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July 2022 SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certificate Retreat

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164hr. SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Certified Practitioner Certification and Retreat: CTP1 (164 hour Retreat intensive). This 13 day, (Friday, July 8th. to Wednesday July 20th.. 2022), (Thirteen day: 129hrs. in class residential, 35 hours on-line) program, will cover all four levels of the Basic Professional Thai Yoga Certificate Program plus fifteen additional breakout and/or supplemental courses. The CTP1 course is an intensive training based on Traditional Thai Massage, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy, Indigenous, Traditional, Natural and Native American Medicine. (Advanced students: ALC, AHC, AYT, TCP continue in class through Saturday, July 23rd.)

For full description, curriculum and registration details CLICK HERE

Please Note: Quarantine Proof! Add a Spiritually based health and wellness modality to your ministry! Especially during Corona concerns. Religious Therapeutics are NOT subject to governmental oversight or “Lock Downs”! Of course our NAIC Tribal Org. will practice all necessary and prudent safety measures and or procedures. All programs are Physician supervised… We are experts in infectious disease and disorders!

The July 2022: 164hr. Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner Certificate Course qualifies towards all advanced certificate (Accredited, State of Florida Compliant, AAPNA, NCBTMB) and SCNM College Degree programs in Indigenous, Traditional, Natural Medicine, Ayurveda, Ayurveda Life Style Consultant, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist and SomaVeda® Thai yoga Therapy practitioner. Graduates are qualified to practice and to provide health and wellness services for Spirit, Mind and Body for a variety of health related concerns and issues in all 50 states and Canada!

Yoga Teacher already? Bring a comprehensive Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy practice to your school or program in only 13 days (Theory: SomaVeda® Level Four pre-requisite is distance learning/ Home Study Course)! This amazing Ayurveda, Yoga and Yoga Therapy retreat at the beautiful 5 acre Native American Indigenous Church Sanctuary offers a healing atmosphere unique to central Florida. Learn, Restore and Grow!

The July 2022 Retreat was amazing! You can still review and get an idea of what we were doing!

1) July 2022 SomaVeda® Retreat Video

2) July 2022 SomaVeda® Retreat Photo Gallery

 

Unique to our program!

1) Daily Reishi Yoga also known as “Reusi Dot Ton”. Bring a new and exciting Yoga practice to your home life and Shala/ Studio!

2) A Legal Basis To Practice! We offer the ONLY Ayurveda & Thai Yoga Therapy program in the US which, under the NAIC Umbrella, is legal to practice in ALL 50 states and over 100 countries outside the US including US Territories and Puerto Rico! Additionally, we are also the ONLY Thai Yoga Professional certification to offer practitioners a Legal Guidelines and Business Marketing course as part of every training!

3) Clinical Approach! Our program emphasizes Medical, Clinical approaches to integrating Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy and Native American Medicine as functional medicine strategies for treating disease and health conditions effectively. All programs Medically supervised and designed by Physicians for clinical applications. In the US, we are the original “Clinical Thai” training and certification. We teach serious therapeutic protocols for serious illnesses including traditional therapeutic protocols for pre and co-morbidities!

4) Adjunct Therapies: We introduce in this program many of the SomaVeda Integrated Traditional Therapies® Adjunct modalities: Table Thai Yoga, Thai Chair Yoga, Bolster Magic™, SomaVeda® Tool Assisted Energy Line Release (T.A.E.L.R.), SomaVeda® Bio-Tapp™ Emotional Liberation Technique and so much more!

By the end of this Thai Yoga certification class you are empowered to begin practicing, open a private or group practice and or integrate into an existing Complimentary and or Integrative Medicine practice or healing center. We give you both Marketing, Business Development and Legal support! No other similar program in our industry can make this offer!

 

Massage Therapist? Bring the exciting therapies of Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy to your practice. Save your Hands! Our unique “Hands Free! Thai Yoga” variations have not only enlivened careers but have saved many Massage Therapist from debilitating occupational disabilities such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!  NCBTMB and FSMTB CE hrs. Approved. Learn how to double your existing practice and income!

