New Alternative Balance Professional Liability Insurance for A.C.N.M./ Thai Yoga Center Grads!
Updated November 2025
By popular request, N.A.I.C. has successfully negotiated a New Program of Professional Liability Insurance Alternative Balance for American College of Natural Medicine and Thai Yoga Center Certificate program graduates!
All current and past SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda, and Yoga Therapy graduates are eligible. You can choose the coverage appropriate for your level of certification! Nice!
Please note: N.A.I.C./ A.C.N.M./ Thai Yoga Center is NOT affiliated with Alternative Balance Insurance and is NOT responsible for pricing, coverage, changes, updates, etc., to their pricing and service. This post represents the “Best Offer” and accurate coverage available at the time of publishing.
Reasonable Cost professional liability insurance coverage is available to N.A.I.C. professional members who provide Holistic Ayurvedic Therapies (non-invasive only).
When you register with Alternative Balance, You may choose as many modalities for coverage as apply to your practice; there are no extra charges for the additional modalities listed below: Bold indicates Primary for N.A.I.C. AFM/ LCHT Level with CTP1, SomaVeda® SomaVeda® Ayurveda LifeStyle Certificate, SomaVeda® Ayurveda Yoga Therapist as appropriate for the scope of practice. If you are not clear, we are happy to assist! Call the office today!)
Ayurveda
Massage (Only if in Non-License State or you hold State Massage License)
Yoga
Yoga Therapy
Bodywork
Energy Work
Wellness & Health Coaching
Nutritional Consultants or Therapists
Herbalist Consultations
Esthetician (Additional State License Required)
Cosmetology (Additional State License Required)
Personal Trainer
Biofeedback
Ear Candling
Nutrition Consulting (Counseling)
Naturopathic Consulting (Must be Active NAIC LCHT or Higher Level)
Pilates
Aromatherapy
EFT/ BET
Pole Fitness
Dance Instructor
Nail Technician
Fitness
Animal Therapies
Airbrush
Tanning
Aerial Yoga (Acro-Yoga)
Coverage extensions are available for additional services as needed.
Professional ($269.00)
Acupuncture! (+ $229.00)(Must be with additional coverage)
Cupping (+ $129.00) (Must be with additional coverage)
Part-time/ Per-diem Professional (Avg. 20hrs or less a week) ($239.00)
Student ($189.00) (As long as your pre-certification or graduate as a certified practitioner)
Important note: The above coverages and pricing are subject to change without notice. Contact Alternative Balance directly for the latest quote! Use the above listing as your guide to categories of coverage.
Additional Insured Premises Coverage: Perfect if you’re renting a commercial office space or suite or leasing space in a shared retail space or wellness center, multi-practitioner healing center, hospital, etc. You will need an “Additional Premises Rider for Liability Insurance, i.e., “Slip and Fall” type of coverage. Be sure to include this request at the time you reserve your policy! You will need your landlord’s name and address to add this coverage. If you move, you can change it!
April 2019, a small group of SomaVeda® Thai Yoga students travel to Thailand with Aachan, Professor Dr. Anthony B. James for 19 days of travel and training in Traditional Thai Medicine specialties such as Nuad Boran, Jap Sen Nuad, “Tok Sen“, Reussi Dottan– Thai Reishi Yoga, SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Theory and Philosophy and Traditional Thai Reflexology. Students traveled from North as Laos and Burma, to Chiangrai, Chiangmai, Phitsanolk, Sukhotai, Sri Satchanali, Ayudthaya, Thonburi & Bangkok.
This program was so special with “Tok Sen” and “Reussi Dottan” (Thai Reishi Yoga) training at the Lanna School of Traditional Thai Medicine and The SriPai Foundation!
The Native American Indigenous Church (NAIC) participates in and offers NAIC Member students, practitioners and Teachers to learn indigenous traditional medicine and Thai Ayurveda in traditional settings with traditional elders and teachers in Thailand.
The Thailand externship training qualifies for NCBTMB CE Hours and credits towards more advanced SomaVeda® programs at the Thai Yoga Center in Brooksville, FL. For more information visit www.ThaiYogaCenter.Com
NAIC/ SCNM: Thai Yoga Center for Indigenous Thai Yoga, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine Photo’s
Sacred Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy, SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Indigenous Traditional and Natural Medicine SCNM: Thai Yoga Center for Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine Photo’s March 2019 intensive Thai Yoga Therapy at The Native American Indigenous Church (NAIC): SomaVeda College of Natural Medicine and Thai Yoga Center located at the NAIC Sanctuary in beautiful Brooksville, Florida.
