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Fundamental SomaVeda® Concepts and Protocols are Supported by Research
Fundamental SomaVeda® Concepts and Protocols are Supported by Research.
This is an interesting article on concepts and research into DNA that supports many of the ideas I express in every SomaVeda® Thai Yoga class or program.
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2011/09/02/scientist-prove-dna-can-be-reprogrammed-by-words-and-frequencies/
How does SomaVeda® Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy work?
Essentially, our art is rewriting the DNA code. We teach that human beings are stress-adaptive human biological transformational organisms and that all chronic emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual issues are reflective if not outright, caused by disruptions in one or more of five distinctive bodies. These five bodies have tangible physical correlates such as tissue, fluids, and waste and less tangible correlates such as prana, orgone, chi, breath, and life force. The functioning five bodies also have cognitive correlates in the form of thoughts, intuitions, attitudes, intentions, visualizations, and imaginations.
What does Thai Yoga Therapy (Traditional Thai Medical Massage) do or treat?
SomaVeda® seeks to restore disharmonies and errant dis-equilibriums to synch with the natural resonance of the five bodies and the expression of consciousness manifesting in the body politic. These disharmonies and disequilibrium create states of friction and tension similar to what scientist and researcher Wilhelm Reich called “sympathetic atonia,” contraction, inflammation, acidosis, and overall stress patterns and anxiety indicated in all five bodies. These stress patterns could be called disease, chronic pain, mental illness, etc. For a more detailed explanation of what it is, SomaVeda® Click here! (1) (2)
How do SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapy Practitioners do what we do?
We use both traditional Vedic, Native American, and Traditional Naturopathic palpation and the reading of signs and symptoms coupled with scientific assessment tests and biologic/ biometric assessments coupled with focused intention, prayer, and skillful manipulation (Chirothesia) and nutrition or Sacred eating diet to support harmonious and synergistic equilibriums and wellness, which strongly support the patient, communicants own innate self-healing inclinations.
What are SomaVeda® Therapeutic Day™ Programs like?
The typical SomaVeda® Therapeutic Day Program is a seven- to 10-day therapeutic protocol encompassing 10- 12 hours of hands-on contact and consulting. Each day or session involves a different emphasis. By the final session (day seven), we have covered or addressed issues in all five bodies, all primary and secondary Chakra, Prana Nadi, or Thai Sen lines. We have brought energy, attention, consciousness (prayer and mindfulness), breath, and pressure (Chirothesia) to over 700 balancing Lom or Marma points and as many as 300 Yoga Therapy Asana. Every session emphasizes breathing (Pranayama) and energy disruption’s spiritual and vibrational aspects. Techniques are Dosha and body style or body type (Prakruti/ Vikruti), balancing and addressing yin/ yang, and alchemical imbalances of the five elements. We bring the client into states of awareness and oneness by using hands-on healing, pressure, rhythmic compression, point-work (acupressure), Energy Psychology (BET-Tapping), and rocking. Sessions are deeply relaxing and support structural integration as well.
SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapeutic Day™ Programs are gentle, supportive, comprehensive, and deliberate, covering energy, nutrition, physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual necessities. Because we use the whole person to facilitate healing and wellness for the whole person, we are, by definition, holistic and integrative, providing safe, reliable, and genuine solutions to discomfort, pain, and suffering. In simple terms, we assist those we lay hands on to integrate their entire being.
Additionally, the practitioner-minister may use any of over fifty different Holistic Adjunct Modalities using natural energies to add to or supplement the basic structural or hands-on sessions. We call these adjunctive therapeutic modalities “SomaVeda® Vibrational, Magnetic, and Bio-Resonance Technologies Healing Practitioner Program” or “T.A.E.L.R.” or “Tool Assisted Energy Line Release.”
What are the primary outcomes SomaVeda® Thai Yoga practitioners strive for in every session?
“Promiiwihan Sii” or the Four Divine Outcomes: Love, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity
Is SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapy & Ayurveda new?
Not at all! SomaVeda® Integrative Traditional Therapies, Thai Yoga has been in continuous practice and development by Dr. Anthony B. James DNM(P), ND, MD(AM), DPHC(h.c.), RAC since 1983 and has been taught to more than 20,000 students directly from over 30 countries. A deeply spiritual and philosophical person of mixed Native American heritage, Dr. Anthony B. James wrote and published the very first book in English on Thai Yoga and Traditional Thai Massage in 1983 titled “Nuat Thai, Traditional Thai Medical Massage,” Meta Journal Press, Atlanta, GA. More recently, he has published an updated version of this early work, “Ayurveda of Thailand: Indigenous Traditional Thai Medicine and Thai Yoga.” To dive deep into what Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy is and how it works, you might also review the Award-winning “Ayurveda and Thai Yoga: Religious Therapeutics Theory and Practice.”
Additionally, Dr. J holds two Doctorates in Natural Medicine/ Traditional Naturopathy, Medicine, and Pastoral Humanities and a Doctorate in Oriental Medicine with additional professional medical training and board certification in over 25 specialties, including homeopathy, herbology, flower remedies, and radionics. Now teaching and practicing SomaVeda® full time for over 30 years. (Biographical info on Anthony James)
OK, What about Research to support the functional and practical therapeutic outcomes?
100 Benefits of SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapeutic Day Protocol
Where can I learn more about SomaVeda® Integrative Traditional Therapies: Thai Yoga training, certificate, and college degree programs?