Graduates received:

  1. Prestigious SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certification
  2. NAIC Legal Shield: AFM Authorization for one year.
  3. NCBTMB CE’s if requested (Level One and Level Two)
  4. Additionally to SomaVeda® National Certified Practitioner Directory to enhance your marketing. https://thaiyogacenter.com/thai-yoga-directory/
  5. Specially developed business, clinic and practice development and practical, proven marketing materials and strategies to show you how to be successful and make a great living practicing SomaVeda®.
  6. Access to SomaVeda® Certified practitioner only discounts on practice building items, marketing and business development, Supplements, EMF Protection Devises, treatment adjunct therapies and Diagnostic services for practitioners, clients and family.
  7. Access to comprehensive, discounted, Professional Practice Liability Insurance
  8. And more!

LearnThaiYoga Professional at Home!

New!  “Stay At Home” Option! On-Line SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Professional Practitioner Certification Program. If  you can not make it to our LIVE certification program due to quarantine and or “Stay at Home”, Travel restrictions or similar and need this program… No Worries! Train entirely in the comfort of your own home! CLICK HERE for details!

Allied or Medical Health Practitioner: Doctor, Nurse, Chiropractor, Acupuncture, Nutrition, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist? Looking to expand your practice offering with CAM procedures and practices proven effective? It is well known that Indigenous Traditional Medical Systems are the basis of CAM procedures. Learn from the source!

The 164 hr. CTP1 (129hrs. in-class/ 35hrs. Distance learning) qualifies as the pre-requisite course requirement for all SomaVeda College of Natural Medicine Degrees.  The SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certificate course additional qualifies graduates for all Intermediate, Advanced and Teacher Certification programs in SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapy .

What is Somaveda Integrated Traditional Therapies® Thai Yoga?

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For full description, curriculum and registration details CLICK HERE

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School of Ayurveda

New!! SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Professional Practitioner Home Study / Distance Learning Course!

Big News! Under “Stay at Home”, “Quarantine” order or rule? No worries you can now do our famous SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapist training at home!

   Now you can gain professional certification in SomaVeda® Thai Yoga in the privacy of your own home!

Thai Yoga Center

 If your a health care worker, Massage Therapist (“Thai Massage”) or other who is currently not able to work, now is the time to change gears and invest in a new future! If you are already interested in the Comprehensive Medical approach that Ayurveda offers then there have never been a better or more appropriate time to learn. More than mere education.. we can offer you a legal basis to work and practice even while under “Stay at Home” or “Quarantine” rules in your area. Our Ministry Counseling” model is legal in all 50 states and US territories even under “Corona”!  Don’t let the current situation fill you with fear. Learn concrete strategies to keep your boat afloat and prepare for the future. This is the beginner or entry level training, however, we also offer in our SCNM College, degree programs through Doctorate level.

LearnThaiYoga Professional at Home!

https://learnthaiyoga.teachable.com/p/somaveda-thai-yoga-practitioner-certification-course-ctp1 Of course, we are still offering our great SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certificate Retreats LIVE and in-person (The Best!). There really is no substitute for a live program. The current Corona Based health crises will pass and classes are scheduled from July 2020 forward. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON OUR LIVE Thai Yoga PROGRAMS 

However, if you can not get to a live certification program and want or need professional certification and or legal authorization to practice, then the LearnThaiYoga Professional Practitioner On-Line Home Study/ Distance Learning is the very best option for you at this time! SomaVeda® is NOT defined as “Massage” or “Massage Therapy”, in fact if your under legal order to cease practicing as a Massage professional, we can assit you in making the adjustment to “Holistic” counselor and SomaVeda® Authorized Practitioner, Minister or Therapist. Let me show you how in person. Please don’t delay call or contact me today if you have any questions on how to make the adjustment, the transition to a new way to practice therapy and healing appropriate for the current health crises. 

Our program is internationally recognized! CLICK HERE!

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 Be well, Ajahn, Dr. Anthony B. James

Contact Dr. James for more information. CLICK HERE!

Flu Season is Here! Natural Solutions for Infections for Thai Yoga and Ayurveda Practitioners​

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Natural Solutions for Infections for Thai Yoga and Ayurveda Practitioners

Infections and Infectious disease from simple topical to chronic catastrophic are always a concern. As a SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda and or other Natural Medicine provider you need to have concrete and reliable strategies to deal effectively with infection. This is no joke. Many medical office visits begin and end with a minor infection not adequately treated that escalates. Once inside that medical facility, emergency room etc. you are now exposed to potentially even more severe types of Hospital born infection such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus​), Legionella (Legionella pneumophila​) etc. If you could handle these infections at home or for your patients and clients you would certainly save them time and money, but potentially save them from risk of death from other unnecessary contagious exposure. What if there were concrete steps that if you were exposed to some harmful pathogen that you could do at home that could improve the efficacy of conventional treatments by 30% if not more?