March 2019 SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Ayurveda Health Consultant Program Photo Gallery: CLICK HERE!
Aachan, Dr. Anthony B. James, Khruu Dr. Julie James, and Advanced SomaVeda® Certified Ayurveda Health Counselor Paula Marczuk co-facilitated this amazing journey in Traditional Thai Yoga Massage!
Students participated in the NAIC Seminary: SomaVeda® Indigenous Thai Ayurveda and Thai Yoga Therapy Basic Practitioner Certificate Course (CTP1). This SomaVeda Integrated Traditional Therapies® Indigenous Thai Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy Practitioner Certificate Training included fifteen additional courses emphasizing Sacred Nutrition, Counseling, Emotional Mental Health Strategies, Nutrition and supplementation to enhance practice results, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Legal Guidelines for NAIC Ministers.
SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy programs stress practice development and marketing strategies that work!
March 2019 SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Ayurveda Health Consultant Program Photo Gallery: CLICK HERE!
These March 2019 SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Graduates and many others are available for counseling and therapy services near you! To find the SomaVeda® Ayurveda and Thai Yoga Therapy practitioner nearest you, visit our PRACTITIONER DIRECTORY.
NAIC/ACNM: Thai Yoga Center Ayurveda/ Thai Yoga/ Yoga Therapy/ Indigenous, Traditional Medicine, Thai Traditional Medicine religious therapeutics educational programs and Certification programs visit ThaiYogaCenter.Com
Learn more about the science behind SomaVeda® Thai Traditional Medicine at www.ThaiMassage.Com
Schedules and Locations for NAIC-sponsored SomaVeda® Thai Yoga and Ayurveda Certification programs are posted in SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Calendar.
Can’t get to a live SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Class in person? Want to get started, to Jump Start Your Healing Practice anyway? No worries! We have you covered. Visit our LearnThaiYoga Online platform, and for one extremely low monthly subscription, you gain access to several hundreds of lessons, lectures, instructional videos, and courses. Get started today! Then, when you are ready, come to a live class and get that professional certification and the legal basis to practice your sacred healing arts and science!
Foundations, Advanced & Therapeutic Thai Massage Training
Detailed and comprehensive Traditional Thai Massage training apprenticeships in Foundations, Advanced, and Therapeutic Thai Massage bring the student the most authentic and traditional style of training. Thai Massage training is intensive and teach students to think for themselves and practice Traditional Thai Ayurveda-based treatment protocols at the therapeutic level rather than learning fluffy, stretching-focused, repetitive entry-level technique.
Unlike massage or massage therapy programs, students learn a comprehensive and traditional system of indigenous conventional medicine from day one and can study one-to-one with the instructor. Learning as in a traditional Thai-style apprenticeship through watching, practicing, and immersion-style format is the most focused and intensive way of learning. Our SomaVeda® Thai Yoga programs are famous worldwide, and our program is the oldest original Traditional Thai Medical Massage program in the US, full-time since 1984! Our Florida State DOE Authorized College of Natural Medicine, Ayurveda, and the Thai Yoga Center is located in beautiful Brooksville, Florida.
Other programs claim to be traditional and stress a traditional Thai-style approach. However, the student should ask, “upon what traditional apprenticeship and authentic traditional school method is their approach based?” See verifiable references here! Our chief instructor Ajahn, Dr. Anthony B. James, is recognized as a master teacher and professor of Thai Traditional Medicine by The UTTS, Ministry of Thai Traditional Medicine, and is a Certified Aachan and professor in the Anantasuk School of Thai Traditional Medicine and the Wat Po Association of Thai Traditional Medical Schools.
If any instructor claiming to operate a “traditional ” apprenticeship program approaches you and can not provide similar or equal documentation… Run Away!
Our apprentice program offers over 4000 hrs. of college-level education & courses, certifications, and degrees. No other Traditional Thai Massage program provides so much. New apprentice students begin with the 164 hr. 13-day intensive training… When we say intensive training, we mean it! Typical course days run from 8:30 am to 10:00 pm.
Click here for a complete description of the pre-requisite course for new apprentices and students!
