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For all of our new Thai Massage students, here is an ample list of academic books about Traditional Thai Massage, and  selected books and articles on Thai history, Eastern anthropology, Thai culture, Thai art, Thai dance,  Ayurvedic traditions, Thai religion, Buddhism, and about the theory and practice of all branches of Traditional Thai medicine. Enjoy! Jairo & Dennis

Suggested Bibliography:

• A comparative study of Thai massage and Swedish massage.   By Virginia Susan Cowen

• A Thai Herbal, C. Pierce Salguero

• A Thai Herbal. Forres,  By C. Pierce Salguero Scotland: Findhorn Press, 2003

• Nuad Thai: Traditional Thai Massage.  By Maneewan Chia; Max Chia

• Swe Thai Massage, By Margie Meshew, LMT, NCBTMB

• The Art of Traditional Thai Massage Energy Line Charts. By Asokananda & Chow Kam Thye. Harald Brust, 2001

• Thai Massage, By Beatrice Avraham. Astrolog. The quality of Life Series

• Thai Massage.  By Nicky Smith

• Thai Massage.  By Niclaire Mann and Eleanor McKenzie

• Thai Massage Manual: Natural therapy for flexibility, relaxation and energy balance. By Maria Mercati. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc New York

• Thai Massage: Sacred Bodywork, By Ananda Apfelbaum

• Thai Massage the Thai Way: in Theory and Practice, Jan Chaithavuthi and Kanchanoo Muangsiri

• Thai Massage Workbook: Basic and Advanced Course. By C. Pierce Salguero  Findhorn Press, 2007

• Thai Traditional Massage Course at the Wat Po's Thai Traditional Massage School.  By Preeda Tangtrongchitr

• Thai Traditional Massage for Advanced Practitioners, Asokananda (Harald Brust)

• Thai Traditional Massage In The Side Position, Asokananda (Harald Brust)

• Thai Traditional Massage School.  By Preeda Tangtrongchitr

• Thai Yoga Massage: A dynamic therapy for physical well-being and spiritual Energy.2 002. By Kam Thye Chow. Healing Arts Press Rochester, Vermont

• Thai Yoga Massage: How to use Traditional Thai Massage, Yoga, and Breathwork for Healing and Spiritual Harmony. By Kira Balaskas

• The Dancing Meditation of Thai Traditional Massage.  By Maxine M. Shapiro and Yaron Gal

• The Encyclopedia of Thai Massage.  By C. Pierce Salguero  Forres, Scotland: Findhorn Press, 2004

• The Encyclopedia of Thai Massage: A Complete Guide to Traditional Thai Massage Therapy and Acupressure. By C. Pierce Salguero

• The Spiritual Healing of Traditional Thailand.  By C. Pierce Salguero Forres, Scotland: Findhorn Press, 2006

• The Thai Massage Workbook: A step by step guide to Taditional Masssage of Thailand (Northern Style). Kay Rynerson. 2001 By Kay Rynerson

• Traditional Herbal Medicine in Northern Thailand. ByViggo Brun and Trond Schumacher

• " Traditional Medical Practitioners in Bangkok: A Geographical Analysis. Diss. Ph.D," Ph.D. Diss., University of North Carolina. Techatraisak, Bongkotrat 1985

• Traditional Thai Ayurveda, Tao Mountain Press

• Traditional Thai Medicine: Buddhism, Animism, Ayurveda.  By C. Pierce Salguero. Prescott: Hohm Press, 2007

• Traditional Thai massage. By Sombat Tapanya

• "Traditional Thai Medicine," in Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, edited by Helaine Selin, and Hugh Shapiro, Boston and London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Brun, Viggo 2003

• Trance and Healing in Southeast Asia Today, Bangkok: White Lotus Press. Heinze, Ruth-Inge 1997

• "A Medical Retrospect of Thailand," Journal of the Thailand Research Society 34 : 183-200. Hofbauer, Rudolf 1943

  • "About Siamese Medicine," Journal of the Siam Society 4 (1) : 1-9. Beyer, Dr. C. 1917

  • An Anthropology of Curing in Multiethnic Thailand, Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. Golomb, Louis 1985

  • "Ayurveda, Congenital Disease and Birthdays in Thai Traditional Medicine," Journal of the Siam Society 76 : 174-82. Mulholland, Jean 1988

  • Communication Between Doctors and Patients in Thailand, Part I: Survey of the Problem and Analysis of the Consultations, Saarbrücken, Germany: University of the Saar. Boesch, Ernst E. 1972