Flu Season is here!

We are heading into the Cold and Flu season. Now is the time to prepare ahead for how this exposure is going to affect you, your clients and your family!

This course now offers a certificate of completion suitable for framing!

Why do we need natural solutions for infections? Real life examples and the rise of antibiotic resistant viral and bacterial infections. This course will present a broad overview of the infectious disease issue from the perspective of a natural health practitioner. We will examine both specific concerns and their solution strategies. These strategies once understood can be implemented both in personal life and in counseling with affected clients in the wellness counseling model.

Learn How to fight and remedy many infections and infectious disease naturally.

This course contains eleven (11) lessons with a short quiz after each lesson. Once all lessons are completed and the quizes passed an NAIC CE hr. Certificate of Completion will be issued and immediately downloadable.

All course work and necessary materials are presented on the Teachable.Com platform. There are eleven lessons and a test for each lesson content.

Intro: Every Practitioner Needs Infection Strategies

Lesson #1: An Experience with MRSA

Lesson #2: Antibiotic Resistance According to the CDC

Lesson #3: Considerations in use of antibiotics

Lesson #4: Possible connections between Infection/ Antibiotic use and Depression

Lesson #5: Candida/ Yeast infections may contribute to Cancer!

Lesson #6: Acidosis may contribute to Infections including MRSA!

Lesson #7: GMO’s and antibiotic resistance

Lesson #8: 10 Steps to Avoid Infections

Lesson #9: Alternative, complimentary and natural approaches to conventional antibiotics

Lesson #10: Ayurveda Solutions for Infection

Lesson #11: Natural Solutions for Infections found in with Homeopathy

Be sure to join the “Learn How To Jump Start Your Practice and Improve Your IncomeLearn How To Jump Start Your Practice and Improve Your Income” 34 course: All Inclusive course program to gain access to the many courses in it currently! For a limited time only $12.00 per month to gain access to this amazing program, courses, video’s and lessons.

If your not a subscriber yet then today is a good day! Be sure to join the “Learn How To Jump Start Your Practice and Improve Your IncomeLearn How To Jump Start Your Practice and Improve Your Income

Currently Available in the Jump Start Your Practice All Inclusive Subscription Course (New Content! Friday, March 13th, 2020), this All Inclusive course program includes:

  1. Thirty Four (34) different professional courses.
  2. 464 Lectures-lessons
  3. 166 Educational and Demo Video’s
  4. 39 Audio Lectures and or Mp3 Files
  5. 50 Free Textbooks, Free Reports plus Handout!
  6. Over 351 hours of professional Thai Yoga Therapy and Related Educational Content!
  7. 2 Free NCBTMB/ FSMBT CE Courses suitable to renewal requirements for Massage Therapist National Certification Board License Renewal!

I’m proud to be your partner in building and developing your practice!

Thai Yoga Massage Aachan Dr Anthony B James

Be well, Dr. James

LearnThaiYoga On-Line at Teachable.com (https://learnthaiyoga.teachable.com/)Prof. Anthony James DNM(C), ND(T), MD(AM), DOM, DPHC(h.c.), PhD(IM), PhD(h.c.HM), RAAP, SMOKH
Dean, Professor, Director of Education and Traditional MedicineChairman:
Native American Indigenous Church, INC (NAIC)
SomaVeda College of Natural Medicine
The Thai Yoga Center

NAIC Inc. is an IRS 508c(1)(A) FBO/ Church/ Tribal Organization

5401 Saving Grace Ln. Brooksville, FL 34602
Tel: (706) 358-8646 (Cell)

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Florida State Board of Massage Therapy, ( FSBMT) Certified Program and Program CE Provider #: 50-15942, (2009 to present)

 

 

NCBTMB Approved Provider for Massage Therapy Continuing Education

WHAT IS THAI MASSAGEWat Po, Bangkok Thailand

We offer Traditional Thai Massage/ Thai yoga certifications and Thai Yoga and Thai massage continuing education (CEUs)classes /credits, often blended and called Thai yoga massage in Florida and other states.  This combination of skills has become the SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certification program at the Thai Yoga Center in Brooksville, Florida. Our education is geared toward teaching students the proper skills for a long career in healing therapies as well as helping seasoned practitioners by offering both traditional and bio-mechanically correct ways to
do their work.

