Master
Lek Chaiya, Jack Chaiya Paenthai
(Lek's son) and Janice Vitavec
Co-teach in Traditional Thai Massage
Spirit
Winds is proud to announce a joint training with Master teacher
Lek Chaiya, founder of the Nerve Touch Institute, Thailand her
son Jack and Janice Vitavec, founder of Spirit Winds School of
Thai Massage in Nevada City, California.
This rare and special
event is being held in northern California in the foothills of
the Sierra mountains in Nevada City. Master teachers in Traditional
Thai Massage are coming from Thailand to the West to co-teach
a specialized training. This is a very special opportunity to
study with widely acknowledged and accredited teachers from Thailand
within the USA.
Lek Chaiya has developed
her own style of Thai massage unlike any other teachings in Thailand.
She calls this form of massage "Nerve Touch" distinguished
by its deep tissue approach to muscles, tendons and nerves for
full body massage and specialized therapy. Her son, Jack (Pojanart
Chaiya Paenthai) has trained with his mother and has developed
his own advanced work and is becoming a Master as well. If you
want to learn Thai massage for the first time this will be a very
strong foundation for you. If you have studied Thai massage before
but you haven't studied with Lek and Jack then you would be learning
an entirely new approach to this ancient healing art, this is
an opportunity not to be missed!
Early registration
is advised as there will be a class size limited to 14 people.
Students will be selected.
SPECIAL
EVENT
2008 Training Schedule
Nerve Touch Herbal Massage
(Deep Tissue)
FOOT MASSAGE: September 13-14
BASIC:
September 16-18
ADVANCED: September 20-24
Time: 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Yoga Warm-up
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Break
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Instruction
9:45 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch Break
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Instruction
1:00 - 4:30 pm
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Course Content
Thai Foot Massage (12 training hours)
Learn foot massage and reflexology Thai style with Jack's
routine that he has developed. It is an in-depth approach which
will teach you a 1 1/2 hour routine just in
foot massage!
Basic 3-Day course (20 training hours)
- 60 Techniques specializing
in "Nerve-Touch" Thai Massage
- Full body 1 1/2
hour session
- Deep tissue techniques
using elbows, heels, knees and forearms
- Acupressure points
throughout the body for releasing back, knee, shoulder and neck
pain
- Location of the
10 main "Sen" lines (energy lines) and how to unblock
energy flow using Lek Chaiya's personalized style
- Correct body alignment
and holistic benefits for both client and therapist for each
technique
- Preparation, healing
properties and proper usage of traditional herbs for "Herbal
Massage" and sauna
Advanced 5-Day course
(35 training hours)
A Lek Chaiya technique
Lek with a prenatal massage client
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
LEK
CHAIYA (Thiwong)
70
yrs, born in Chiangmai, Thailand
For many generations in Lek Chaiya’s family, the traditional
Thai Healing Arts have been handed down from mother to daughter
and "Mama Lek" began her training with her mother, a
revered healer in Jom Thong district, Chiangmai.
As a young woman, she
moved to Lampang where she raised her family and continued to
work in Ancient (Traditional) Thai Massage.
In 1982 she came to
Chiangmai to join the staff of The Association of Northern Herbs
at Wat Suan Dok. When the association was disbanded, she founded
‘Ancient Thai Massage Lek Chaiya’, located in front
of Wat Suan Dok and remained as owner / director until 1994, after
which she operated out of her home until launching her new venture
with her son (Maew, Tananan Willson), Lek Chaiya Nerve-Touch Traditional
Thai Massage with Medicinal Herbs in 1997.
She has received many
awards and recognition over the years of her outstanding contributions
to the Authentic Thai Traditional Healing Arts. And now she has
been appointed Lecturer of Thai Massage by the Project of Rehabilitation
for Thai Masseur(s), Foundation of Health Development and Staff,
Bangkok.
| CERTIFICATES
AND AWARDS
Special Training: “Herbs” Royal Project Committee,
Lampang Thailand, December 1982
Special training : “How to use herbs” Royal
Project Committee, Chiangmai, September 1985
Nerve-Touch Massage Basic Training, Committee of Northern
Herbs Association. Chiangmai, January 1987
Special Curriculum for Using Herbs, Committee of Herbs
Center of Thailand. Chiangmai, March 1993
Special Curriculum for Using Herbs, Committee of Herbs
Center of Thailand. Chiangmai, January 1996
Honorary Award, Special Herbs Training Course, Mae Rim
District, Chiangmai, January 1996
Training of advanced study for masseurs, Project of Rehabilitation
of Thai Massage, Foundation of Health Development, Bangkok,December
1996
Training of advanced study for masseurs, Foundation of
Health Development. Bangkok, December 1997
Presently Appointed: Lecturer of Thai Massage, The Project
of Rehabilitation for Thai Masseur(s), Foundation of Health
Development, Bangkok.
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JANICE VITAVEC
Janice
Vitavec is founder of Spirit Winds School of Thai Massage, Nevada
City, California. She has been studying throughout all regions
of Thailand for the last 7 years. Lek Chaiya is one of her first
teachers, she has continued to study with her every year to expand
her knowledge, "Mama Lek" has been a primary influence
in her therapeutic work.
Background
and Training
Bachelor of Arts -Psychology
Life Skills Coach Training
Facilitator/Instructor:
Communication Training programs
Theater for Social Change
Women's programs
Self Development workshops for Caregivers
Crisis Intervention/Family Mediation
Employment Trainer
Program Consultant
Many years of Yoga & Meditation Practice
Janice Vitavec studied from a master of Thai Massage, Chongkol
Setthakorn, at the Institute of Thai Massage in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
She received certification in advanced levels of Traditional Thai
Massage as well as certification in Teacher Training.
She has received training
with Achaan Sintorn at The Old Medicine Hospital and Northern
Association of Traditional Medicine.
Janice further studied
with Lek Chaiya (known as "Mama Lek") where she received
certification in Traditional Herbal Thai Massage-southern style.
Janice is a certified
Yoga Instructor trained at the Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research
Institute, Bangalore, India.
Janice lived in Thailand
for 6 months to study and to experience Thai culture. She has
traveled to Thailand to continue her studies every year for the
last seven years to continue to develop her skills and knowledge
of Thai Massage, she is recognized by her teachers as an advanced
instructor and her programs are recognized as "sister programs"
to both The Institute of Thai Massage and Lek Chaiya Nerve Touch
Herbal Massage.
Spirit Winds School
of Thai Massage is recognized by ITTA (International Thai Therapists
Association) and is registered with the Bureau For Private Postsecondary
and Vocational Education.
Please see the References
and Credentials page for further details.