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS FOR NEW STUDENTS. More than intensive, personal, hands-on professional training and education. As an NAIC (Native American Indigenous Church) operated seminary, we are not doing this for the money! NAIC Inc. is a Florida State Chartered, IRS Compliant 508 (c)1(A) FBO- Faith-based, religious/ Church and Federally registered Tribal Organization. This means not only are donations to NAIC Tax Deductable, but that NAIC offers the MOST Generous Tuition Grant and scholarship program in the industry. See for yourself how we can generously offer five different Tier Level Grants.
Unlike other so-called traditional schools, we represent living traditions of Ayurveda and Thai Traditional Medicine with verifiable permission and authorization. Our Aachan is recognized as an Aachan or Professor of Thai medicine and has the verifiable recognition to prove it! Ajahn, Dr. Anthony B. James Bio.
No one better here in the US or Thailand to teach you this traditional healing work than a Thai-recognized master teacher with 39 years of full-time teaching experience teaching Thai Medicine and traditional healing arts.
There is more than technique involved in running a healing practice and making a living as a Traditional Thai Massage practitioner! Since our school is a complete and comprehensive natural medicine and college of Ayurveda, we can teach you everything you need to start, maintain and prosper in your Traditional Thai Massage-based healing practice.
Please note some of the adjunct coursework apprentices receive training in…
The complete apprentice-style program will take an average student two to four years to complete (with an SCNM College Doctor of Ayurveda PhD. degree); however, the initial commitment is only 17 days! The student must practice and do the required homework between modules to assimilate and absorb all the instruction. Ajahn, Dr. Anthony James, and senior staff teachers ensure you stay on track.
Legal Guidelines!
What’s the point of being an apprentice in a traditional Thai Massage program if you are not legally practicing everything you have learned? We assure you that when you complete our program and follow our legal guidelines taught in class, you’re perfectly legal to practice in all 50 states and 100 countries outside the US! Most, if not all, programs of a study calling themselves “Thai,” regardless of how good their technique is, can not give you a legal basis to practice! We are a Federally Registered Native American Indigenous Tribal Organization, and our right to practice our religious therapeutics is established and protected under two different federal codes. Some schools try to misdirect students into enrolling in Massage Therapy programs and applying for a massage license to practice… Falsely implying that you’re legal to practice Traditional Thai Massage with a “Massage License”… This is also patently false, misleading, and unethical. These schools will not be able to offer you any assistance should a massage board or state medical board come after you! We can provide all our apprentices with a legal basis for practice upon request.
Native American Indigenous Church College of Natural Medicine (NAIC) operates in compliance, as a degree-granting institution through exemption, by the Florida State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities under Section 1005.06 (1) (f), FLA Statutes. The state, like other states, does not require accreditation or theological accreditation for our religious education-based programs. NAIC is an Integrated Auxiliary of the Priory of Saving Grace. NAIC is an IRS 508(c)(1)(a) compliant FBO (Faith Based Org) Tribal Organization.
Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy also known as Thai Traditional Massage is the fastest growing and most sought after healing modality in the world today. Of course, the best way to learn is in a live class with a Master Teacher or Thai “Aachan” such as at the Thai Yoga Center in Brooksville, Florida studying with Aachan Dr. Anthony B. James and or his trained and certified SomaVeda® Thai Yoga staff Khruu or Teachers.
However, if you can’t make it to a live SomaVeda® Thai Yoga class either because of scheduling or cost the next best thing is to learn from the Master Teacher at Home!
Don’t waste your time on lessons from untrained and un-certified and or non-authentic teachers?
Come to a genuine source!
Hi everyone and good day!
I am continuing my current project of bringing you new and useful information and content to empower you to Jump Start Your Healing Practice. It’s not enough to just have a goody bag of useful “tricks” and “bits” of therapies to put together a successful healing practice. Degrees and Certifications are fine but in and of themselves do not lead one to a happy, successful and fulfilling life, a intrinsically successful, happy life.
Recent Course Releases…
Mental Health for Patients and You!
The Blind School of Thai Traditional Medicine
Your No-nonsense Guide to effective Leadership
SomaVeda® Bolster Magick
It’s in you! Developing a Healing Entrepreneurs Mindset
Solving Carpal Tunnel Syndrome for Thai Therapist
Increase Your Focus For Better Life and Practice
Sustainable Eating Equals Sustainable Health
Meditation for Focus and Success
The Freedom of Living in the Now
How To Get Back on The Health Track
Prosperity for healers and Health Practitioners
New Video Lessons on SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Vinyasa (Flows for various breakouts)!