  • Communication Between Doctors and Patients in Thailand: A Report From the South Asia Research Programme (Part Iii: Interviews With Traditional Doctors), Saarbrücken, Germany: University of the Saar. Hinderling, Paul 1973

  • Herbal Medicine in Paediatrics: Translation of a Thai Book of Genesis, Honolulu: University of Hawaii. Mulholland, Jean 1997

  • Indigenous Medicinal Plants of Thailand, Bangkok: Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health. Pecharaply, Daroon 1994

  • "Medical Arts At Wat Phra Chetuphon: Various Rishi Statues," Journal of the Siam Society 65 (2) : 145-52. Matics, K.I. 1977

  • Medicinal Plants of Thailand Past and Present, Bangkok: National Identity Board. Board, National Identity 1991

  • Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. By Darko Vasiljevic, Hugh Shapiro, and Helaine Selin

  • "Medicine, Food, and Poison in Traditional Thai Healing," in Beyond Joseph Needham: Science, Technology and Medicine in East and Southeast Asia, 339-53, Osiris. Bamber, Scott 1998

  • Medicine, Magic and Evil Spirits. By Jean Mulholland

  • Medicinal Plants in Thailand Volume I & II - Faculty of Pharmacy. By Mahidol University

  • Medicinal Plants in Siri Ruckhachati Garden: Traditional Uses (Second Ed.), Bangkok: Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Co. Ltd. Saralamp, Promjit, et al. 1996

  • Medicinal Plants in Thailand, Vol. 1-2, Bangkok: Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Mahidol University. Saralamp, Promjit, et al. 1996-1997

  • "Metaphor and Illness Classification in Traditional Thai Medicine," Asian Folklore Studies 46 (2) : 179-95. Bamber, Scott 1987

  • "Nature and Function of Some Therapeutic Techniques in Thailand," Asian Folklore Studies 2 : 85-104. Heinze, Ruth-Inge 1977

  • Flowering Plants of Thailand: A Field Guide, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Communications, Ministry of Commerce and 1930, Some Siamese Medicinal Plants Exhibited At the Eighth Congress of Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, Bangkok: Ministry of Commerce and Communications, Botanical Section. McMakin, Patrick D. 2000

  • Plants and People of the Golden Triangle: Ethno botany of the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand, Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press. Anderson, Edward F. 1993

  • Plants From the Markets of Thailand, Bangkok: Editions Duang Kamol. Jacquat, Christiane 1990

  • Readings in Thai Medicine, Tao Mountain Press

  • "Siamese Practice of Medicine (Reprinted From Bangkok Calendar, 1865)," Sangkhomsat Parithat 5 (3) : 83-94. Bradley, Dan Beach 1967

  • Thai Folk Healing, Tao Mountain Press

  •  Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Bangkok: Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health. Committee, Thai Pharmaceutical 1995

  • "Thai Traditional Medicine: Preliminary Investigation," Ph.D. Diss., Australian National University. Mulholland, Jean 1997

  • "Thai Traditional Medicine—The Treatment of Diseases Caused By the TridoΣA," The South East Asian Review 3 (2) : 29-38. Mulholland, Jean 1979

  • "Thai Traditional Medicine: Ancient Thought and Practice in a Thai Context," Journal of the Siam Society 67 (2) : 80-115. Mulholland, Jean 1979

  • "Traditional Medicine in Thailand," Hemisphere 23 (4) : 224-29. Mulholland, Jean 1979 July/Aug

  • Medicine, Magic, and Evil Spirits, Canberra: The Australian National University. Mulholland, Jean 1987

  • "Thailand’s Bare-Headed Doctors," Modern Asian Studies 19 (4) : 761-96. Gosling, David 1985

  • "The Akha: Folk Botany and Forest Traditions," in A Northern Miscellany: Essays From the North of Thailand, edited by Geoffrey Walton, Chiang Mai and Bangkok: Silkworm Books. Bragg, Katherine 1992

  • "The Cosmological and Per formative Significance of a Thai Cult of Healing Through Meditation," Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 1 : 97- 132. Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja 1977

  • "The Interplay of Traditional Therapies in South Thailand," Soc. Sci. Med. 27 (8) : 761-68. Golomb, Louis 1988

  • The Principles and Concepts of Thai Classical Medicine, Bangkok: Thai Khadi Research Institute, Thammasat University. Ratarasarn, Somchintana 1996

  • "The Role of Thai Traditional Medicine in Health Promotion." Paper presented at the Department for the Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, 6GCHP, Bangkok, Thailand, 7-11 Aug, 2005. Chirapravati, ML Pattaratorn 1997. Chokevivat, Vichai, and Anchalee Chuthaputti

