Welcome to the Master Student Protocol Class

This is the first weekend of our seven month master training. In this first weekend we will get to know each other and talk about some of our goals as advanced therapists. We will also spend the day studying the use of plant medicine, creating an herbal compress, and understand how to give a specific pampering and Vata and reducing session. ( Vata means to much wind ).

Master Student Title-

All students who have completed all seven phases of the earlier certification program titled” Ayurveda and Thai-Massage Certification” are eligible to take this class. If you have taken both programs you will receive the title of master student and be eligible to come to any of Ariela's classes in the future as an assistant teacher at no charge.

Intoduction class is a pampering day of making bundles and learning how to give a spa treatment.

Thai Herbal Bundle Therapy is a multi-therapy massage treatment, combining traditional Thai Massage, aromatherapy, and herbal healing. This class will demonstrate a massage therapy that dates back several thousand years, and incorporates knowledge gathered and passed on for generations concerning the medicinal effects of plants, whether through ingestion or application to the body. In Thailand, the herbal compress is called luk pra kob ("herbal pressing sphere"). In the U.S. it is referred to as an "herbal steam" or "herbal ball". An herbal compress is made by combining a number of healing herbs, bundled together in a muslin ball with a short handle, according to ancient recipes. Originally, this herbal therapy was designed to reduce pain and inflammation, especially for soldiers after battles and for Postpartum women suffering the after effects of childbirth. Nowadays, the application and massage of these compresses to the body are used more generally to relieve all manner of aches and pains, be it from physical labor, exertion, or simply the stresses and strains of modern living The compresses contain a blend of aromatic and therapeutic traditional Thai herbs – up to 15-20 herbs – wrapped in cotton muslin and then steamed to release the potent qualities of the herbs, which impart both a relaxing and an invigorating effect on the mind and body after application. It is a beautiful addition to the traditional sequence and adds a deeper healing for acute and chronic pain of the body.