Sticky Rice Institute of Massage

1) 12 day Beginners Course with Bali in Gran Canaria, Spain

Date: January 10.-22., 2024
Location: Camino Art House, https://caminoart.org/thai-massage-course/
Price:  520€, special discount for Hungarians: 400€. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegan meals a day).
Programme: This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network, the beginners course taught as in the lahu village, with teacher training available. It is set in a retreat environment in the lovely Camino Art Hostel, an old farm house with a huge garden overlooking a lovely valley, in a small village about 10 km form the capital.  Assistants on teacher training and repeaters are welcome! The course is folowed by a vipassana retreat (22th-26th January), in a remote farmhouse where total retreat form everyday lidfe is possible. The farmhouse has a fixed rent of 160E per person for the whole retreat, including two meals a day.  You are very welcome to stay.
Website of the course: Please Click Here!
For more info and registration, please contact:  Bea (Camino Art): +34633339903 (whatsapp message please), or email her caminoart@caminoart.org

2) 7 Day Introduction to Thai Yoga Massage with Bali, @Rozdziele, Poland

Date: April 20.-27., 2024
Venue: Spokojna Dolina, friendly krishnamurti retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: Please Click Here!
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, from there Mateus usually takes students to the venue by minibus. Please email Mateus for details.
Programme: A 7 day introductory course in good friend Mateus Flak’s forest hideout in the amazing Beskidy mountains, about an hour drive from Krakkow. A full introduction to vipassana and taichi will be given in the mornings. This is followed by a complete beginners training  in thai yoga massage during the day. Complemented by a lovely krishnamurti community, their great vegetarian cooking, and silesian good cheer! Also recommended for repeaters, assistants, or those who have done other styles of thai massage, and want an enrichment course. All are welcome! Close to Germany, Slovakia, Czech Rep. and of course, Zakopane and  Krakkow, Poland.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

3) 5 day Energy Lines retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date:  April 28.- May 3., 2024
Venue: Spokojna Dolina, a friendly krishnamurti retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: Please Click Here!
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: In this 5 day course,  we will explore, experience and discuss the essence of thai yoga massage, the work on the energy lines. Devoting a whole day to working on a single line starting with a demonstration, we then experience the line as giver and receiver, developing a sense of the quality of energy and power of that specific line. On the first day, our attention is focussed on Sen Sumana, the line related to primeval aspects of our existence, while the second day will be devoted to Sen Ittha and Pingkhala, the male and female aspect. On the next day, we will explore Sen Kalathari, the line related to emotional and psychic energy, while the fourth day will be devoted to Sen Sahatsarangsi and Tawari, the lines related to grounding and the digestion of experience. On the 5th day, we will exchange a full body massage, with a focus on the balance between the lines.
This course is offered to advanced students and practitioners, regardless of their previous background. You will receive a certificate of tuition after the completion of the course.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

4) 3 day advanced Hands Free workshop with Bali@ HeileHaus, Berlin

Date:  May 11.-13., 2024
Venue: Heile Haus, a friendly community centre in the heart of Kreuzberg, Berlin, giving home to naturopathic teachings for decades. Address: Waldemarstraße 36. Website: https://heilehaus-berlin.de/en/
Programme: The workshop will be a 3 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. All who practice thai yoga massage are welcome.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Chris Wischnewski, info@holistictouch.org, website: www.holistictouch.org

5) Advanced Side Position Course with Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam, Zebegény HUN

Date: July 27.- August 3., 2024
Place: Zebegény, Hungary, address: Almás kert 23.
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 600 E, II.Southern Europe: 550 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 400 E. (The price contains the tuition, accomodation in tents at the venue, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day. Guesthouse accomodation also available for an extra fee).
Programme: For those who have completed a beginners course, this course will focus on the side position, aiming to give as complete massages as possible to those patients with difficulty receiving the other positions. In a western therapeutic context, these cases will be quite frequent, as many patients will be too stiff, heavy or fat to receive the other positions. The side position is the one most people usually sleep in, therefore it allows for a lot of relaxation and letting-go on the side of the patient. As a lot of the material is given from sitting on the ground, less work and effort are required from the therapist, with more fun involved with the dynamic rocking motions incorporated into the programme. The course also offers at least a full day devoted to theoretical and practical training for giving massages to pregnant women.
Contact, registration: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

6) 12 day Thai Yoga Massage Retreat with Laurino and Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: August 4.-16., 2024
Location: Kisnyalka, Hungary, half way between Wienna and Budapest, for directions, please see this link.
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 950E, II.Southern Europe: 750 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 550 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network, the beginners course taught as in the lahu village, with teacher training available. It is set in a retreat environment in Kisnyalka, conveniently located between Wienna and Budapest. If you send me an email, ill send back an infosheet with details of place, schedule, accomodation, prices etc. Then you can email me again to register if you wish to take part, and I place you on the list. Assistants on teacher training and repeaters are welcome! The course is folowed by a vipassana retreat (18th-22nd August), you are welcome to stay.
Website of the course: Please Click Here!
For more info, please write to: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