At the American College of Natural Medicine: Thai Yoga Center: https://thaiyogacenter.com
Integrative Thyroid Course | Thai Yoga & Ayurvedic Protocols
ATTN: Somaveda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda, & Thai Massage Professionals
The Fire Beneath the Surface: Bridge Ancient Thai-Ayurveda with Modern Endocrinology to Master the Clinical “Gray Zone”
When conventional medicine settles for “watchful waiting” in subclinical hyperthyroidism, your clients are left symptomatic, exhausted, and vulnerable. Master the metabolic mechanics, laboratory markers, and botanical therapeutics to safely intervene where standard care does nothing.
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The Problem: The “Subclinical Chasm”
A client steps onto your mat or therapy table displaying a classic, paradoxical clinical presentation: they are “wired but tired.”
They report heart palpitations at rest, internal tremors, unprovoked anxiety, heat intolerance, and insomnia. When you inspect and palpate the anterior cervical neck, you notice a subtle, visible fullness over the thyroid cartilage—a classic WHO Grade 1 Goiter.
Yet, their primary care physician just told them: “Your labs are within normal limits. Let’s just watch and wait.”
Because standard laboratory reference ranges cast an excessively wide net, borderline biochemical aberrations are frequently dismissed. The patient’s peripheral free hormones (FT₃ and FT₄) remain marginally within the “statistical bell curve,” but their Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) is suppressed down to 0.1–0.4 mIU/L.
- The Reality of “Watchful Waiting”: Conventional protocols offer no early-stage medical therapies for subclinical hyperthyroidism until overt gland destruction triggers a prescription for dangerous antithyroid drugs (like Methimazole) or radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation.
- The Clinical Danger: Unchecked subclinical thyrotoxicosis dramatically increases the 10-year risk of atrial fibrillation, chronic cardiovascular strain, and accelerated trabecular bone demineralization (osteoporosis).
- The Integrative Opportunity: This diagnostic gray zone is where SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurvedic, and holistic manual therapists can deliver their highest clinical value. Intercept metabolic decline long before tissue damage becomes irreversible.
The Solution: The Traditional Thai-Ayurvedic Metabolic Bridge
Subclinical hyperthyroidism is not an isolated hormonal defect; it is a systemic breakdown in homeostatic signaling. This course bridges the gap between molecular endocrinology and classical bio-energetics:
🔬 The Pituitary as a Biological Amplifier
In modern endocrinology, the pituitary gland serves as an exponential homeostatic sensor. A drop in TSH prior to any drop in circulating T₃ or T₄ demonstrates that peripheral cells are already drowning in metabolic signaling. The engine is redlining at idle.
🌿 Galaganda & The Tri-Dosha Mechanics
Classical Ayurveda and Traditional Thai medicine identify thyroid enlargement (Galaganda) as a crisis of systemic Agni (metabolic fire). The physical enlargement of the thyroid is the body’s emergency containment strategy—mobilizing Kapha (water/structure) to physically envelope an untamed inferno of Vata and Pitta.
Curriculum Breakdown: What You Will Master
This curriculum transforms complex laboratory endocrinology and classical holistic pharmacology into actionable clinical protocols.
Module 1: The Biology of the Gray Zone
- Deciphering the HPT axis: Hypothalamic TRH pulsatility, pituitary TSH amplification, and peripheral deiodination.
- Dissecting the reference range trap: Why functional endocrine thresholds diverge sharply from standard laboratory cutoffs.
- Differential diagnostics: Clinically isolating Graves’ disease from autonomous toxic nodular goiter.
Module 2: The TOBIN Root-Cause Detective Method
- [T]oxin Overload: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), bisphenols, mycotoxins, and heavy metal interference.
- [O]xidative Stress: The biochemistry of uncontrolled H₂O₂ generation leading to lipid peroxidation and inflammation.
- [B]iological Imbalances: The HPA-stress axis connection and how hyperinsulinemia acts as a goiter growth factor.
- [I]nfections: Screening for occult Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) reactivation and intestinal dysbiosis driving molecular mimicry.
- [N]utrient Deficiencies: Restoring cellular “fire extinguishers” (Selenium, Zinc, Ferritin/Iron, Vitamin A, Iodine).
Module 3: Integrative Therapeutics & Botanical Pharmacology
- L-Carnitine: The peripheral antagonist that competitively blocks excessive T₃/T₄ entry into target cell nuclei.
- Kanchanar Guggulu (Bauhinia variegata): The ultimate traditional Lekhana (tissue-scraping) botanical to clear Srotas blockages.
- Varunadi Kwath: Classical Ayurvedic decoction protocols designed to mobilize stagnant Medas in the neck.
- Targeted Selenium Repletion: Neutralizing glandular free radicals and downregulating circulating TPO antibodies.
Module 4: The Economics of Healing (The Tano Economic Model)
- Quantifying integrative value using Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) and ICER.
- Demonstrating how a $1,800 lifestyle protocol prevents downstream medical expenses of $50,000+/year (atrial fibrillation, fractures).
- Elevating clinical communication with referring physicians using health-economic and risk-mitigation data.
Why This Matters for SomaVeda® & Thai Yoga Professionals
Manual therapy without metabolic literacy leaves clinical outcomes to chance.
As a practitioner, you already possess hands-on access to the body’s energetic architecture: the Lom (winds), Sen lines, and Dhatus. However, when a client presents with hyper-metabolic symptoms, traditional bodywork alone cannot overcome a thyroid flooded with endocrine disruptors.
- Command Interprofessional Respect: Learn to interpret serum thyroid panels and ultrasound findings, enabling you to co-manage cases alongside medical endocrinologists.
- Bridge Energy and Biochemistry: Connect the anatomy of the anterior throat Marma points directly to microvascular perfusion of the glands.
- Expand Your Practice Scope: Evolve beyond general relaxation into an elite functional manual therapist.
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COURSE DETAILS
Course: Integrative Protocols for Subclinical Hyperthyroidism
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Investment: $97.00