Meet us in the magnificent Pacific Coast of Costa Rica for a week-long residential Retreat where your Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upkesha will flourish. 
These four immeasurable truths, well known also as the four stages of consciousness in Buddhist philosophy, are the core of our Thai Yoga Massage Training Retreat.

The retreat offers 8nights/9days accommodation, 3 nutritious vegan meals per day and a 10 hrs optional program every day including introduction to vipassana (meditation of insight), morning yoga practice and 7 hrs per day of traditional thai yoga massage training with international certification issued by the Ministry of education & health of Thailand, recognised worldwide along with the NCBTMB of USA

The retreat is ideal to complete beginners of Thai Massage,professional massage therapists, repeaters and enthusiasts of any kind of bodywork  and open to those who would like to invest in their relaxation and a safe environment for a full week of meditation,yoga,receiving and giving Thai Massage. Participants who would like to get the international diploma provided, are required to attend the seven hours of Thai massage daily.   

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​INDICATIVE DAILY SCHEDULE : 

07:00 – Wake up gong
07:15 – 07:45 Morning meditation
07:45 – 08:55 Yoga/movement
09:00 – 10:30 Breakfast 
10:30 – 14:00 Thai Yoga Massage class
14:00 – 16:00 Lunch & siesta
16:00 – 19:30 Thai Yoga Massage class
19:30 – 20:30 Dinner
20:30 – 21:30 Evening Program
             (kirtan,satsang,mindfulness)
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*Scedule may be slightly altered according to the specific everyday needs of the group* 

WHAT IS THAI YOGA MASSAGE :
Thai yoga massage is an ancient healing art based on the principles of yoga philosophy. As in hatha yoga, the primary aim is to balance the sun and moon qualities of energy in the central energetic channel of Sushumna nadi and to provide our patient with an opportunity for spiritual growth.

Through the combination of acupressure and applied yoga, the practitioner uses the physical body as a tool to access the subtle bodies, in order to bring physical, mental and spiritual healing and balance. Thai yoga massage could be seen as a moving meditation. When performed with awareness, equanimity and loving kindness, practicing Thai yoga massage trains the body, the mind and the heart. It becomes a mutual meditation and a powerful energetic exchange with many benefits for both giver and receiver.   
OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE FOR BEGINNERS :
Our Thai yoga massage training will focus on the systematic tuition of a full body massage.The aim of the course is for the participant to be able to give a full 2 hour treatment to an average healthy patient. During the course, a much wider variety of exercises are introduced, from which the eventual massage may be tailored to fit the needs of the practitioner and the patient (according to the dimensions of giver and receiver, state of health, flexibility etc.). In accordance with the spiritual traditions in which our massage is rooted, the 7 days of hands-on training will be complemented by morning yoga sessions in which we may experience the stretches, pressures and energy lines worked on during the massage, and early morning meditation sessions in which the state of mind recommended by the tradition for thai massage is explained, and can then be experienced and cultivated.

The evenings will also include shorter periods available for questions, bhajans, dhamma talks and meditation practices and singing. The morning yoga and meditation sessions are optional but highly recommended parts of the course. As our retreat is open to provide a safe healing space to everybody, all sessions may be optional, the participants who would like to receive the Thai Massage course certification are required to successfully attend all the Thai massage sessions .

WHO IS THE COURSE FOR ?
Requirements from the student: The course is open to all, with an openness and affinity to give and receive on a physical, mental and spiritual level. Since Thai massage is done on massage tatamis on the ground, a basic physical ability to spend time on the ground is the only physical requirement for participation. No previous experience in massage, yoga or meditation is needed.
 