7) 4 Day Abdominal Massage course with Laurino @Sunshine Mangalam, Zebegény HUN

Date: August 24.- 28., 2024
Place: Zebegény, Hungary, address: Almás kert 23.
Price: To be announced. (The price contains the tuition, accomodation in tents at the venue, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day. Guesthouse accomodation also available for an extra fee).
Programme: Abdominal massage, as taught and practiced in and around Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, is one of the treatments that comes close to the completeness of a full body massage. The teachers in the region are heavily influenced by traditional thai massage practice, therapeutic abdominal massage, and Chi Nei Tsang from China (as one of the main teachers of this work, Mantak Chia, is based in Tao garden close to Chiang Mai). Laurino will share with us his experience studying from various old teachers of the art form.
Contact, registration: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

8) 4 day Pregnancy and Advanced Therapy retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date: October 4.-8., 2024
Venue: Spokojna Dolina, a friendly krishnamurti-oriented retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.spokojnadolina1.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: The first two days will be devoted to the questions surrounding the topic of giving thai massages to pregnant women: when can it be done, what to take care of, points to press and to avoid, how to make the situation as comfortable as possible for the soon-to-be-mother, and other technical questions will be discussed and demonstrated by Bali during two daily demonstrations, giving two massages a day, to two pregnant participants. The time after the demonstrations will be devoted to practicing thai yoga massage on each other. This part of the retreat, as its focussing solely on pregnancy, is open to pregnant women with no background in thai massage, who wish to receive massages, and also pregnant practicioners who wish to give and receive treatments. Couples where the woman is pregnant and the partner is a therapist are welcome. Also couples can attend where the parther has no previous experience but wishes to give her massages. In this case, some reading material might be prescribed before the course about enegy lines and the theory of thai yoga massage, and its a good idea to receive a thai massage with a Sunshine Network practicioner. The evening programme will be devoted to sharing personal stories, advice and experiences regarding pregnancy by those present. The daily schedule can be personalised for the pregnant participants according to their needs. The second two days of the retreat will focus on therapies in thai yoga massage, presented in a practical, hands-on way by taking a participant in the morning, and one in the afternoon, and giving them a treatment in which the group also actively takes part in feeling and helping the process. This part of the retreat, with a similar schedule as the first half, will focus on whatever the participants bring to the mattress. The pregnant participants of the first two days are welcome to stay and relax, and take some time enjoying the beautiful surroundings, lovely food, and friendly atmosphere.

Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

9) Thaimassage in the mirror of Yoga – Lifestyle Camp,  Sunshine Mangalam, @Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: October 29th -November 5th, 2024
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Programme: 7 day retreat in which a 60 hour thaimassage beginners programme will be taught, in partnership with yoga cleansing, a complete vipassana meditation training (every morning will begin with practice in Noble Silence), a tai chi, chikung, ashtanga, hatha, yin or vinyasa flow session in the mornings, and a chakra yoga class every evening, geared to the chakra or area worked on in the thaimassage sessions of the day. The course is organized and certified by the International Academy of Massage, so all beginners should email to the school (jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu). Repeaters, karma yogis, assistants welcome, please email to Bali directly. Folowed by advanced workshops at the same venue, all are welcome to stay!
Price:  380 E (or equivalent in Ft, about 145,000), which includes all teachings, manual, food, and accomodation. The course materials for cleansing can be brought from home if you have them already (tongue scraper, sesame oil for abhyanga, neti pot), or they can be purchased at the scene, for a total price of about 20E. Please indicate if you wish to buy all or some of these.)
Infos: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.
Registration: beginners should register at jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu, while repeaters and assistants should email to Bali.

10) “Hands Free”: 3 day advanced workshop with Bali in Sunshine Mangalam, Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: November 6th.-10th., 2024
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Topic: The workshop will be an extended, 3 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. Held in the same lovely venue as the beginners course, it could be a great continuation for those who assist or repeat the beginenrs course.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Price: 190 E (or equivalent in HUF), which includes tuition, manual, food and accomodation for 4 nights from the 6th to the 10th of November.
For information and registration please contact: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.

1) 8 Day Introduction to Thai Yoga Massage with Bali, Rozdziele, Poland

Date: April 22.-29., 2023
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly krishnamurti retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, from there Mateus usually takes students to the venue by minibus. Please email Mateus for details.
Programme: An 8 day introductory course in good friend Mateus Flak’s forest hideout in the amazing Beskidy mountains, about an hour drive from Krakkow. A full introduction to vipassana and taichi will be given in the mornings. This is followed by a complete beginners training  in thai yoga massage during the day. Complemented by a lovely krishnamurti community, their great vegetarian cooking, and silesian good cheer! Also recommended for repeaters, assistants, or those who have done other styles of thai massage, and want an enrichment course. All are welcome! Close to Germany, Slovakia, Czech Rep. and of course, Zakopane and  Krakkow, Poland.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

2) 5 day advanced Therapy retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date:  April 30.- May 5., 2023
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly krishnamurti retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: during the five day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