  • Traditional Herbal Medicine in Northern Thailand, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Brun, Viggo, and Trond Schumacher 1994

   

• A History of Modern Thailand 1767-1942, St. Lucia, London and New York: University of Queensland Press. Terwiel, B.J. 1983-1985

• A History of Wat Phra Chetupon and Its Buddha Images, Bangkok: Siam Society. Matics, K.I. 1979

• "A Model for the Study of Thai Buddhism," Journal of Asian Studies 35 (3) : 391-403. Terweil, B.J. 1976

• "A Problem of Dual Nationality: The Chinese in Indonesia, Thailand and the Federation of Malaya," Ph.D. Diss., University of Virginia. Hah, Chong-Do 1957

• An Anthropology of Curing in Multiethnic Thailand. By Louis Golomb

• "An Historical Analysis of the Fine Arts At Wat Phra Chetuphon: A Repository of Ratanakosin Artistic Heritage," Ph.D. Diss., New York University. Matics, K.I. 1978

   

  • "An Inventory of Non-Buddhist Supernatural Objects in a Central Thai Village," Ph.D. Diss., Cornell University. Textor, Robert B. 1960

  • Art From Thailand, Mumbai: Marg. Brown, Robert (ed.) 1999

  • Becoming the Buddha : The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand, Vol. Buddhisms, Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. Swearer, Donald K 2004

  • Buddha, Dharma, Sangha: Buddhism and the Buddhist Life in Thailand, Bangkok: Orchid Press. Roscoe, Gerald 2000

  • Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-East Thailand, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja 1970

  • "Buddhism, Belonging and Detachment-Some Paradoxes of Chinese Ethnicity in Thailand," Journal of Asian Studies 2 (303-25) Tobias, Stephen S. 1977

  • Buddhist World of Southeast Asia, Albany: SUNY Press. Swearer, Donald 1995

  • Chinese Society in Thailand: An Analytical History, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Skinner, G. William 1957

  • "Chinese Funerals and Chinese Ethnicity in Chiang Mai, Thailand," Ethnology 31 (4) : 315-30. Hill, Ann Maxwell 1992

  • "Civic Religion and National Community in Thailand," Journal of Asian Studies 36 (2) : 267-83. Reynolds, Frank E. 1977

  • "Complexity in the Thai Religious System: An Interpretation," Journal of Asian Studies 36 (2) : 241-66. Kirch, A. Thomas 1977

  • "Data on Conditioned Poison (a Folklore Study)," Journal of the Siam Society 53 (1) : 69-82. Rajadhon, Phya Anuman 1965

  • Divination in Thailand: The Hopes and Fears of a Southeast Asian People, London and Dublin: Curzon Press. Wales, Quaritch H.G. 1981

  • Double Identity: The Chinese in Modern Thailand, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Coughlin, Richard J. 1960

  • Essays on Thai Folklore, Bangkok: The Social Science Association Press of Thailand. Rajadhon, Phya Anuman 1968

  • "Funerary Rites and the Buddhist Meaning of Death: An Interperative Text From Northern Thailand," Journal of the Siam Society 68 (1) : 1-28. Anusaranaßasanakiarti, Phra Khru 1980

  • "Hsui-Kou-Ku: The Ritual Refining of Restless Ghosts Among the Chinese of Thailand," Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 2 (2) : 217- 34. Formoso, Bernard 1996

  • Leadership and Power in the Chinese Community of Thailand, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. Skinner, G. William 1958

  • "Major Buddhist Images At Wat Po," Arts of Asia 12 (Nov-Dec) : 96- 103. Matics, K.I. 1982

  • Monks and Magic: An Analysis of Religious Ceremonies in Central Thailand, Bangkok and Cheney: White Lotus Press. Terweil, B.J. 1994

  • "Of Germs, Public Hygiene, and the Healthy Body: The Making of the Medicalizing State of Thailand," The Journal of Asian Studies 66 (2) : 311-44. Puaksom, Davisakd 2007

  • "On Kingship and Society At Sukothai," in Change and Persistence in Thai Society: Essays in Honor of Lauriston Sharp, edited by G. William Skinner, and A. Thomas Kirsch, 29-92, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. Griswold, A. B., and Prasert Na Nagara 1975

  • "Phii Pob: Spirit Possession in Rural Thailand," in Culture-Bound Syndromes, Ethnopsychiatry, and Alternate Therapies: Volume Iv of Mental Health Research in Asia and the Pacific, edited by William P. Lebra, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Suwanlert, Sangun 1976

  • "Siamese Theory and Ritual Connected With Pregnancy, Birth and Infancy," The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 63 (Jul.-Dec) : 441-51. Wales, H.G. 1933 Jul.-Dec.