SomaVeda® Thai Yoga is sophisticated, elegant and at the same time intensive practice,
however the rewards are dramatic and enormous.

Most healing practitioners and massage professionals find this way of working based on a well developed and actually ancient practice to be as healthy for themselves as for their clients.

Student themselves find positive and beneficial changes happening to their own bodies during and after course completion!

It is not unusual for students enrolled to SomaVeda® style traditional thai yoga massage courses to experience increases in range of motion, breakthroughs dealing with emotional issues and weight loss!

The training’s are intense and focused on our primary outcomes which are to prepare you to be able to start or add a productive, profitable practice the next day after you graduate! Unlike other programs which seem to follow the “Tourist” or non-professional model… SomaVeda® Thai Yoga programs are professional and competency based. We take the time necessary to give you the practitioner the concrete foundations necessary to be successful and safe.

If your already a healthcare professional or Massage Therapist for example… you will be amazed at the refinements and grace this work will bring to your practice. Additionally, it will likely reduce any occupational and or repetitive stress type of occupational disorders you may already be experiencing. SomaVeda® system is the modern iteration of several well established original, genuine named Thai Medical Institutions and our school is directed by Dr. Anthony B. James. Dr. James holds more than five doctorates and is an award winning Aachan, Master Thai Medicine Teacher and Professor of Thai Traditional Medicine and Yoga Therapy. One of the several textbooks introduced in the SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certification program “Ayurveda of Thailand” was voted best Ayurveda textbook of 2017 and received the Veda Vasya Award!

Traditional Thai Yoga Massage and healing arts are classified as “Religious Therapeutics“, a form of Chirothesia Healing and indigenous traditional medicine.

Proper Clothing?

Dress ready to move! Loose fitting comfortable clothing seems best. Many students opt to wear clothes suitable for either a Yoga class or similar.

What else do I need to bring?

Aside from your self of course, bring a notebook and pen. We provide all necessary workbooks, textbooks and materials for you in class.

SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Certification programs are unique and offer more opportunities for professional education and growth than any other similar program. The first thing to keep in mind is that we were first! Our program has been teaching and certifying Thai Yoga massage and Traditional Thai Massage professionals full time since 1984. Most Thai Yoga, Thai Yoga Massage and or Thai Massage programs currently in the US were started and or operated by graduates of our original programs! As stated above we offer more than the short TOURIST style (backrubs at the beach) type of training and certification pathway. We offer five different levels of certification and five different College degrees from Associate to Doctorate and Ph.D. based on Thai Yoga Massage as a core modality. No one else offers this.

Thai Yoga Massage: Certification programs:

  1. SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certification Program (Basic)
  2. SomaVeda® Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultant (Intermediate)
  3. SomaVeda® Ayurveda Health Counselor (Advanced)
  4. SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda Therapist (Advanced)
  5. SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Teacher Certification Program

SomaVeda College of Natural Medicine Degree programs:

The college degrees incorporate Thai Yoga Massage and Ayurveda as core curriculum:

  1. Associates of Sacred Arts Degree- Major: Traditional Natural Health
  2. The Bachelor of Sacred Science Degree – Major: Natural Health/ Alternative Medicine
  3. The Bachelor of Applied Sacred Science (BASSc) Degree in Massage Therapy
  4. The Bachelor Applied Sacred Science Degree Yoga Therapy
  5. Doctor of Sacred Natural Medicine Ayurveda (DSNM) and /or Doctor of Sacred Traditional Naturopathic Medicine (ND(S)) Diploma Program
  6. Doctor of Philosophy Sacred Ayurveda Medicine (Ph.D. Ayurveda) Diploma Program

 

Where is The Thai Yoga Center?

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We are located in the beautiful central Sun Coast of florida. Brooksville is centrally located near Springhill, Tampa, Orlando and Ocala.
Classes are held on our beautiful dedicated 5 acre Native Sanctuary and botanical garden. We provide all of our programs in a beautiful, natural environment.

Our happy staff can also provide local listing for reasonably priced hotels within 2 miles of our training facility.

When do Brooksville/ Tampa/ Orlando Thai Massage Training’s happen?

To make it convenient, we host new student start dates five times in 2018 and six times a year starting in 2019.

Our usual calendar offerings are : January, March, June, September and November: Class Calendar

Each of our weekend courses are at least 20 hours of CEU (17
NCBTMB hours), so any of our courses will help a Florida licensed
massage therapist fulfill the “Live” course requirement for
licensure.