3) 2,5 day advanced Therapy workshop with Bali@ HeileHaus, Berlin

Date:  May 6.-8., 2023
Venue: Heile Haus, a friendly community centre in the heart of Kreuzberg, Berlin, giving home to naturopathic teachings for decades. Address: Waldemarstraße 36. Website: https://heilehaus-berlin.de/en/
Programme: during the 2,5 day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be a “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Chris Wischnewski, info@holistictouch.org, website: www.holistictouch.org

4) Advanced Side Position Course with Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam, Zebegény HUN

Date: July 28.- August 4., 2023
Place: Zebegény, Hungary, address: Almás kert 23.
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 550 E, II.Southern Europe: 450 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 350 E. (The price contains the tuition, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: For those who have completed a beginners course, this course will focus on the side position, aiming to give as complete massages as possible to those patients with difficulty receiving the other positions. In a western therapeutic context, these cases will be quite frequent, as many patients will be too stiff, heavy or fat to receive the other positions. The side position is the one most people usually sleep in, therefore it allows for a lot of relaxation and letting-go on the side of the patient. As a lot of the material is given from sitting on the ground, less work and effort are required from the therapist, with more fun involved with the dynamic rocking motions incorporated into the programme. The course also offers at least a full day devoted to theoretical and practical training for giving massages to pregnant women.
Contact, registration: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

5) 12 day Thai Yoga Massage Retreat with Laurino and Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: August 6.-18., 2023
Location: Kisnyalka, Hungary, half way between Wienna and Budapest, for directions, please see this link.
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 900E, II.Southern Europe: 700 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 550 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network, the beginners course taught as in the lahu village, with teacher training available. It is set in a retreat environment in Kisnyalka, conveniently located between Wienna and Budapest. If you send me an email, ill send back an infosheet with details of place, schedule, accomodation, prices etc. Then you can email me again to register if you wish to take part, and I place you on the list. Assistants on teacher training and repeaters are welcome! The course is folowed by a vipassana retreat (20th-24th August), you are welcome to stay.
Website of the course: Please Click Here!
For more info, please write to: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

6) 3 day Hands Free retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date:  September 22.-25., 2023
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly krishnamurti-oriented retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: The workshop will be a 3 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. All who practice thai yoga massage are welcome.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

7) “Luk Pra Kob” herbal compresses workshop with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date: September 26., 2023
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly krishnamurti-oriented retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: the workshop will introduce a winter favourite of cold climates: Luk Pra Kob, otherwise known as steamed herbal compress massage. Starting with creating our own compresses, we follow up by learning how to heat them safely, and then working each other’s energy lines with different techniques, giving a full 1-1,5 hour treatment. What to bring: favourite herbs, home grown herbs, small towels, and a white sheet.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

8) 12 day Beginners Course with Bali in Hamburg, Germany 

Date: September 30.- October 11., 2023
Place:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: Click Here!
Programme:  This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network beginners course, as taught in the lahu village, set in the centre of Hamburg, at the Center of Gravity. Augmented by a morning programme of vipassana meditation (the course includes a step-by-step introduction to allow beginners to integrate meditation into their everyday lives) and a morning movement programme of chikung and taichi (to get the practicioners body into shape for a safe practice, as well as to experience the stretches and energywork the patient gets while receiving), the programme will center on learning a repertoire to give a balancing full body thai yoga massage of more or less 2 hours. Fully certified by the Sunshine Network, a chance for beginners to receive an excellent base in thai yoga massage, repeaters to hone their skills, massage lovers to enrich their repertoire…All are welcome!
Course overview: please click Here!
Center of Gravity link for course infos: please click Here!
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

9) 2,5 day advanced “Hands Free” workshop with Bali in Hamburg, Germany

Date: October 13.-15., 2023
Venue:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: click here!
Programme: during this 2,5 day workshop, we will start with an energy line and posture refresher on the evening of the 13th,  to prepare all participants  (beginners, or those with experience of different backgrounds). We then follow by covering more or less the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients.
Workshop description: please click Here!
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

10) “Luk Pra Kob” herbal compresses workshop with Bali @HeileHaus, Berlin

Date: October 21.-22., 2023
Venue: Heile Haus, a friendly community centre in the heart of Kreuzberg, Berlin, giving home to naturopathic teachings for decades. Address: Waldemarstraße 36. Website: https://heilehaus-berlin.de/en/
Programme: the workshop will introduce a winter favourite of cold climates: Luk Pra Kob, otherwise known as steamed herbal compress massage. Starting with creating our own compresses, we follow up by learning how to heat them safely, and then working each other’s energy lines with different techniques, giving a full 1-1,5 hour treatment. What to bring: favourite herbs, home grown herbs, small towels, and a white sheet.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Chris Wischnewski, info@holistictouch.org, website: www.holistictouch.org

11) Thaimassage in the mirror of Yoga – Lifestyle Camp,  Sunshine Mangalam, @Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: October 29th-November 5th, 2023
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Programme: 7 day retreat in which a 60 hour thaimassage beginners programme will be taught, in partnership with yoga cleansing, a complete vipassana meditation training (every morning will begin with practice in Noble Silence), a tai chi, chikung, ashtanga, hatha, yin or vinyasa flow session in the mornings, and a chakra yoga class every evening, geared to the chakra or area worked on in the thaimassage sessions of the day. The course is organized and certified by the International Academy of Massage, so all beginners should email to the school (jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu). Repeaters, karma yogis, assistants welcome, please email to Bali directly. Folowed by advanced workshops at the same venue, all are welcome to stay!
Price:  320 E (or equivalent in Ft, about 130,000), which includes all teachings, manual, food, and accomodation. The course materials for cleansing can be brought form home if you have them already (tongue scraper, sesame oil for abhyanga, neti pot, book), or they can be purchased at the scene, for a total price of about 20E. Please indicate if you wish to buy all or some of these.)
Infos: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.
Registration: beginners should register at jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu, while repeaters and assistants should email to Bali.