  • "Some Observations on Thai Animism," Practical Anthropology 15 : 1-7. Wright, Michael A. 1968

  • Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, Orality, and Textual Transmission in Buddhist Northern Thailand, Honolulu: Univ of Hawai'i Press. Veidlinger, Daniel M. 2006

  • "Super naturalist Cures and Sorcery Accusations in Thailand," Soc. Sci. Med. 27 (5) : 437-43. Golomb, Louis 1988

  • Tai Ahoms and the Stars: Three Ritual Texts to Ward Off Danger, Ithaca: Cornell University Southeast Asia Program.Terweil, B.J., and Ranoo Wichasin 1992

  • Thai Buddhism: Its Rite and Activities, Bangkok: Suriyabun Publishers. Wells, Kenneth E. 1975

  • Thai Book of Genesis. By Jean Mulholland

  • "Thai Charms and Amulets," Journal of the Siam Society 52 : 171-97. Rajadhon, Phya Anuman 1964

  • Thai Painting, Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International. Boisselier, Jean 1976

  • Thailand Health Profile 2001-2004, Nonthaburi: Ministry of Public Health, Bureau of Policy and Strategy. Wibulbolprasert, Suwit (ed.) 2005

  • Tham Khwan: How to Contain the Essence of Life, a Socio-Psychological Comparison of a Thai Custom, Singapore: University Press. Heinze, Ruth-Inge 1982

  • The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja 1984

  • The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, New York: Cambridge University Press. Tarling, Nicholas (ed.) 1992

  • The Chinese in Thailand, Russel and Russel Publication. Landon, Kenneth Perry 1973

  • The Culture of South-East Asia: The Heritage of India, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Le May, Reginald 1964

  • The Indianized States of Southeast Asia, Honuolulu: East-West Center Press. Coedès, G. 1968,

  • "The Individual and His Environment: A Central Thai Outlook,"Journal of the Siam Society 65 (2) : 83-94.

  • "The Inscriptions of Wat Phra Jetubon," Journal of the Siam Society 26 (2) : 143-70. Nivat, H.H. Prince Dhani 1933

  • "The Khwan and Its Ceremonies," Journal of the Siam Society 50 : 119-64. Rajadhon, Phya Anuman 1965

  • The Kingdom of Siam, London and New York: Oxford University Press. De la Loubère, Simon 1969 [1693]

  • The Making of South East Asia, Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press. Coedès, G 1969

  • Board, National Identity 1991, Medicinal Plants of Thailand Past and Present, Bangkok: National Identity Board. Blimes, Jack 1977

  • "'The Origin of the T'ai Peoples Reconsidered," Orient Extremus 25 (2) : 239-59. Terweil, B.J. 1978

  • "The Relevancy of Magical Malevolence in Urban Thailand," in Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia, edited by C.W. Watson and Roy Ellen, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Golomb, Louis 1993

  • "The Rishis of Wat Pó," in Felicitation Volumes of Southeast- Asian Studies Presented to His Highness Prince Dhaninivat Kromamun Bidyalabh Brindhyakorn, Bangkok: The Siam Society. Griswold, A. B. 1965

  • The Sacred Image: Sculptures From Thailand, Cologne: Museen der Stadt Köln. Krairiksh, Piriya 1979-1980

  • "The Folk Religion of Ban Nai, a Hamlet in Central Thailand," Ph.D. Diss., Indiana University. Attagara, Kingkeo 1967

  • "The Relationship Between Folk and Elite Religions: The Case of Thailand," in The Realm of the Sacred: Verbal Symbolism and Ritual Structures, edited by Sitakant Mahapatra, Calcutta: Oxford University Press. Heinze, Ruth-Inge 1992,

  • "The Rotating Naga: A Comparative Study of an Excerpt From the Oldest Tai Literature," ASEMI 16 : 221-43.