This course is also an excellent opportunity for existing Thai Massage Practitioners to enhance their practice with more knowledge, for any other bodywork practitioners to incorporate techniques of the ancient art of touch and moreover for people who are feeling the need for a week of vacations near nature, in a safe and loving environment where they can freely participate in the meditation, the yoga or sometimes only receive massages and the loving kindness community care.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE COURSE FEES ?
- 9 days of tuition  (Thai massage, meditation, yoga, evening program ), and a coloured printed manual with all the theory of the thai meridians, history of thai massage and step by step all the techniques overviewed in the course, copyright by the teacher.
- 8 nights accommodation in the cozy and breathtaking villa Corazon del Rio There are single bunk beds,  queen size shared beds, each room with screening for insects,individual bedding, towels and funs/aircon) 
- 3 meals per day of nutritious Vegan/Raw Vegan food, lots of fruits for snacks and drinkable water, herbal water, tea/coffee
- Teaching is primarily in English language with Spanish, German and Greek language support by the teacher and assistants.
- Certification of Attendance for all participants. 
- An International 60hrs Professional Thai Massage Certificate issued by the Ministry of Education & Public Health of Thailand for those who successfully participate in the thai massage sessions of the program  

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COURSE FEES?
- Transportation to the venue(upon deposit for securing your spot, you will receive an infosheet with the itinerary and any help we can provide for co-travelling)
- For those interested, The famous charts of  'Line Maps of Thai Massage and Chakras'  in A3 printed luminated form, are available with pre order, an excellent tool to complimentary use for your studies
Contact organisers for any additional information/special requests or to arrange a discovery call with the teacher for free.
Feel very welcome to bring any musical instruments and your yoga mat 
  
OUR VENUE :
At the beautiful Casa Corazo del Rio! With a under-roof-creek in the living area, wading pool, large outdoor kitchen, hot-water showers, fiber optic internet, fruit tree orchard, cascading waterfall with swim hole just steps away, and the ability to sleep a group under one roof, makes our retreat refuge a rare find! This four acre parcel located at the edge of a 200+ acre Private Biological Reserve with mountains, rivers and waterfalls. 

A one minute walk into our backyard area, you can enjoy our cascading waterfall, swim hole and river. Enjoy Costa Rica's Pura Vida (Pure Life) in a jungle environment with a cascading waterfall and swim hole that we have named Corazon del Rio (Heart of the River). The sound and ability to sit with your feet in its water or your body in the wading pool was a big addition to the Pura Vida spirit this property provides. Natural river sounds will accompany our meditation, yoga and thai massage practices, our breakfast, lunch and dinners! Join us for this week-long escape from the busyness  of everyday life, ensuring a return enriched in knowledge, peace and loving kindness to spread to our families and lives! 

THE INSTRUCTOR :
Nektaria Kapoula, Nektar
Since attending kindergarten I had felt the calling to teach.. . After being in pedagogists studies & practice since 1998, I happily discovered Yoga &Thai Massage after my first child's birth in 2008, soon to start intensively deepening the practice by travelling to Europe and Asia to visit the great masters of this ancient art of touch... 

My teaching journey of ThaiMassage initiated more than ten years ago, when a well-known Yoga Teacher in Greece,while being my massage patience for his personal practice, asked me to incorporate Thai Massage in his Yoga Teacher Training and I have been evolving as a teacher ever since teaching in Greece and worldwide.. 

Feeling an ongoing student for life and returning to my worldwide respected teachers(Ajran Pichest & Ajran Sinchai certified trainer) every year in Thailand, deepening the knowledge and feeling of ThaiMedicine, including the ThaiMassage practice and nutritional and herbal medicine education, I have already completed over 2500hours of certified training as a student and I am entitled to teach internationally 630 hours of Therapeutic Thai Massage, from the Ministry of Education & Public Health of Thailand. A healing and teaching journey that was meant to be my life path.

Read more about my journey and credentials... at www.learningthaimassage.com/about-the-teacher 
In this special retreat I'm incredibly happy and honoured to be assisted and accompanied with my student, a beautiful soul, Sophia Klinckwort, who will prepare our bodies and souls everyday with the morning practice of Yoga and enriching the experience with her knowledge, assisting in translation in Spanish and German language for those who need it. 

CONTACTS :
If you want to participate, or you need more information, you have questions, or you just want to talk to us about this event, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

Nektar: +306980805594 (whatsapp message please) L[email protected] , www.LearningThaiMassage.com

Sophia: +4917670075070 (whatsapp message please) [email protected]