Thai Yoga Massage
Comprehensive Training
therapeutic touch, energy awareness, and professional roots.
Dates
9 - 13 October, 2026
Yogendra Ashram
Cali, Colombia
This training invites you to step into that space of sacred connection, where giver and receiver meet in awareness. Designed as a Level 2 program yet open to inspired beginners, it combines therapeutic techniques, energetic sensitivity, and professional guidance so that you can both deepen your practice and share it with confidence.
Open to students who have completed Thai Massage Level 1 with Shyam Vallabhi or an equivalent foundational Thai Massage training elsewhere.
What You Will Learn
- Study of the Sen energy lines and their therapeutic applications
- Advanced Thai Massage sequences and healing techniques for alignment and balanced energy flow
- Assisted yoga postures, therapeutic stretches, and dynamic transitions
- A complete 1.5-hour therapeutic Thai Massage sequence, including supine, prone, side-lying, and seated positions
- Advanced techniques using hands, feet, elbows, knees, and sit bones, applied safely and with awareness
- Energetic reading: cultivating sensitivity to listen to the body and recognize subtle imbalances
- Body mechanics, presence, and mindfulness to protect the therapist’s body and deepen effectiveness
- Techniques to enhance flexibility, circulation, and deep relaxation
- Integration of yogic and Ayurvedic principles into Traditional Thai Massage
- Client intake, assessment, and session customization based on structure, energy, and individual needs
- Contraindications, safety guidelines, and therapeutic adaptations for different bodies and conditions
- Ethics, consent, and professional boundaries in therapeutic touch
- Guided hands-on practice with personalized feedback and adjustments
- Therapist self-care, longevity, and injury prevention
- The business of Thai Massage: practical tools for sharing your work professionally and building a sustainable practice
- Cultural roots, history, and lineage of Traditional Thai Massage
Who Can Join
Level 2 practitioners:
Deepen your knowledge, confidence,
and therapeutic skills.
Certification
At the end of the course, you will receive a 50-hour Certificate in Thai Yoga Massage from Bhakti Yoga School International.
This training is Yoga Alliance certified and counts directly toward the 200-hour and 500-hour Yoga Alliance programs of Bhakti Yoga School.
Call to Action
Daily Schedule
9:00 a.m.
Meditation, pranayama, and gentle stretching
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Kirtan, philosophy, and Thai Massage theory
10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Thai Massage practice
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Lunch and rest
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Group dynamics and theory
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Thai Massage practice
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Integration time
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Therapeutic Yoga class (optional – especially recommended for those completing Yoga Alliance certification)
6:30 p.m.
Dinner (for those staying at the ashram)
Evening activities (optional):
Group dynamics , sound healing, holistic ceremonies, practice time or rest.
Meet Your Teacher
Shyam Vallabhi Devi Dasi
(USA)
Shyam Vallabhi is an international yoga teacher, Ayurvedic therapist, and Thai Yoga Massage therapist who has dedicated more than two decades to living and sharing the path of yoga and traditional healing arts.
Her work integrates yoga, Ayurveda, Thai Yoga Massage, and a therapeutic approach, guiding students to reconnect with their bodies, balance their energy, and integrate practice into daily life.
She travels to India each year to continue her studies and to guide students through a direct experience of the living tradition. Her background in anthropology, along with her work with organizations focused on environmental and human rights initiatives, brings a grounded, conscious, and deeply holistic perspective to her teaching.
She has been studying Thai Yoga Massage since 2008 in Thailand, Laos, Bali, and the United States, integrating various traditional lineages and approaches of this sacred bodywork practice. For more than 13 years, she has trained Thai Yoga Massage therapists through international trainings, retreats, and therapeutic immersion programs.
Shyam Vallabhi has been invited to teach at international festivals including Bali Spirit Festival, Cali Yoga Fest, Ecuador Yoga Festival, and Peru Yoga Festival.
As the founder of Yogendra Ashram in Cali, Colombia, and the Dhanvantari Ayurveda and Panchakarma Center in Peru, she guides international yoga teacher trainings, therapeutic programs, retreats, and healing immersions focused on integral transformation.
Through her teaching, she offers not only knowledge, but also a space for healing, integration, self-discovery, and a deeper connection to spiritual practice and conscious living.
Investment
Course investment (50hrs RYT):
$485 USD
(without meals and accommodation)
Early Bird
One month before start date:
$465 USD
Accommodation and meals:
$25 USD per night in shared room
(meals + lodging included)
$38 USD per night in private room
(meals + lodging included)
Deposit:
Secure your place with
$150 USD
For yoga teachers (200hr RYT):
This course can be applied toward your RYT 500hr certification with Yoga Alliance.
Accommodation:
Your Yogic Retreat
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