Please follow link to Florida Dept of Health – Board of Massage
Therapy for exact requirements.
.. From their website:

Prior to renewal on August 31, 2009,
every massage therapist will be required to complete:

  • One (1) hour of continuing education for each month or
    partial month that has elapsed since the issuance of the license
    for which renewal is sought, up to a maximum of 24 hours for the
    renewal period.
  • At least twelve (12) of the hours must be relevant to
    and focus on massage therapy techniques, which may include the
    history of massage, human anatomy & physiology, kinesiology
    and/or pathology.
    These hours must be completed
    via live classroom instruction (including hands-on instruction
    or demonstration).
    6 of the live hours may be
    completed via performance of Pro Bono services pursuant to
    64B7-28.0095, F.A.C.
  • Two (2) hours must
    cover instruction in professional ethics. Note – If you are a
    new licensee and this is your first renewal, you are not
    required to complete this course for renewal.
  • Two (2) hours must
    cover instruction in the prevention of medical errors.
  • Two (2) hours must
    cover instruction in Florida Laws and Rules (Chapter 480 and
    456, Florida Statutes and Rule Chapter 64B7, F.A.C.). Note – If
    you are a new licensee and this is your first renewal, you are
    not required to complete this course for renewal.
  • In addition to the hours required above, a course in
    HIV/AIDS is also required for renewal.
  • All courses must be
    obtained through a Board of Massage Therapy Approved Provider.

 

Who is the Staff at The Thai Yoga Center?

Our staff is amazing! Most senior teachers here hold one or more doctorates!

Primary Thai Yoga Center Staff and Faculty:

  1. Aachan, Dr. Anthony B. James
  2. Dr. Julie James
  3. Dr. Arianna Coe

Adjunct Staff: Have graduated from the SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Teacher Certification program and have been taught personally by Aachan, Dr. Anthony B. James. Every adjunct teacher on staff has between one and fifteen years in-class thai yoga teaching experience. We specialize in small class and high teacher ratio’s.

How Thai Massage works

We use both traditional and modern teaching methods.

The most strict traditional Asana (Therapeutic Postures) and Vinyasa (Therapeutic Sequences) are taught. We have a happy balance of didactic, lecture, demonstration and practice to bring you to the award winning competencies and skill levels our graduates are known for.

Dr. Anthony B. James was the first western Thai Yoga Massage teacher to incorporate the concept of FLOW as a practice methodology into his certification programs both in Thailand and US in the 80’s. Of course many try to copy our “flow” concept but after 35 years of practice and refinement we know how to do it properly!

SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapy is more than technique!

Every SomaVeda® certification program offers extensive education in Nutrition, BET/ EFT Tapping for Emotional Issues, Specific treatment protocols for major diseases such as Cancer, Heart Disease and Diabetes among others. We have treatment protocols available for over 100 top health and medical conditions.

Medically Supervised and Directed Thai Yoga Course Instruction.

When we say CLINICAL we mean clinical! All courses are personally medically supervised by Aachan, Dr. Anthony B. James. This both for your saftey but also to make sure the bio-mechanics of what your practicing are exact, safe and healing both for you and for your clients.

Unique features of the SomaVeda®  program:

  • Students may study at their own pace, and only need commit
    on a course by course basis as their schedule and finances
    permit.
  • A small deposit can hold the student’s place in class – if requested we have several convenient courtesy payment choices to choose from.
  • We have one of the most respected Thai massage programs
    anywhere. We have been teaching since 1984 and have taught over
    20,000 practitioners. Check our our graduates and student testimonials!
  • We currently have over 4,500 hours of Thai massage-specific
    coursework available. No matter what your experience is we have something to offer both baby beginners and experts alike.
  • Our courses are supported by Dr. Anthony B. James Award winning DVD Series, providing the student a detailed study aid
    before and after class. Additionally we offer over 100 education video’s on YouTube. Dr. James is a Union of Thai Traditional Medicine Society (UTTS) Lifetime Doctor and Professor of Thai Traditional Medicine and Awardee of the UTTS Ganesha Award 2009 for Excellence as well as a Friend of Thailand Award 2002, recipient in category Traditional Thai Medicine. In 2006, Dr. James was granted Aachan/ professor and Master Thai Traditional Medicine: Thai Yoga/ Thai Massage Teacher status through the Anantasuk system (Hua Hin Thailand), recognized by the Wat Po Association.
  • We place strong emphasis on developing excellent skills and
    body mechanics early in the student’s education. SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Certified practitioners are consider the highest trained and qualified in the industry. They are highly sought after.
  • Our program emphasizes professional development both personally and as a practice. We include extensive education in ethical, legal and marketing/ practice building in every class.
  • SomaVeda® originated the idea of “Hands Free” Thai Yoga in 1984. Every certification program include this and all variations on Massage Table and Portable Massage Chair to give you variety and portability in your work.
  • Continue your education and practice development with over 4500 hrs. of course work available!
  • An unparalleled list of formal and traditional recognition’s. See the list!
  • Our program can offer you a comprehensive legal authority and basis to practice your full scope of practice legally in ALL 50 states! No other Thai Yoga program can make this claim.

