Courses in 2019
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