  • The Socio-Cultural Setting of Love Magic in Central Thailand, Madison: University of Wisconsin Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Thongthew-Ratarasarn, Somchintana 1979

  • "The Tais and Their Belief in Khwans: Towards Establishing an Aspect of 'Proto-Tai' Culture," The South East Asian Review 3 (1) : 1-16. Terweil, B.J. 1978

  • The Universe Around Them: Cosmology and Cosmic Renewal in Indianized South-East Asia, London: Arthur Probsthain. Wales, Quaritch H.G. 1977

  • "The Way of the Monk and the Way of the World: Buddhism in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia," in The World of Buddhism, edited by Heinz Bechert and Richard Gombrich, 159-70, New York/England: Facts on File. Bunnag, Jane 1984

  • Three Worlds According to King Ruang: A Thai Buddhist Cosmology, Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press. Reynolds, Frank E., and Mari B. 1982

  • "Tradition, Identity, and Religious Eclecticism Among Chinese in Thailand," in Alternate Identities: The Chinese in Contemporary Thailand, Times Academic Press. Hill, Ann Maxwell 2001

  • "To Strengthen and Refresh: Herbal Therapy in Southeast Asia," Soc. Sci. Med. 27 (8) : 751-59. Van Esterik, Penny 1988

  • Votive Tablets in Thailand: Origin, Style, and Uses, Kuala Lumpur and New York: Oxford University Press

  • "Western Science in Siam: A Tale of Two Kings," Beyond Joseph Needham: Science, Technology and Medicine in East and Southeast Asia, Osiris 13 : 80-95. Hodges, Ian 1998

  • "Witches, Fortune, and Misfortune Among the Shan of Northwestern Thailand," in Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia, edited by C.W. Watson and Roy Ellen, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Tannenbaum, Nicola 1993

  • Witchcraft, Sorcery, Fortune, and Misfortune Among Lisu Highlanders of Northern Thailand," in Understanding Witchcraft and Sorcery in Southeast Asia, edited by C.W. Watson and Roy Ellen, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Durrenberger, E. Paul 1993

  • World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand Against a Historical Background, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Tambiah, S.J. 1976

   

• Na Mo'olelo Lomilomi, By Makana Risser Chai, Bishop Museum Press

• Hawaiian Lomilomi Big Island Massage, By Nancy S. Kahalewai, IM Publishing

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Sacred Bodywork Upcoming Events:

 

Massage Continuing Education Center

 

~ Thai Massage is an interactive form of spiritual bodywork... is meditation and compassion in action ~

 

2011 Thai Massage Certification Intensive Program in Miami Beach, Florida

Instructors: Dennis Stovall & Jairo Cardona, LMTs, NCBTMB

 

Introduction to Thai Yoga Massage - April 12-13, 2011

THAI LEVEL I   -   Front position, May 2-4, 2011

THAI LEVEL II  -   Sitting, Side-lying, Back positions, June 10-12, 2011

THAI LEVEL III -  Advanced positions, September 2-5, 2011

THAI LEVEL IV -  Pain Management Protocols, September 7-9, 2011 

THAI LEVEL V  - Thai Spa Protocols:

• Thai Herbal Compress Massage on the Table - May 8-11, 2011

• Thai Reflexology - May 31- June 1, 2011 * Las Vegas, Nevada

• Thai Detox - June 29-30, 2011

• Thai Facial Massage - July 6-7, 2011

• Thai Table Hot Herbal Compress Massage - July 9-10, 2011 * Daytona State College- Daytona, Florida

• Thai Hot Herbal Compress Massage - August 13-16, 2011

Thai VI - Thai Massage Clinics - April 12-13, 2011

 

You can take the Thai Basic Levels I-IV and/ or The Thai Spa Protocols regardless of whether you wish to pursue certification.

 

Thai Massage Residential Retreat in Chiang Mai, Thailand

1-11 November, 2011

60 NCBTMB; Florida and Louisiana States CE hours

Instructors: Dennis Stovall & Jairo Cardona, LMTs, NCBTMB

 

Join us in this 11 day/10 night residential retreat in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and immerse yourself in a culture that made healing an art form.

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We hope you can join us this year.

 

In Metta,

Jairo and Dennis

Jairo Cardona and Dennis Stovall, LMTs, NCBMTB

Founders/ Directors of Sacred Bodywork

 

* Make your first of 10 monthly payments to reserve your spot for this year, 1-11 November 2011.

Pay in full before 31 May 2011 for early registration price.

 

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Pay in Full Nov 2011 $2,400.00 10-Payment Plan Nov 2011 $250.00 Private Room $300.00

 

Thai Massage Retreat in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Massage Continuing Education Healing Arts Center Miami Beach, Florida USA/ Chiang Mai, Thailand

SACRED BODYWORK Massage Continuing Education Center is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. NCBTMB Provider # 450670-08, Florida State Continuing Education Provider # 50-9043 and Louisiana Continuing Education Provider # LAO0155.

 

Sacred Bodywork Directors are members of the Florida State Massage Therapy Association and the American Massage Therapy Association and members of Tao Mountain Association of Traditional Thai Massage & Herbal Medicine