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Florida State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities

Native American Indigenous Church College of Natural Medicine operates in compliance, as a degree granting institution through exemption, by the Florida State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities under Section 1005.06 (1) (f), FLA Statutes. The state, like other states, does not require accreditation or theological accreditation for our religious education based programs.

Important: Please Note! NAIC Inc./ SomaVeda College of Natural Medicine/ Thai Yoga Center Cancellation and Refund Policies apply to all registrations and or reservations for courses and programs. NAIC/ Thai Yoga Center Programs are not public and are offered exclusively under an expressed ecclesiastical (Church)/ private association and acceptance of these Posted Refund and Cancellation Policies and RPG’s are a precondition towards acceptance and participation in any program or course of study. Click Here for Refund and Cancellation Policy

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The SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Repetitive Stress, Part 2 of 2

Thai Yoga Mastery with Aachan, Dr. Anthony B. James

The SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Repetitive Stress, Part 2 of 2

by Anthony B James DNM(C), ND, MD(AM), DOM(Acc.), DPHC(h.c.), PhD, RAAP, SMOKH

INNER: Any particular disorder or trauma whether acute or chronic like CTS will manifest differently in different persons. When looking for the INNER significance we first consider the balance and activity of the Chakras. We gain insight into the specific chakras involved by observing the physical correlations, i.e., corresponding body part, orifice, closest Sen, or line, and/or meridian.
 
The chakras most closely associated with the hands and wrist are fourth Chakra, ANAHATA , commonly called the Heart Chakra. The hands are the vehicle for expressing and communicating from and of the heart. We say that the skin of the hands and arms is the organ most closely associated with the heart.The bones and sinew of the hands are ruled or controlled by the first Chakra or root Chakra. The quality of the energy here is one of security and survival. That these two such disparate qualities of expression of energy should overlap here may explain many things. For example, the ability of the hands to express the most tender and compassionate intent are the very same hands that can create willful injury and harm.
 
The highest use of the hands is found in the expression of the positively aspected fourth Chakra. This is demonstrated in the quintessence of the loving touch where the hands are expressing the inner light and warmth of the heart according to its clear, compassionate and loving nature. When the hands are used purely as tools for procuring security and survival needs we run into difficulty. Because of their structural support in first Chakra, hands can be used in this fashion for short periods of time. However, long term use in this manner results in abuse from overuse.

Continue reading The SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome-Repetitive Stress, Part 2 of 2

The SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome- Repetitive Stress Injury, Part 1

Thai Yoga Mastery with Aachan, Dr. Anthony B. James

The SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome- Repetitive Stress Injury, Part 1

Repetitive Stress Injury, The SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

 Part 1 of 2. by Anthony B James DNM(C), ND, MD(AM), DOM(Acc.), DPHC(h.c.), PhD, RAAP, SMOKH

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a challenge that is cropping up more and more frequently. Conventional remedial treatments are fine and can be examples of compassion in action, but Western style physical therapeutic and orthopedic approaches are limited in just how much compassionate relief they are able to deliver. This is because the conventional Western therapeutic model for treatment is not holistically based. A more compassionate approach is a protocol which leads to fundamental understanding and renders the application of remedial therapies unnecessary! This approach is entirely holistic (Naturopathic and Religious Therapeutic).

What is CTS? The common conventional medical understanding of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS as quoted from  “Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary” defines CTS as “soreness, tenderness, and weakness of the muscles of the thumb caused by pressure on the Median Nerve at the point at which it goes through the carpal tunnel of the wrist.”

