Thai Foot Massage Certificate Course

We have introduced an online option as well as in person for all our trainings. So wherever you are all are welcome to join this 2 day course!

Looking for something unique to offer your clients? Come and learn an authentic Thai Foot Massage routine. You’ll learn how to apply massage and stretches, use the stick, and wrap the foot with a towel in the Thai traditional style. After practise the routine can be performed in an hour long appointment, or blended into your massage or reflexology session. You will also learn about the history and context of the massage, along with guidelines on contraindications and precautions. Assessment is ongoing throughout the course and if you are a qualified therapist to level 3 you will be issued with a certificate at the end of the two day training. This is an accredited Short Course with the Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT CPD). Suitable for beginners and qualified therapists alike.

Next 2 day course is available both in person and to attend online: Tuesday 8th June and Tuesday 15th June 2020 10:00-16:45

This course taught by Lesley Lewis and/or Lucy Trend at Shiatsu and Thai Massage Training,
Fifth floor, Standard Buildings, 94 Hope Street, Glasgow G2 6PH in Glasgow City Centre beside Glasgow Central Station

Entry Requirements No previous qualification is required. However if you intend to practise professionally in the UK and require certification, you should have a recognised level 3 qualification in massage or reflexology, including Anatomy & Physiology.

Cost £160 per person or £290 if reserving two places at the same time. Cost includes the rosewood stick for you to keep, a small bottle of massage oil/wax and a workbook. Class numbers are limited to ensure individual attention. 50% discount if you have done the course before and wish to repeat for revision purposes. Please refer to students private FB group for discount code.

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Testamonials: ‘Another fantastic course by STMTS – great value for money, and good resources given. A relaxed learning environment makes the experience really enjoyable’ Claire Coulter, Massage therapist & Yoga teacher. Student in September 2017

‘I have really enjoyed the course and feel I have learned so much in such a short space of time!’ Di Finn, student in September 2017

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About Thai Foot Massage This therapy involves stretching and massage of the feet and lower legs, and a rosewood stick is used to stimulate reflex points on the soles of the feet. It is a very popular treatment for balancing the energy and stimulating the organs, & is pleasantly restorative. Thai Foot massage has been practiced in Thailand for 2000 years and has a rich history. Some techniques used originated in India, Japan, China, and Indonesia, which made their way along the silk roads and became integrated with the traditions of Thai medicine. In Thailand today it is practised by Buddhist monks in the sacred environment of the Temple, and also can be enjoyed in clinics or by the roadside at the market. It is a simple yet rewarding treatment that can be learned in one day.

Thai Foot Massage tools of the trade.

Benefits of Thai Foot Massage

Reduces stiffness, improves flexibility
Improves circulation and toxin removal
Assists the immune system & lymph drainage
Promotes relaxation and restful sleep
Clears the mind

Taught by Lesley Lewis and/or Lucy Trend

Snowdrop Day

Posted on 12/02/2021 by shiatsuglasgow

It’s a little late to be posting this really, I saw my first snowdrops 10 days ago, but having spoken to a friend who is sad just now, and patiently but painfully awaiting a little lightness of being, I felt moved to share it here again. It’s timely too, as yesterday was the new moon in Aquarius, heralding the shift from the Age of Pisces, nebulous and mutable, to the presence, grounding and connection of the Age of Aquarius. And if that’s not enough it’s also Chinese New Year! By this model we are beginning the Year of the Ox, symbolic of hardworking attitudes. Tibetan New Year, Losar, is also celebrated on the same day. So here’s to all things new, grounded in the Earth, yielding shoots of renewal ready for the necessary work of our lives ahead.

Snow Drop Day in Glasgow

Lucy Trend 23/1/2015

Today is Snowdrop day. It’s the day when I see my first snowdrops of the year and my heart jumps a little jig of delight at these tiny white drops of hope, announcing the dark days are over, it’s time to think about new beginnings, soon fresh energy will be springing up. It’s a beautiful time of year, a time to rejoice in the miracle of life.

Ancient festivals have stuck fast at this season, evolving through time with changing religions and spiritual beliefs. The festival of St Bride, the patron saint of Midwives, is a combination of the Christian festival of Candlemas, and the fire festival of Imbolc, of the pagan tradition. This celebrates the ewe’s milk coming (‘oimelc’), as early lambs are about to be born into an uncertain future, will they survive if the season is harsh, will they perish in the snow? And Candlemas holds a similarly uncertain future for the lambs, stemming from the Law of Moses, a ritual purification of the new mother at the temple, 40 days after childbirth, offering a sacrifice of a lamb as thanksgiving for new life, or more modestly in the case of Mary and Joseph, a pair of doves.

For some, the returning of the light is not joyful and rebirth is hard to see. As the days become lighter our inner shadows may seem deeper, the darkness within felt more harshly, stubborn and unyielding to external signs of hope. Patience is required; deep, slow nurturing, and drawing on our reserves of faith, that the light within will return. It is important that the beautiful stillness of Winter does not become stagnation, we must try to look to the future, be flexible and open to the shifting energies of nature. Likewise, frail lives, knowing deep down that their reserves are almost empty, have held on through the long winter, and seeing the light returning, find strength to let go of their struggle and slip away. This is the cycle of life. We each have our place on that wheel, the big wheel that keeps on turning.

So, now that the snow has trampled the last surviving undergrowth revealing the bare bones of the landscape, we have an opportunity to see our own lives laid bare, stripped down to the underlying structure. Now is a time tor considering plans for the future. We don’t have long if we want to catch the wave of growing energy that lies ahead! Snowdrops were pushing up under that snow, and now it as melted, there is no longer any doubt. Spring is coming!

Lucy Trend written 23/1/2015 posted here on 12/2/21

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