Click here for the Sun Stands Still workshop on Dec 21, 2008. 
A Healing Gathering:  Thai Massage on the Winter Solstice
Sun 1p-3p with Bill Hufschmidt & Friends!

 

 

 

Welcome to Bill's page about Thai Massage. last updated 30Nov2008

  

Upcoming openings for private sessions with Bill

 

Session rates

Dates for Group Thai massage classes

Dates for Workshops

Comments about Bill's work

 

Click here to see Bill's bio page

 

 

Upcoming Partner Thai Massage and Partner Yoga classes:
Sunday 1-3p - Nov 30 (CANCELED), Dec 7 & Dec 21  - $25 or $40 for two people
No experience necessary and not just for couples.  Come learn how to touch and be touched with simple thai massage techniques and partner yoga stretches.  A great way to open your body, a great way to enhance your relationship with touch.  Bring a partner, or practice with another solo journey-er.

 

Upcoming Workshops and series

Touching Love through Loving Touch - A Valentine's Day weekend retreat
Feb 13-15, 2009 Friday evening - Sunday afternoon
Location:  TBA

 

The Chakras: Inside Out - 10 week series.
Wed nights - 8p-10p, Feb 25 - Apr 29, 2009.
Using Thai massage & Meditation to discover how energy flows in our body.

 

 

 

Comments after taking this class at the Atlanta Yoga Conference 2008:

 

Bill,

I just wanted to take the time to thank you again for the Thai massage workshop yesterday and to share my testimonial with you! I have been a yoga practitioner for years, and have recently been under a lot of stress. I always hold my stress in my upper back, rhomboids specifically. Regular yoga helps of course, and I have gotten two deep-tissue massages in the last two weeks, but I can honestly say that yesterday and today were the first days in two weeks that I have had absolutely no pain! I felt inspired last night after the workshop, had a good night sleep and feel great again today! I am grateful to you for sharing your knowledge of such an amazing practice. I really learned a lot! Hope to see you again at Jai Shanti.

Namaste,

Melanie Kaufman, Sep 28, 2008


 

   

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Bill Hufschmidt offers private, one-on-one Thai Yoga Therapy sessions.

 

A session can be tailored to address specific physical or energetic issues, or consist of a general all-body therapy session.

 

This work can be adapted to all body-types and states of healing.  I have worked with my clients before and after spinal fushions, hip replacements, and other surgeries.

 

Generally - my clients lay on the floor on a really firm, cushiony thai mat.  I also have a massage chair and bench for alternate positions, and plenty of props to support your body.

 

And in the cold weather, you'll be lying on a heating pad, unless you request otherwise..

 

 
  You & I will need to talk on the phone before our first session, so please be sure to include your phone number with any EMailed correspondence.

 

 

 

 

Bill's availability for sessions

On some dates,
I can vary the start time by 15-30 minutes.

When inquiring about a session,
please offer a few different options
that can work with your schedule.

If none of these options work for you,
please let me know when you are free
and I’ll see what I can do. 

 



Sun Nov 30 - Thai class canceled

 

Wed Dec 3 - start between 10a & 2p
Fri Dec 5 - no sessions
Sat Dec 6 - no sessions
Sun Dec 7 - come to group Thai class at JSY - 1p.

 

Mon Dec 8 - no sessions
Wed Dec 10 - start between Noon & 4p
Fri Dec 12 - start between 1:30p & 6p
Sat Dec 13 - start between Noon & 6p
Sun Dec 14 - start between Noon & 4p

 

Mon Dec 15 - start between 10a & 2p
Wed Dec 17 - start between 10a & 4p
Fri Dec 19 - start between 2:30p & 6p
Sat Dec 20 - start between Noon & 6p
Sun Dec 21 - come to group Thai class at JSY - 1p.
Special thai class for Winter Solstice

Dec 26-30th - I will be seeing cliients in CA.
If you are in CA, and would like a session during this time, please complete the form on the right and let me know where you are and which day you would prefer.

Thanks!

 

Check back after 15Dec for Jan 2009 session availability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To register for a workshop - please go these pages.

The Chakras

Touching Love - Valentine's Day Retreat.

 

 

 

 

 

Group Thai Classes

Please select the classes you want to attend

Nov 16, Sun 1p-3p

Nov 30, Sun 1p-3p

Dec 7, Sun 1p-3p

Dec 21 - Healing Gathering - Winter Solstice

 

 

 

Private Thai Session

Please specify 2-3 session options that work for you.

 
 
 

Two types of sessions are available:

 

 

  • Private Yoga Therapy – can include Thai massage, yoga, and breathwork.  60-90 minutes
  • Thai Yoga Therapy – a session of Traditional Thai massage.  90-120 minutes.

 

Sessions are $70/hour. 
60 minutes - $70
90 minutes - $105
120 minutes - $140

 

 Effective January 2009 - $80/hour

 

24 hour cancellation policy –
If you cancel a session
with less than 24 hours: 

First time - $70

More than once – Full rate

 
   

 

 

 A one-on-one session, by appointment only. This is a fully-clothed, non-oil bodywork experience that weaves yoga postures with Thai bodywork techniques. Your body will be moved and sculpted into different positions to open and enliven your muscles and bones, while revitalizing your energy.

In its native Thailand, this form of body work is utilized as medicine to maintain our bodies and keep them functioning.  In traditional Thai society, family members would share this method of touch and healing between generations, including children working on their parents, who would have worked in the fields all day long. 

This simple practice of stretch, and energetics will change how you feel in your body.

 

 

Bill supported in a king cobra backbend - during Thai Training with Saul David Raye - Apr 2003  Saul David Raye demonstrating a locust backbend during a Thai training - April 2003  Bill demonstrating a supported bridge on Thai therapist, Phoebe Diftler - Dec 2006 

 

Thai Massage Trainings completed to date:

  • Thai Yoga - Basic Certification
    with Saul David Raye - March 2003
  • Advanced Traditional Thai Nerve Touch Massage Certificate
    from Lek Chaiya, Chiang Mai, Thailand – Jan 2006
  • Traditional Thai Nerve Touch Massage Certificate
    from Lek Chaiya, Chiang Mai,Thailand – Jan 2006
  • General Traditional Thai Massage Certificate
    from Wat Po, Bangkok, Thailand – Jan 2006
  • Thai Yoga Therapist Certificate
    with Saul David Raye - December 2006

 

Yoga Therapy Training completed to date:

  • Life Force Yoga with Amy Weintraub - September 2007
  • Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis with Karen Clarke - August 2007
  • Professional Yoga Teacher - 500 hour certification 
    Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health - June 2007
  • Celebrating the Body Erotic with Body Electric, May 2006, October 2006
  • Structural Yoga Therapy with Mukunda Stiles - February 2007, October 2005
  • Meridian Yoga Therapy with Daniel Orlansky - May 2004
  • Recovering your Excellent Posture with Jayelle Lindsay May 2004
  • Yoga Teacher - 200 hour certification -
    Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health - March 2001 

 

Professional Trainings that I have Assisted:
  • Thai Yoga Therapy with Saul David Raye - Dec 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Pranakriya 200 hour YTT - Aug2008-Feb2009
  • Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training - 500 hour Module 3 - with Devarshi & Vidya - April 2008
  • Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training with Tarika Diana Demilio & Naresh Ron King - 2004

 

 

Article in New Life Journal Sep 2008:  Sounds Like Yoga

 

Article in New Life Journal Feb-March 2004:  Yoga for your Mind, On & Off the Mat.