Thai Pre-natal Care Live Online Workshop
Thai Pre-natal Care Live Online Workshop
In this interactive distance learning class we will begin with an overview of the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy from modern and traditional medicine perspectives, diving from there into Thai pre-natal massage practices, understandings and traditions.
We will look at the feminine in medicine, herbal and dietary practices, and the use of hot herbal compresses in pre-natal bodywork.
Thursday evenings January 9th - 23rd
In this interactive live Zoom workshop we will form a sweet community of people in varying locations coming together to learn Thai healing arts traditions for pregnancy. Whether you are learning for your clients, loved ones, or yourself, this class will expand the way that we think about pregnancy and provide tools for better caring for those experiencing it. We will talk about cultural practices and understandings, practical considerations, the physiology of pregnancy through both modern and traditional views, and how to provide massage for the pregnant body with herbs, oils, and wisdom.
What we will study in this class:
• Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy
• Thai pre-natal massage
• Thai prenatal cultural practices and views
• Thai prenatal herbal compress making and use
• Thai prenatal dietary and lifestyle guidelines
Upcoming classes:
Thursday evenings, January 9th - 23rd, 2025
Where: The comfort of your home (Zoom)
Schedule: 5 pm - 7 pm Pacific Standard Time (8-10 pm EST)
CEs: 6
Pre-requisites: None - prenatal Thai massage is not dependent upon having taken other Thai massage classes although it is enriched by previous Thai medicine studies
Instructor: I am Naj, your primary instructor for this program. I am the director, founder, instructor, and dish washer of The Naga Center, which I started in 2005. Basically, I am the Naga Center (and much of this website is written first person, in my voice). I have been a massage therapist since I was 21 years old (born in '69, so you can do the maths), and have been traveling to Thailand regularly since 1998 to study traditional Thai Herbal medicine and bodywork and lived there for two years while writing my books on Thai medical theory and herbalism. In the summer of 2017 I spent a month in Thailand, during which time I traveled into the jungles of the far north to learn from kind hearted midwives, in a continuing project of prenatal and postpartum care research that I began nearly 20 years ago.
Look for the Thai Postpartum care course as an excellent follow up to this one.