12) “Hands Free”: 3 day advanced workshop with Bali in Sunshine Mangalam, Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: November 5.-8., 2023
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Topic: The workshop will be an extended, 3 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. Held in the same lovely venue as the beginners course, it could be a great continuation for those who assist or repeat the beginenrs course.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Price: 180 E (or equivalent in HUF), which includes tuition, manual, food and accomodation for 4 nights from the 5th to the 8th of November.
For information and registration please contact: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.

1) 8 Day Introduction to Thai Yoga Massage with Bali, Rozdziele, Poland

Date: April 16.-23., 2021
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly anthroposophic retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, from there Mateus usually takes students to the venue by minibus. Please email Mateus for details.
Programme: An 8 day introductory course in good friend Mateus Flak’s forest hideout in the amazing Beskidy mountains, about an hour drive from Krakkow. A full introduction to vipassana and taichi will be given in the mornings. This is followed by a complete beginners training  in thai yoga massage during the day. Complemented by a lovely anthroposophic community, their great vegetarian cooking, and silesian good cheer! Also recommended for repeaters, assistants, or those who have done other styles of thai massage, and want an enrichment course. All are welcome! Close to Germany, Slovakia, Czech Rep. and of course, Zakopane and  Krakkow, Poland.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

2) 5 day advanced Therapy retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date:  April 24.-29., 2021
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly anthroposophic retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: during the five day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

3) Advanced Side Position Course with Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: August 1.-8., 2021
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 500 E, II.Southern Europe: 400 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 300 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: For those who have completed a beginners course of 60 hours or more, this course will focus on the side position, aiming to give as complete massages as possible to those patients with difficulty receiving the other positions. In a western therapeutic context, these cases will be quite frequent, as many patients will be too stiff, heavy or fat to receive the other positions. The side position is the one most people usually sleep in, therefore it allows for a lot of relaxation and letting-go on the side of the patient. As a lot of the material is given from sitting on the ground, less work and effort are required from the therapist, with more fun involved with the dynamic rocking motions incorporated into the programme. The course also offers training for giving massages to pregnant women. The course will be followed by a beginners course and a 3 day vipassana retreat at the same venue, participants are welcome to stay!
Contact, registration: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

4) 12 day Thai Yoga Massage Retreat with Laurino and Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: August 9.-21., 2021
Location: Kisnyalka, Hungary, half way between Wienna and Budapest, for directions, please see this link.
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 800E, II.Southern Europe: 600 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 450 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network, the beginners course taught as in the lahu village, with teacher training available. It is set in a retreat environment in Kisnyalka, conveniently located between Wienna and Budapest. If you send me an email, ill send back an infosheet with details of place, schedule, accomodation, prices etc. Then you can email me again to register if you wish to take part, and I place you on the list. Assistants on teacher training and repeaters are welcome! the course is folowed by a vipassana retreat (23rd-27th August), you are welcome to stay.
Website of the course: Please Click Here!
For more info, please write to: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

5) 3 day Hands Free retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date:  September 30.-October 3., 2021
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly anthroposophic retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: The workshop will be a 3 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. All who practice thai yoga massage are welcome.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

6) 12 day Beginners Course with Bali in Hamburg, Germany 

Date: October 5-16., 2021
Place:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: Click Here!
Programme:  This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network beginners course, as taught in the lahu village, set in the centre of Hamburg, at the Center of Gravity. Augmented by a morning programme of vipassana meditation (the course includes a step-by-step introduction to allow beginners to integrate meditation into their everyday lives) and a morning movement programme of chikung and taichi (to get the practicioners body into shape for a safe practice, as well as to experience the stretches and energywork the patient gets while receiving), the programme will center on learning a repertoire to give a balancing full body thai yoga massage of more or less 2 hours. Fully certified by the Sunshine Network, a chance for beginners to receive an excellent base in thai yoga massage, repeaters to hone their skills, massage lovers to enrich their repertoire…All are welcome!
Course overview: please click Here!
Center of Gravity link for course infos: please click Here!
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

7) 3 day advanced Therapeutics workshop with Bali in Hamburg, Germany

Date: October 17.-19., 2021
Venue:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: click here!
Programme: during the three day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback, in other words the fine tuning of the beginners material. During these periods, we can optionally focus on the questions and weak points of participants in connection to their full body massage. For this, it’s advised to come prepared with a checklist of questions, forgotten or barely practiced techniques, and other problems accumulated through our practice. A great three days to push our practice towards therapeutics, as well as to reignite the spark of those who feel they have not practiced enough after their beginners course.
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

