where we go.
And it's where our work has the potential to be actually therapeutic (not a claim of therapy, but actual results).
If you'd like to get in on this, whether you're looking to build a clientele out of this or just help friends and family members with this life-long skill, join me in Modules 1-3 to begin. I'll gladly take you down this rabbit hole.
Who Is This Course For?
You want to explore the potential of Thai massage or Thai-inspired manual therapy
You feel yourself called to help others with their aches and pains
People who have an interest in learning deeply about the body
Those looking for a new hobby OR potentially making a career shift
Existing manual therapists looking to expand their skills & improve the longevity of their practice
Who Is This Course NOT For?
Anyone who's not willing to unlearn some of the things they've previously learned about the body
Those who don't do well learning online and aren't willing to commit up to 8 hours per month to this coursework