And eight more included classes!
It is good that our traditions have deep and ancient roots with elders and teachers who have lived the life of healers, traditional doctors and therapist for centuries, literally. They are our role models. We do not have to reinvent the wheel of success in what we do by ourselves. Only our current life situations and perhaps cultural considerations are unique. But what we are doing in life is not new or unique. We can learn from our elders and these lessons and qualities I am recommending you cultivate don’t originate with me personally but they are passed down to us by previous generations of healers who chose to practice true medicine as a way of life for their whole life!
Please share these courses with your professional friends!
The ONLY On-line Thai Yoga (Traditional Thai Massage) course exclusively authored and designed by a recognized Aachan and Master Teacher of Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy!
Currently Available in the Jump Start Your Practice All Inclusive Subscription Course (New Content! Thursday, Tuesday June 25th. 2019), this All Inclusive course program includes:
Twenty (22) different professional courses.
333 Lectures-lessons
145 Educational and Demo Video’s
37 Audio Lectures and or Mp3 Files
32 Free Textbooks, Free Reports plus Handout!
Over 267 hours of professional Thai Yoga Therapy Educational Content!
2 Free NCBTMB/ FSMBT CE Courses suitable to renewal requirements for Massage Therapist National Certification Board License Renewal!
Please NOTE! Of course, if you have already attended a LIVE SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Program then the new LearnThaiYoga on-Line School gives you new review and updates on new materials and clinical applications to keep your work fresh and practical. Expand your practice!
At the LearnThaiYoga on-Line School we are committed to bring you the very best instructional courses and support materials.
Clinical Applications: Courses cover all aspects of Traditional Thai Yoga Therapy Practice from technique to clinical applications. Dr. James is not just an AaChan and Master Teacher of Thai Traditional Ayurveda and Medicine, but he holds Doctorates in Medicine, Naturopathy, Oriental Medicine-Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Indigenous Medicine and a Masters of Science in Clinical Herbology plus other advance clinical boards and certifications… Only a Physician can give you a trusted clinical approach!
We have over 200 new lessons scheduled to be delivered over the next six months! You can expect a new courses, new video’s and or new multiple lessons to be added and or updated weekly!
Native American Indigenous Church College of Natural Medicine (NAIC) operates in compliance, as a degree granting institution through exemption, by the Florida State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities under Section 1005.06 (1) (f), FLA Statutes. The state, like other states, does not require accreditation or theological accreditation for our religious education based programs. NAIC is an Integrated Auxiliary of the Priory of Saving Grace. NAIC is an IRS 508(c)(1)(a) compliant FBO (Faith Based Org) Tribal Organization.
Third Annual: NAIC/ SCNM: Thai Yoga Center for Indigenous Thai Yoga, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine Photo’s SCNM: August 2nd. – 5th. 2018, Four day conference and advanced workshops in Thai Yoga Therapy at The Native American Indigenous Church (NAIC): SomaVeda College of Natural Medicine and Thai Yoga Center located at the NAIC Sancturary in Brooksville, Florida.
SomaVeda® Certified Teachers and Teacher Candidates from across the country gathered to share and practice advanced SomaVeda® Ayurveda and Thai Yoga Therapy and ministry.
Visit ThaiYogaCenter.Com to learn how to become a Certified SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner, Yoga Therapist or Teacher today!
Learn more about the science behind SomaVeda® Thai Traditional Medicine at www.ThaiMassage.Com
For information on NAIC Seminary College Degree Programs visit www.SomaVeda.Org
Thai Traditional Medicine: Indigenous Traditional Thai Yoga: Traditional Thai Massage: Indigenous Traditional Medicine: Yoga Therapy: Ayurveda: Ayurveda Yoga Therapist: Ayurveda Health Counselor: Yoga Therapist: Learn Thai Yoga: Doctor of Sacred Natural Medicine. NAIC/ SCNM: Thai Yoga Center for Indigenous Thai Yoga, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine Photo’s Sacred Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy, SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Indigenous Traditional and Natural Medicine.
SomaVeda Integrated Traditional Therapies® is a Registered Trademark of Anthony B. James
NAIC/ SCNM: Thai Yoga Center for Indigenous Thai Yoga, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine Photo’s
Sacred Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy, SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Indigenous Traditional and Natural Medicine SCNM: Thai Yoga Center for Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Natural Medicine Photo’s November 2018 intensive Thai Yoga Therapy at The Native American Indigenous Church (NAIC): SomaVeda College of Natural Medicine and Thai Yoga Center located at the NAIC Sanctuary in beautiful Brooksville, Florida.