8) “Hands Free”: advanced workshop with Bali in Berlin, Germany

Date:October 21.-22., 2021
Venue: HeileHaus, Waldemarstraße 36, 10999 Berlin
Topic: The workshop will be a 2 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Chris Wischnewski, info@holistictouch.org
Holistic Touch Website: https://holistictouch.org/en/workshops_eng/

9) 3 day advanced Therapy retreat with Bali in, Berlin, Germany

Date: October 23.-25., 2021
Venue: HeileHaus, Waldemarstraße 36, 10999 Berlin
Programme: during the three day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback.
Contact, prices, registration, please write to: Chris Wischnewski, info@holistictouch.org
Holistic Touch Website: https://holistictouch.org/en/workshops_eng/

10) Thaimassage in the mirror of Yoga – Lifestyle Camp,  Sunshine Mangalam, @Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: October 29th-November 5th, 2021
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Programme: 7 day retreat in which a 60 hours thaimassage beginners programme will be taught, in partnership with yoga cleansing, a complete vipassana meditation training (every morning will begin with practice in Noble Silence), a tai chi, chikung, ashtanga, hatha, yin or vinyasa flow session in the mornings, and a chakra yoga class every evening, geared to the chakra or area worked on in the thaimassage sessions of the day. The course is organized and certified by the International Academy of Massage, so all beginners should email to the school (jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu). Repeaters, karma yogis, assistants welcome, please email to Bali directly. Folowed by advanced workshops at the same venue, all are welcome to stay!
Price: 101,400 HUF or 96,400 HUF, depending on certification needs (about 300 E) including all teachings, food, and accomodation. The course materials, /tongue scraper, sesame oil for abhyanga, neti pot, book/ can be purchesed at the scene, if you dont have your own, for a total price of about 20E. Please indicate if you wish to buy all or some of these.)
Infos: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.
Registration: beginners should register at jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu, while repeaters and assistants should email to Bali.

11) “Hands Free”: advanced workshop with Bali in Sunshine Mangalam, Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: November 6.-7., 2021
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Topic: The workshop will be a 2 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. Held in the same lovely venue as the beginners course, it could be a great continuation for those who assist or repeat the beginenrs course.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Price: 125 E (or equivalent in HUF), which includes tuition, manual, food and accomodation for 3 days from the 5th to the 7th of November.
For information and registration please contact: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.

2020 Spring Schedule changes due to Pandemic: the 8 day Beginners course due to happen in Poland between the 21st and 28th of April has been rescheduled to September 20.-27th, 2020, while the advanced course at the same venue originally between April 29th and May 3rd has been rescheduled to  September 27th- October 2nd, 2020. Stay at home, be well!

1) Advanced Side Position Course with Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: 31st July to 7th August, 2020
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 500 E, II.Southern Europe: 400 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 300 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: For those who have completed a beginners course of 60 hours or more, this course will focus on the side position, aiming to give as complete massages as possible to those patients with difficulty receiving the other positions. In a western therapeutic context, these cases will be quite frequent, as many patients will be too stiff, heavy or fat to receive the other positions. The side position is the one most people usually sleep in, therefore it allows for a lot of relaxation and letting-go on the side of the patient. As a lot of the material is given from sitting on the ground, less work and effort are required from the therapist, with more fun involved with the dynamic rocking motions incorporated into the programme. The course also offers training for giving massages to pregnant women. The course will be followed by a beginners course and a 3 day vipassana retreat at the same venue, participants are welcome to stay!
Contact, registration: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

2) 12 day Thai Yoga Massage Retreat with Laurino and Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: 9th August – 21 st August, 2020
Location: Kisnyalka, Hungary, half way between Wienna and Budapest, for directions, please see this link.
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 800E, II.Southern Europe: 600 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 450 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network, the beginners course taught as in the lahu village, with teacher training available. It is set in a retreat environment in Kisnyalka, conveniently located between Wienna and Budapest. If you send me an email, ill send back an infosheet with details of place, schedule, accomodation, prices etc. Then you can email me again to register if you wish to take part, and I place you on the list. Assistants on teacher training and repeaters are welcome! the course is folowed by a vipassana retreat (23rd-27th August), you are welcome to stay.
Website of the course: Please Click Here!
For more info, please write to: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

3) 8 day Introduction to Thai Yoga Massage with Bali, Rozdziele, Poland

Date: September 20.-27th, 2020 (Rescheduled from April 21-28., 2020)
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly anthroposophic retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, from there Mateus usually takes students to the venue by minibus. Please email Mateus for details.
Programme: An 8 day introductory course in good friend Mateus Flak’s forest hideout in the amazing Beskidy mountains, about an hour drive from Krakkow. A full introduction to vipassana and taichi will be given in the mornings. This is followed by a complete beginners training  in thai yoga massage during the day. Complemented by a lovely anthroposophic community, their great vegetarian cooking, and silesian good cheer! Also recommended for repeaters, assistants, or those who have done other styles of thai massage, and want an enrichment course. All are welcome! Close to Germany, Slovakia, Czech Rep. and of course, Zakopane and  Krakkow, Poland.
Contact, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