The origin of the Median Nerve or Nerve Medianus are the internal and external cords of the brachial plexus. It is a motor and a sensory nerve. Its function is to enervate the pronators and flexors of the forearm, two external lumbricales, thenar muscles of the thumb, skin of the palm and the first four fingers.

Considered a syndrome, the generally accepted cause is fatigue injury and concomitant secondary trauma derived from over-use. This would also generally classify CTS (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) as an RSS or Repetitive Stress Syndrome type of injury. In most of the cases that I have seen, the cause was simple and easy to determine and verify. Clients were performing menial, repetitive tasks which primarily focused workload, pressure and or impact on the thumb, fingers and wrist. They were pushing with the thumb, pressing or tapping with the fingers, grasping, squeezing and twisting with the hand, or combinations of the above. In some cases they were doing all of the above. The kinds of situations which can produce this kind of working stress are quite varied and diverse; typing or working on computers including extensive mouse work or pick and place tasking on a manufacturing line. Virtually any repetitive work involving the fingers and hands done over a period of time can lead to this type of break down.

The more narrow the parameters of the particular stress the more likely the stress is to lead to the development of the syndrome. It has been noted for instance that the simple act of typing on a keyboard transfers thousands of individual impacts which send minute shock waves to the wrist and forearm. It is the combination of these little shock waves and the narrow range of motion one must maintain in order to type efficiently that eventually leads to breakdown and deterioration.

CTS is turning up more frequently among Western style therapists and even oriental style therapists who use a few narrowly defined techniques for every client, over and over again. Especially susceptible are those who squeeze and twist the fingers and wrist while exerting pressure on or with the thumbs. This does not necessarily mean that the techniques themselves are bad, although some are. Rather, repetitively performing these narrowly focused techniques with an ever-diminishing range of motion is bad. In a sense, this is inevitable for these therapists because as they gain experience in these methods, they will tend to become more efficient in the application of the few techniques they are using and the one or two body parts that they are using.

I have personally interviewed massage therapists whose total pharmacopoeia of therapeutic “hand” tools was based on no more than five different positions of the hand, and was limited to only using the hands to apply pressure! There are even schools that teach that the only part of a therapist’s body which may touch the client is their hands and that it is somehow improper or immoral to use another part of the body! As a SomaVeda® Thai Yoga stylist you may laugh, but this is no laughing matter. Therapists trained in this simple way of using just a few techniques for everything are bound to breakdown sooner or later as the cumulative stress of releasing tens of thousands of individual points and squeezing tons of flesh and muscle with just the hands and fingers begins to take its toll. Working conditions further exacerbate the problem, such as the Western practice of exclusively working on or around a massage table.

Although there are operations and applications that seem to be well suited to a massage table, by and large the table by design engenders poor body mechanics. The table simply holds the body of the therapist out and away from the area they are working on. Some schools and state licensing boards even prevent the therapist from leaning on the table for support! Why is this? The fundamental idea upon which proper body mechanics is based on is that the closer your center of gravity is to the point or area you are applying pressure to, the less muscular effort it takes and the more efficient the application of pressure becomes.

A concrete example that we use in class is in standing. When you are simply standing you are maximizing the application of pressure under your feet with little or no stress to the rest of your body. Depending on how much you weigh, you could be exerting one or more than one hundred pounds of pressure on the surface of your feet to the surface under your feet with zero effort, no more effort than if you were just standing. As the point or surface you wish to press on moves away from your center of gravity you become less efficient and strain more. This straining is your attempt to create a compensation for being off center through muscular contraction. It is possible to do this but it costs dearly. It costs in the actual amount of energy that you expend as you work and it costs in the wear and tear, stress and deterioration of your own body/mind/spirit. We work off center because we are off center. Strain and the resultant suffering from strain seem like normal and acceptable consequences of making our way in life. However, this is not true! When we are established in our center and work from our center, we are balanced in everything that we do. When we work from a place of balance there is less effort required, with few or no detrimental consequences from this kind of effort. In fact, this kind of effort actually increases your capacity to do more.

Using the massage table is also part of the SomaVeda® Thai Yoga repertoire!  Doing Thai Yoga and Thai Massage has always been a very important part of traditional Thai Medical Massage applications, especially in Thai Hospitals. There are approximately one hundred seventy Thai VA or veteran’s hospitals run by the Royal Ministry of Health. All of them have a wing or floor exclusively devoted to Thai Traditional Medicine and all of them use tables and raised platforms to do their work. The difference between the Thai Table applications and methods is the variety of techniques and the dramatic differences in body mechanics used in Thai Style Yoga therapy. So, please do not misunderstand when I speak of the harmful effects caused by working on a massage table because I am referring only to Western types of massage or massage therapy techniques on the table.

