Thai Massage Practitioners
This is a list of massage therapists who have studied with me, Naj, but they have often studied with many other teachers as well, and each brings their own approach, individual expertise, and personality to their work such that you will have a different experience with each person. I hope that you find just the right therapist for you.
Alaska
Karen Witthöft (Anchorage)
Arizona
Lara Lezrine (Tuscon)
Deborah Hodges (Tuscon)
California
Marla Hanken (San Francisco)
Ohio
Brianna Colón (Baltimore)
Oregon
Claire Mittelstet (Astoria & Cannon Beach)
Five Bodies Collective (Eugene - various therapists - massage clinic dedicated to excellent Thai bodywork)
Jacinda Phillips (Portland)
Lauren Ferreira (Portland)
Sarah Carl (Portland & Gresham)
Damion Bond (Eugene)
Jim Madras (Eugene)
Maylani Maathai (Applegate Valley)
Jordan Sun (Portland)
Montana
Jennifer Vanderburg (Missoula)
Sarah Beirut (Bozeman)
North Carolina
Jamie Mundy (Outer Banks)
Texas
Kelly Galey (Dallas)
Virginia
Damion Bond (Richmond) ~ Damion has recently moved to Portland Oregon but is in Virginia from time to time
Washington
Lisl Thomson (Orcas Island)
Denison Wiedman (White Salmon)
If you are a therapist who wishes to be added to this list please contact me to schedule a sample session. I only recommend people whose work I have experienced recently or enough to be super solid on the recommending.
Thai Healing Arts Instructors
These are teachers and practitioners who have studied in the same lineage as me and are dedicated to teaching and practicing, to the best of their abilities, in a traditional manner and according to the oral and textual lineage of traditional Thai medicine. This is not a complete list. Like the therapists, inclusion does not guarantee that any teacher here will be the right teacher for you. We all have different styles and knowledge specialities.
-naj/nephyr
Enrique Dianti ~ Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Enrique is a warm and delightful instructor who offers classes in Spanish. He hosts Tevijjo Yogi about once a year (who teaches in English, with a translator to Spanish), and is a committed practitioner and student. I consider Enrique to be my brother in our journey of study with our teacher and happily recommend studying with him.
Damion Bond ~ Damion has been studying Thai medicine and traveling to Thailand for many a year. She teaches in a variety of places, most consistently in Virginia. Damion takes groups of students on Thailand journeys on occasion and is an impassioned and compassionate teacher who has a way of wording things that brightens my heart.
Jim Madras ~ Located in Eugene, Oregon, Jim Madras is a Thai massage therapist and a long time practitioner of Taijiquan and Qigong. He has studied extensively at The Naga Center and teaches some Naga Center curriculum classes as well as outstanding workshops in cupping and scraping. Jim is an extraordinary cupper whom The Naga Center is honored to have as an occasional guest instructor for more in-depth cupping instruction.
Jennifer Vanderburg ~ Located in Missoula, Montana
Jennifer has been a dedicated student of Thai Bodywork at The Naga Center ever since she completed a home stay study with Nephyr in Thailand in 2013, and has been a massage therapist for over 20 years. She practices and teaches in Missoula, MT. Jennifer occasionally offers Naga Center curriculum classes in the lovely town of Hot Springs Montana.
Lara Lezrine - Tuscon, Arizona
Lara has studied extensively at The Naga Center as well as with various other teachers and has spent significant time traveling in Thailand and studying Thai massage with a variety of practitioners there and has also led groups of travelers in Thailand. She continues to come to Oregon for study maintaining a strong connection and ever deepening practice.
Deborah Hodges ~ Tuscon, Arizona
Deborah was one of Nephyr's first students, way back when she opened The Naga Center in 2005. Deborah has traveled though Thailand with Nephyr, and studies regularly at The Naga Center. She practices and teaches in Green Valley and Tucson Arizona and occasionally offers Naga Center curriculum classes to small groups of students.
Danko Lara Radic ~ Located in Serbia, Danko is a dear friend and dedicated student of traditional Thai medicine. He is genuinely fun loving and utterly passionate about Thai massage, having studied extensively with Tevijjo Yogi, and having gone far outside of the common routes of westerners seeking Thai massage experience in Thailand, including time spent working side by side with village doctors in a remote monastery. Classes are in Serbian and English and are certain to be taught with sincerity, laughter and skill.
Bhālacandra ~ is not at this time a Thai massage instructor, but a link to him is essential as he is another brother of mine in deep study with Tevijjo Yogi and the lineage therein. He is a tattoo artist, an initiated reusi in the Thai tradition, and a sak-yant practitioner. Bhālacandra can be found in Italy where he practices artistic and spiritual tattooing and reusi da ton, with a deep devotion.
David Wells ~ I would say that David Wells is one of the most knowledgeable English speaking people in the world on the subject of reusi da ton, the Thai self care system. His single focus pursuit of this art has led him all over Thailand where he has studied with some of the few remaining practitioners who preserve this system, including Tevijjo Yogi.
