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GG International |
THAI
MASSAGE
MASTER
WORKSHOP
for
advanced Thai Massage practitioners |
July 12-22, 2007
Earthdance Retreat Center Plainfield,
Massachusetts
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Instructor Bios |
INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHIES
Jason
Beasley (USA)
Jason is an NCBTMB
Certified Massage Therapist, having trained in Western-style massage at the
Natural Health Institute of Nashville, Tennessee. He earned his Thai Ministry of Education 300-hour teacher training
certificate from the TMC school in Chiang Mai,
and studied at Wat Po, the ancient home of Thai healing arts. Most
significantly, Jason has pursued
advanced studies with Mama Nit (eight months), Master Ong Dam Poo (eight
months), the late Master Chaiyuth Priyasith (two months), and Master Pichest
(more than eight months). Since 1999
Jason has spent considerable time teaching with and assisting Mama Nit, Master
Poo and Master Pichest.
When not in Thailand, Jason resides in Berkeley,
California. He enjoys meditation practice,
yoga, and dancing.
Nozomu “Noji” Okada (Japan)
Noji had a busy and
stressful life in Tokyo, Japan, when he had his first Thai Massage session—and it
changed his life completely! In January of 2004 he began training for this
work, exploring the many levels of Thai Healing Arts in Japan. After mastering
his training at the Loi Kroh Thai Massage School in Tokyo, together with
Jakuseki reflexology, Noji became a sub manager at Loi Kroh salon in Ginza.
Although giving massages to
clients and teaching fellow therapists gave him great satisfaction, at the same
time it made him realize how much more there was to learn in this healing
work. In 2005, Noji spent ten
consecutive months in Thailand to study Thai healing arts with Master Pichest Boonthamme in Chiang
Mai. He later assisted classes with Master Pichest for five months.
Now back in Tokyo, Noji has
a private practice and teaches Thai Massage to professional therapists, both in
Tokyo and occasionally in other parts of the world.
Testimony from Noji’s
clients: some shed tears of joy, saying "I feel happy", "I
feel free," while others comment that even "my long term neck hernia
has been cured", "I can hear clearly now", "I can stand up
without support", and "the ringing in my ears is gone!”
View a creative multimedia
Thai massage demonstration by Noji:
www.mecha.ne.jp/~beck/green_black.wmv (requires
Windows Media Player)