November 2018 SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Ayurveda Health Consultant Program Photo Gallery: CLICK HERE!
Students participated in the NAIC Seminary: SomaVeda® Indigenous Thai Ayurveda and Thai Yoga Therapy Basic Practitioner Certificate Course (CTP1). This SomaVeda Integrated Traditional Therapies® Indigenous Thai Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy Practitioner Certificate Training included fifteen additional courses emphasizing Sacred Nutrition, Counseling, Emotional Mental Health Strategies, Nutrition and supplementation to enhance practice results, Ayurveda, Yoga Therapy and Legal Guidelines for NAIC Ministers.
SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy programs stress practice development and marketing strategies that work!
NAIC/SCNM: Thai Yoga Center Ayurveda/ Thai Yoga/ Yoga Therapy/ Indigenous, Traditional Medicine, Thai Traditional Medicine religious therapeutics educational programs and Certification programs visit ThaiYogaCenter.Com
Learn more about the science behind SomaVeda® Thai Traditional Medicine at www.ThaiMassage.Com
SomaVeda® Indigenous Thai Yoga certification programs are under the direction of Aachan, Dr. Anthony B. James and Thai Yoga Center staff teachers: Khruu Dr. Julie James.
SomaVeda® T.A.E.L.R.™ Tool Assisted Energy Line Release Protocol
Pronounced “Tayler,”… For thousands of years, the ancient Reishi physicians and Masters of Ayurveda and Yoga Therapy have relied on external tools to assist them in therapeutically managing energy disturbances to the Mind, Spirit, and Bodies of their patients and clients, their friends and family members. We continue this practical approach to healing and therapy today.
SomaVeda® T.A.E.L.R.™ is especially suitable For Trigger Point Syndromes caused by disruptions and or disturbances to energy lines.
The SomaVeda® T.A.E.L.R.™ tool set includes many traditional and modern innovative methodologies to bring harmony and correction for low oxygen significant traumatic and metabolic-induced disorders and syndromes. Reduction of Pain, increased range of motion, and reduced referral pains such as migraines and back pain may be substantial and immediate. Perfect for Sports and work-related injuries and dysfunction. Traditional SomaVeda® T.A.E.L.R.™/ I.A.S.T.M. (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization) tools/ instruments include but are not limited to “Tok Sen, Dewy Mai Sen, Gua Sha (Thai Acupressure/ “Jap Sen Nuad, Tok Sen Nuad“), Cupping, Bamboo Stick, Roller, Whisk” etc.
We use all the traditional and modern tools: Wooden, Buffalo Horn, Jade, Plastic, and Stainless steel. T.A.E.L.R.™ Therapeuticians also use various styles of Hammers and Probes in the striking, vibration, and or striking techniques, which are also common.
Myalgia and Myalgia type syndromes (i.e., Fibromyalgia). Any pain associated with or located on an energy line (Meridian, Thai Sen Line, Prana Nadi, or related facia planes that follow or coincide with energy line locations.)
Connective Tissue Arthropathy (i.e., Tendonitis, Tennis Elbow, and the like)
Neuralgia and or Neuralgia type pain syndromes
General Tendinopathy ( impingements, Rotator Cuff tear or adhesion, Golfer’s Elbow, Tennis Elbow, Iliotibial band syndrome (I.T. Band Syndrome), Patellar tendonitis, Achilles tendinitis, Metatarsalgia, Bone Spurs, tendinosis, Shin Splints
Arthritis
Cellulite
Lymphatic Stasis and Interstitial Fluid Stasis. Chronic joint swelling associated with Sprains and Strains, Chronic Ankle Sprains
Ligament Strain injuries
Muscle Strain injuries
Non-Acute Bursitis
Chronic Inflammation, both general and localized.
Migraine Headaches
We are reducing Facial restrictions and Scar tissue, which interferes with healthy and productive functions, such as Post Surgical and Traumatic Scars.