4) 5 day advanced Therapy retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date:  September 27th- October 2nd, 2020 (Rescheduled from April 29.-May 3., 2020)
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly anthroposophic retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details, pickup possibilities.
Programme: during the five day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback.
Contact, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

5) 12 day Beginners Course with Bali in Hamburg, GER  

Date: October 5-16., 2020
Place:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: Click Here!
Programme:  This is the full 12 day curriculum of the Sunshine Network beginners course, as taught in the lahu village, set in the centre of Hamburg, at the Center of Gravity. Augmented by a morning programme of vipassana meditation (the course includes a step-by-step introduction to allow beginners to integrate meditation into their everyday lives) and a morning movement programme of chikung and taichi (to get the practicioners body into shape for a safe practice, as well as to experience the stretches and energywork the patient gets while receiving), the programme will center on learning a repertoire to give a balancing full body thai yoga massage of more or less 2 hours. Fully certified by the Sunshine Network, a chance for beginners to receive an excellent base in thai yoga massage, repeaters to hone their skills, massage lovers to enrich their repertoire…All are welcome!
Course overview: please click Here!
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

6) Thaimassage in the mirror of Yoga – Lifestyle Camp,  Sunshine Mangalam, @Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: October 25th-November 1st, 2020
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Programme: 7 day retreat in which a 60 hours thaimassage beginners programme will be taught, in partnership with yoga cleansing, a complete vipassana meditation training (every morning will begin with practice in Noble Silence), a tai chi, chikung, ashtanga, hatha, yin or vinyasa flow session in the mornings, and a chakra yoga class every evening, geared to the chakra or area worked on in the thaimassage sessions of the day. The course is organized and certified by the International Academy of Massage, so all beginners should email to the school (jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu). Repeaters, karma yogis, assistants welcome, please email to Bali directly. Folowed by advanced workshops at the same venue, all are welcome to stay!
Price: 101,400 HUF or 96,400 HUF, depending on certification needs (about 300 E) including all teachings, food, and accomodation. The course materials, /tongue scraper, sesame oil for abhyanga, neti pot, book/ can be purchesed at the scene, if you dont have your own, for a total price of about 20E. Please indicate if you wish to buy all or some of these.)
Infos: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.
Registration: beginners should register at jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu, while repeaters and assistants should email to Bali.

7) “Luk Pra Kob” herbal compresses workshop with Bali in Sunshine Mangalam @Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: November 2., 2020
Venue: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Programme: the workshop will introduce a winter favourite of cold climates: Luk Pra Kob, otherwise known as steamed herbal compress massage. Starting with creating our own compresses, we follow up by learning how to heat them safely, and then working each other’s energy lines with different techniques, giving a full 1-1,5 hour treatment. What to bring: favourite herbs, home grown herbs, small towels, and a white sheet.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Price: 75 E (or equivalent in HUF), which includes tuition, manual, food and accomodation for 2 days from the 1st to the 2nd of November.
For information and registration please contact: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.

8) “Hands Free”: advanced workshop with Bali in Sunshine Mangalam, Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: 3rd-4th of November, 2020
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Topic: The workshop will be a 3 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. Held in the same lovely venue as the beginners course, it could be a great continuation for those who assist or repeat the beginenrs course.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Price: 125 E (or equivalent in HUF), which includes tuition, manual, food and accomodation for 3 days from the 2nd to the 4th of November.
For information and registration please contact: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.

9) 2 day advanced Therapeutics workshop with Bali in Hamburg, GER

Date: November 17.-18., 2020
Venue:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: click here!
Programme: during the two day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback, in other words the fine tuning of the beginners material. During these periods, we can optionally focus on the questions and weak points of participants in connection to their full body massage. For this, it’s advised to come prepared with a checklist of questions, forgotten or barely practiced techniques, and other problems accumulated through our practice. A great two days to push our practice towards therapeutics, as well as to reignite the spark of those who feel they have not practiced enough after their beginners course. Can be taken separately, or together with the lower back pain and Luk Pra Kob workshops of the next days.
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

10) Lower Back Pain therapies workshop with Bali in Hamburg, GER

Date: November 19., 2020
Venue:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: click here!
Programme: our workshop will focus on the therapeutic approaches available in thai yoga massage for lower back pain. We will talk about the different types encountered, the therapeutic possibilities, as well as the points and lines to emphasize during our treatment.
Course description: please click here.
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

11) “Luk Pra Kob” herbal compresses workshop with Bali in Hamburg, GER

Date: November 20., 2020
Venue:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: click here!
Programme:the workshop will introduce a winter favourite of cold climates: Luk Pra Kob, otherwise known as steamed herbal compress massage. Starting with creating our own compresses, we follow up by learning how to heat them safely, and then working each others energy lines with different techniques, giving a full 1-1,5 hour treatment. What to bring: favourite herbs, home grown herbs, small towels, and a white sheet.
Course description: please click here.
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

