Thai Yoga Therapy is a unique Thai bodywork offering that opens the doorway for body-mind dialogue and the potential for emotional release. It integrates the physical elements of Thai Bodywork with the somatic awareness and dialogue techniques of Yoga Therapy. As a certified Yoga Therapist, my intention is to provide a safe emotional container for the internal experience of the receiver to be shared out loud during a Thai Bodywork session. I create space for deeper body-mind awareness and potential emotional release by offering self-inquiry tools and suggestions including techniques from the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy model by Michael Lee. 

In a typical Thai Yoga Therapy session, you are invited into a mindfulness practice while receiving Thai Bodywork, clothed and on the floor. You can share out loud any thoughts, feelings and sensations as they arise in real time, while coming back to the breath and the body as our anchors. As you share your observations, I offer compassionate, reflective listening, and some somatic, inner-child dialogue opportunities or parts work suggestions, and hold a safe container of confidentiality for whatever arises. 

 

The body-mind integration found in Thai Yoga Therapy can be especially supportive for those who may be experiencing physical discomfort in conjunction with emotional distress. Often the pain in our bodies is rooted in emotional distress or trauma, and/or the physical pain can also cause and create emotional distress. This work is helpful for those who recognize that the body and mind are very intricately connected and that taking time to listen and tend to the body can help us also tend our deeper emotional and spiritual needs as well. You will be witnessed with compassionate presence while being invited to ground into your body and into deeper acceptance of what is. A Thai Yoga Therapy session offers folks the opportunity to cultivate greater self-awareness, self-compassion and self-love while also addressing the body's physical pain and tension with deeply attuned bodywork.