Clinical Thai Bodywork Series Returns in 2011

We will be presenting our body-specific Clinical Thai Bodywork seminars again starting in 2011. We're still finalizing the 2011 schedule, but below is a tentative schedule for the CTB series. There are some prerequisites for taking the CTB body area seminars. If you haven't studied with us before, you need to have a solid foundation in Thai massage, 50 or more hours is recommended. Prior to taking the specific CTB seminars, all students also need to take CTB Fundamentals, which covers all of the theory and assessments involved in the approach.

Clinical Thai Bodywork is a modality that combines traditional Thai massage techniques with myofascial trigger point therapy, osteopathic techniques and a careful analysis of perpetuating factors. We have great results on a daily basis with pain conditions that have failed many other treatment modalities. You can schedule a session to experience CTB at our clinic in Evanston by going to our site or calling 847-440-7525.

The tentative schedule for CTB in 2011:

Feb 21-23: CTB for Hip, Thigh, Groin and Knee Pain
Mar 11-13: CTB Fundamentals
Apr 18-20: CTB for Low Back, Gluteal and Pelvic Pain
May 9-11: CTB for Shoulder, Upper Back and Upper Arm Pain
Jun 6-8: CTB Fundamentals
Jul 22-24: CTB for Head and Neck Pain
Sep 16-18: CTB Fundamentals
Oct 24-26: CTB for Back, Chest and Abdominal Pain
Nov 18-20: CTB for Forearm, Elbow, Wrist and Hand Pain
Dec 9-11: CTB for Leg, Ankle and Foot Pain

CTB on YouTube:

The Heart of Yoga with Mark Whitwell

The practice of yoga is intimately connected to the history and practice of Thai massage. The medicine and spiritual traditions of India have been an undeniable influence in the development of Thai massage over the centuries. Even more importantly, yoga as a self practice is a key aspect of self care for the devoted Thai massage practitioner.

Thai Bodywork is proud to present a rare evening with Yoga Master, Mark Whitwell on Wednesday June 2, 2010 from 6:30PM - 8:30PM -- $20. admission, $15 pre-registration.

Mark is a master yoga teacher who now resides in Bali. For many years he studied with T. Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar in their family home. Krishnamacharya is often known as "the Teacher of the Teachers". His students included Pattabhi Jois and BKS Iyengar, who popularized elements of his work.

Rather than presenting a new brand of yoga, Mark helps people connect with their own breath, their intimate partners and how yoga applies to each individual's health and body-type.Having studied since 1973 in the home of Krishnamacharya “the teacher of our teachers” with his son TKV Desikachar, Mark Whitwell seeks to put back what has curiously been left out of western yoga education and practice, adapting Yoga to individual differences and remarrying Yoga to its Tantric origins. Mark is most interested in revealing authentic Yoga and how each person can easily, naturally and actually practice. Mark edited and contributed to Desikachar’s book The Heart of Yoga. His own book is Yoga of Heart: The Healing Power of Intimate Connection (Lantern Books).

The Thai Bodywork Meditation Series

The Thai Bodywork Meditation Series

As healers, we must be attentive to our inner life. Being a committed participant in the healing relationship demands presence, awareness, focus and the ability to tap resources greater than ourselves. If we are to be effective practitioners, we need to be able to recharge our batteries and "go to the well" of solace and insight that meditation provides.

I'm excited to announce that in 2010 we will be bringing some highly respected teachers to the school in a series of evening workshops covering different approaches to meditation. These evenings are open to all, and represent a fantastic opportunity to learn and grow.

Elesa Commerse (January 21) is a well known meditation teacher in the Chicago area and nationally. Elesa works with master teachers Tias and Surya Little as the Director of Wisdom Training for Prajna Yoga, their highly regarded yoga teacher training program in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is also part of the core faculty for the Moksha Yoga Teacher Training Program in Chicago, and has created several DVDs and CDs on the topic of meditation.

Tom Quinn (February 24) co-founded YogaView in Chicago with Quinn Kearney in 1992. Tom has studied with Pattabhi Jois, Tim Miller, Richard Freeman and other master teachers, and views yoga as a vehicle for inquiry and self-knowledge. We are very pleased to have Tom as one of our first teachers in this series.

Space is limited, so please register in advance. The cost of each evening is $40 -- $30 if you are a Thai Bodywork student. Level 1 Thai Massage is coming up again this Friday, along with Level 2 and 3 later in January. I hope to see you at the school very soon, and wish you a wonderful and prosperous 2010.