12)”Hands Free” Advanced Workshop with Bali in Hamburg, GER

Date: 20th-22nd, November, 2020
Programme: The workshop will be a 2,5 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. The workshop is preceded by an energy line and posture refresher on Friday evening. Held in Hamburg`s Center of Gravity, a special space for the practice of acro, yoga and healing arts.
Workshop description: please click here!
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

1) 8 day Introduction to Thai Yoga Massage with Bali, Rozdziele, Poland

Date: April 24-May 1., 2019
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly anthroposophic retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, from there Mateus usually takes students to the venue by minibus. Please email Mateus for details.
Programme: A 7 day introductory course in good friend Mateus Flak’s forest hideout in the amazing Beskidy mountains, about an hour drive from Krakkow. A full introduction to vipassana and taichi will be given in the mornings. This is followed by a complete beginners training  in thai yoga massage during the day. Complemented by a lovely anthroposophic community, their great vegetarian cooking, and silesian good cheer! Also recommended for repeaters, assistants, or those who have done other styles of thai massage, and want an enrichment course. All are welcome! Close to Germany, Slovakia, Czech Rep. and of course, Zakopane and  Krakkow, Poland.
Contact, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

2) 4 day advanced Therapy retreat with Bali@ Rozdziele, POL

Date: May 2.-5., 2019
Venue: Teczowa Dolina, friendly anthroposophic retreat centre in Rozdziele, a village in the Beskidy mountains, overlooking the Tatry, about an hour from Krakow. Website: www.teczowadolina.pl
How to get there: train or bus to Krakow, and directions on venue’s website in polish, or please email Mateus for details.
Programme: during the four day workshop, we spend each morning and afternoon session with a hands on treatment with Bali, given to one of the participants. This will be “laboratory demo-treatment”, ie: the different sensations tangible to the therapist will be highlighted by Bali, and sensed by all students through touch on the spot, as well as therapeutic guidelines pinpointed, indicating the reasons (or not reasons) for choosing  a particular direction or area to continue with during the treatment. The tailoring of a massage to suit the needs of a client, as well as the guidelines of therapeutics will thus be studied in practice in two ways: once felt on ourselves, and on the other occasions demonstrated on our fellow students. The time after these sessions will be devoted to giving and receiving full body massages supervised by teachers with feedback.
Contact, registration, please write to: Mateus Flak, mantreusz@gmail.com

3) 12 day Thai Yoga Massage Retreat with Laurino and Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: August 2.-14., 2019
Location: Kisnyalka, Hungary, half way between Wienna and Budapest, for directions, please see this link.
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 800E, II.Southern Europe: 600 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 450 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: This is the full 12 day curriculum of the lahu village beginners course, with teacher training available, set in a retreat environment in Kisnyalka, conveniently located between Wienna and Budapest. If you send me an email, ill send back an infosheet with details of place, schedule, accomodation, prices etc. Then you can email me again to register if you wish to take part, and I place you on the list. Assistants on teacher trraining and repeaters are welcome!
Website of the course: Please Click Here!
For more info, please write to: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

4) Advanced Side Position Course with Laurino and Bali, @Sunshine Mangalam HUN

Date: 16.-23. August, 2019
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Price: to reflect the economic differences in the EU, there are 3 general price categories: I. North Europe: 500 E, II.Southern Europe: 400 E (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal), III. Eastern Europe: 300 E. (The price contains the tuition, course manual, accomodation, and 3 hearty vegetarian meals a day).
Programme: For those who have completed a beginners course of 60 hours or more, this course will focus on the side position, aiming to give as complete massages as possible to those patients with difficulty receiving the other positions. In a western therapeutic context, these cases will be quite frequent, as many patients will be too stiff, heavy or fat to receive the other positions. The side position is the one most people usually sleep in, therefore it allows for a lot of relaxation and letting-go on the side of the patient. As a lot of the material is given from sitting on the ground, less work and effort are required from the therapist, with more fun involved with the dynamic rocking motions incorporated into the programme. The course also offers training for giving massages to pregnant women. The course will be followed by a vipassana retreat from the evening of August 24th to the 28th., at the same venue, participants of the thai massage course are welcome to stay!
Contact, registration: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

5) 12 day Beginners Course with Bali in Hamburg, GER  

Date: October 12.-20., (part 1) and November 15. -17. (Part 2.), 2019
Place:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: Click Here!
Programme:  This is the full 12 day curriculum of the lahu village beginners course, set in the centre of Hamburg, at the Center of Gravity. Augmented by a morning programme of vipassana meditation (the course includes a step-by-step introduction to allow beginners to integrate meditation into their everyday lives) and a morning movement programme of chikung and taichi (to get the practicioners body into shape for a safe practice, as well as to experience the stretches and energywork the patient gets while receiving), the programme will center on learning a repertoire to give a balancing full body thai yoga massage of more or less 2 hours. Fully certified by the Sunshine Network, a chance for beginners to receive an excellent base in thai yoga massage, repeaters to hone their skills, massage lovers to enrich their repertoire…All are welcome!
Course overview: please click Here!
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