This is another reason why the integrated holistic approach of the SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Massage way is so brilliant. When we say, “we use the whole person to treat the whole person,” we are also saying that we use the whole body as the instrument with which we apply pressure and energy to the body of our client! As the workload is more evenly distributed with dozens of different tools and as we switch from tool to tool, such as from hand pressure to foot pressure, there is little opportunity for a repetitive stress disability to occur. The bottom line is that therapists trained in limited and conventional Western protocols do not know what the prognosis is for their practice longevity. On the other hand, the specific TAO or WAY of working we share as SomaVeda® Thai Style Yoga therapists has already been refined and perfected over many, many years.

CTS and RSS syndromes may become the leading cause of disability among working massage, massage therapists, physical therapists, body work therapists etc.  in the not so distant future. Already many therapists and professional body workers that I meet in trainings and workshops suffer from the precursors of wrist, hand and arm pain in one or both hands. Not all persons stressed in the same manner will develop CTS, but there are mediating factors which could determine predisposition such as age, heredity, physical conditioning including functional range of motion, diet/nutrition (i.e. any specific deficiency), pre-existing trauma, injury, or scarring resulting from injury.

Additional mediating factors in susceptibility to not only CTS but any degradation of health, function and longevity are nutritional, emotional, mental and energetic. Energetically we must also consider the balance of and between the major Chakras and the representation of their homeodynamic status or balance in the physical, psychological and emotional states. For example, if one performs the very same menial task in a “good place” versus in an “angry place,” one is more likely to hurt them selves in the latter.

The SomaVeda® treatment protocol is basically always the same. The treatment itself may be broken down into three distinct phases or categories. INNER, OUTER, & SECRET.  

The Inner deals with the innate energetic, pranic, and Chakra correlations and considerations found in the matrix body. For those of you not familiar with the terminology, the matrix body is your total energetic body including all of the chakras, lom (Wind Gates), all of the Sen or Prana Nadis, meridians, elements, extraordinary vessels and acupuncture points which make up the luminous body. Treatment of the Inner may or may not be performed hands on or with Asanas. It may also utilize Puja, prayer, affirmation and focused intention with visualization or meditation techniques and guided breathing or Prana Yama. The focus of the Inner is to create or stimulate a movement toward balance between the various energetic parts of us. This state is evidenced by the free and unrestricted flow of energy or prana. The Inner is also related to the healing mind and innate wisdom of balance which operates in every cell and which is the true overseer of healing processes in the body/mind/spirit. When we place our hand on the client and ask permission and direction to treat, this is the “who” or “what” we are communicating with.

Because the inner deals with the energy body and disruptions within the energy system, then we also consider here the role of pathological emotional and mental states. In SomaVeda® we teach that the cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system. Examples of negative emotions are fears, phobias, compulsions, neurosis, anxieties and the like which are unreasonable and or irrational.

The Outer addresses the symptomatic and observable physiologic/pathological considerations in the tangible physical body (TPB). This usually involves hands on application of pressure to the body by holding specific points and applying therapeutic Asanas or postures. The focus of the Outer is the same as in the Inner except that we are looking for homeodynamic stasis or a balanced and harmonious state between the physical being and all of its parts. This may look like a reduction in obvious trauma and sensitivity as well as an increase in all circulation, a reduction in number and intensity of active and latent trigger points with a corresponding increase in mobility and range of motion.

Results may also include reduced edema and swelling, lower residuals of metabolic waste and by products of the trauma along with a reduction in atrophy, scar tissue and further reduction in the pathological production of scar tissue and less pain. In short, a movement toward optimum health and return to function.

The Secret approaches the spiritual or metaphysical aspects of this challenge to one’s harmony and equilibrium in the context of one’s whole life and person.

Please note: The mentioned distinctions of energetic and physical self are arbitrary to help in your understanding. In reality, all such distinctions are illusion and can be limiting. In actual treatment the more advanced practitioner addresses the Inner, Outer and Secret simultaneously without preference for one over the other.

In Part 2 of this article I will break down treatment approaches and strategies for each of the Inner, Outer and Secret elements of the disorder.

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Original Post © Anthony B. James, The Thai Yoga Center, Brooksville, FL December 27, 2011

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