6) Thaimassage in the mirror of Yoga – Lifestyle Camp,  Sunshine Mangalam, @Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: October 25th-November 1st, 2019
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Programme: 7 day retreat in which a 60 hours thaimassage beginners programme will be taught, in partnership with yoga cleansing, a complete vipassana meditation training (every morning will begin with practice in Noble Silence), a tai chi, chikung, ashtanga, hatha, yin or vinyasa flow session in the mornings, and a chakra yoga class every evening, geared to the chakra or area worked on in the thaimassage sessions of the day. The course is organized and certified by the International Academy of Massage, so all beginners should email to the school (jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu). Repeaters, karma yogis, assistants welcome, please email to Bali directly. Folowed by advanced “Hands Free” and thai footmassage workshops at the same venue, all are welcome to stay!
Price: 101,400 HUF or 96,400 HUF, depending on certification needs (about 300 E) including all teachings, food, and accomodation. The course materials, /tongue scraper, sesame oil for abhyanga, neti pot, book/ can be purchesed at the scene, if you dont have your own, for a total price of about 20E. Please indicate if you wish to buy all or some of these.)
Infos: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.
Registration: jelentkezes@masszazsakademia.hu

7) ”Hands Free” Advanced Workshop with Bali in Kisnyalka, HUN

Date: 2nd-3rd of November, 2019
Place: Kisnyalka, Hungary (1,5 hrs from Wienna or Budapest), directions: please click here!
Topic: The workshop will be a 2 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands. The workshop introduces the techniques with feet, heels, elbows, knees, and gives ample practice to feel ready to use them. Recommended as a “thumb saver” for small masseurs, or those with sensitive/injured wrists, thumbs or shoulders, for giving treatments to heavier and more muscular patients. Held in the same lovely venue as the beginners course, it could be a great continuation for those who assist or repeat the beginenrs course.
Workshop description: please click Here!
Price: 100 E (or equivalent in HUF), which includes tuition, manual, food and accomodation for 3 days from the 1st to the 3rd of November.
For information and registration please contact: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com.

8) Thai Footmassage Workshop, @Sunshine Mangalam, Kisnyalka (HUN)

Date: November 4th, 2019
Venue:: Kisnyalka Major, for directions, click this link!
Course description: the one day workshop, beginning with morning meditation and tai chi-chikung, will focus on learning the traditional 1 hour relaxing foot massge given with the thai stick. The workshop is open to total beginners, with no experience in thai yoga massage. Focussing on techniques to work the therapy points and energy lines of the foot and calf, and to loosen up the joints of the lower extremity, the workshop will be given with demonstrations followed by students working on each other in pairs. What to bring: 2 hand size towels, slippers, a jar of massage cream and 2 feet!
Price: 75E (or equivalent in HUF), which includes tuition, manual, foot massage stick, food and accomodation for 2 days from the 3rd to the 4th of November.
Info, registration please contact: Bali, konemara76@gmail.com

9) 4 day Advanced Enrichment and Lower back Therapy workshop with Bali in Hamburg, GER

Date: November 19.-20. (Enrichment) and November 21.-22. (Lower back pain Therapy and Herbal Compresses), 2019
Venue:  Center of Gravity, Talstrasse 19. Website: click here!
Programme: the 4 day advanced workshop begins with the fine tuning of the beginners material. During the course of the first two mornings, we will focus on the questions and weak points of participants in connection to their full body massage. Its advised to bring a checklist of questions, forgotten or barely practiced techniques, and other problems accumulated through the practice of the beginners course. The rest of the time will be devoted to full body massages given with the supervision and optional feedback of the teachers. November 21st will focus on the therapeutic approaches available in thai yoga massage for lower back pain. We will talk about the different types encountered, the therapeutic possibilities, as well as the points and lines to emphasize during our treatment. November 22nd will introduce a favourite of cold climates: Luk Pra Kob, otherwise known as steamed herbal compress massage. Starting with creating our own compresses, we follow up by learning how to heat them safely, and then working each others energy lines with different techniques, giving a full 1-1,5 hour treatment. What to bring: favourite herbs, home grown herbs, small towels, and a white sheet.
Course descriptions:
For compresses: please click here.
For lower back pain therapies: please click here.
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de

10) ”Hands Free” Advanced Workshop with Bali in Hamburg, GER

Date: 23rd-24th, November, 2019
Topic: The workshop will be a 2,5 day course covering the full body massage without the use of hands.
Its preceded by an energy line and posture refresher on Friday evening. Held in Hamburg`s Center of Gravity, a special space for the practice of acro, yoga and massage, the workshop will be taught in English with German translation if necessary. Daily schedule for the weekend:

• 6.00 – 8.30 : Vipassana Meditation & Tai Chi
• 8.30 – 10.00 : Breakfast break
• 10.00 – 13.00: Thai massage training
• 13.00 – 14.30: Lunch break
• 14.30 – 18.00: Thai massage training

Workshop description: please click here!
For information and registration: please contact the team of the Center Of Gravity
phone: +49-173-3272877
email: info@center-of-gravity.de
web: www.center-of-gravity.de