R.S.D. (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
According to PHYSIOPEDIA, “Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilisation” or Simply I.A.S.T.M. is a new range of tools that enables clinicians to locate and treat individuals diagnosed with soft tissue dysfunction efficiently. The technique is said to be a modern evolution from Traditional Chinese Medicine called Gua Sha[1]. However, Gua Sha was not used to treating Musculoskeletal conditions but was traditionally applied along meridians to move the bad chi out through the skin. I.A.S.T.M. is a rapidly growing popular procedure due to its effectiveness and efficiency while remaining non-invasive, with its indications and limitations.”
However, Physiopedia, although correct, is incorrect to ascribe the use of tools in therapy exclusively to traditional Chinese Medicine! Using tools in medical treatment is first recorded in the classics of Indian and Thai Ayurveda … the Sushruta Samhita recorded Ayurvedic physicians using a great variety of instruments to supplement the use of their bare hands over four thousand years ago.
In our traditional indigenous way of thinking, we make no distinction separating the body into physical or energetic quanta. We see no clear difference: Fascial Planes, Energy Lines, and vice versa. Additionally, in the Western variations, there is little or no emphasis on the traditional Hammer and Probe technique, considered vital in our traditional Medicine.
This treatment strategy and protocol is helpful for therapists seeking to use their hands less as the primary tools or expression of their healing arts… Through the various instruments, one may do entire sessions and treatments Hands-Free!
Example of a SomaVeda® T.A.E.L.R. protocol for treating Plantar Fascitis
A derivative of the traditional oriental techniques becoming popular in Western medical psychopathy is “Graston®, Fascial Abrasion Technique®, etc.”
In this course, we introduce and explain all of the traditional tools used in T.A.E.L.R.™ practice and with live demonstration practice exchanges building application competencies. Students improve their understanding of indications, contraindications, and clinical applications for common conditions and issues through lecture and in-class learning environments. Additionally, students are introduced to the protocol as a form of Complimentary and Integrative Medicine Practice in the context of a modern Religious Therapeutic modality suitable for ministers of traditional medicine practice.
In the SomaVeda® T.A.E.L.R.™ Certification Course, the practitioner receives certification as a Certified SomaVeda® T.A.E.L.R.™ Technician.
Learn Thai Yoga Ayurveda- Yoga Therapy in Thailand December 2018: Sacred Sites and Healing Arts Thailand Training and eco-cultural tour. A 19 day journey to amazing Thailand to experience Ayurveda and Thai Yoga Therapy and the origins of the SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapeutic Day Program™. We will travel to various beautiful locations significant to the practices of the indigenous Thai healing arts and Traditional Medicine. Thailand culture, traditional medicine, people, food and scenic land will warmly greet you. Join Dr. Anthony B. James, Aachan and Professor of Indigenous Medicine for this 35th. Annual winter externship training and tour of Thailand.
Includes all Hotels (2/3 Star), Ground/ Transportation, Guides, Course work and personal guidance and teaching with Dr. James and our Thai Staff. This is no ordinary “tourist” trip!
After leading groups in Thailand for over 35 years we know how to dig deep in the traditions and culture to give our small group the most personal and memorable experience. Practitioners, bring genuine authenticity to your existing Thai based practice. SomaVeda® and Thai Yoga teachers absolutely must go at least once! Don’t wing it… go with those who are already connected to the genuine traditions.
Expect to be deeply engaged with local and professional Thai Teachers, experts in the indigenous traditional natural medicine of Thailand. Trip will provide graduates with 100hr Completion Certificate. NCBTMB Category A Approved.
Cost: $1,995.00 (Not including airfare to start city of Chiangmai)
A Christ-Centered Therapeutic Art and Science developed for the benefit of humanity—the practical expression of loving kindness addressing the issues of pain and suffering.
Get back to what you love. Be more active. Want to do more fishing, surfing, walking, and yoga? We can help you get there!
SomaVeda® incorporates mindfulness, gentle rocking, deep, slow stretching, and rhythmic compression to create a singular healing experience.
The four principal therapies used in traditional healing are Wai Khruu (paying respect and affirmations for mental, emotional, and spiritual health), Herbs and Natural Substances, Sacred Nutrition or Eating for long life/ Diet and healthy eating and Laying On of Hands (Chirothesia/ Marma Chikitsa/ Yoga Therapy).
SomaVeda® Certified and Authorized Practitioners and Therapists (Medicine Persons) determine the best treatment strategy after intake based on traditional Vedic and Western biologic assessments. They look at the whole person assessing the client’s body, mind, and spiritual needs, then lay out a multi-day program that will methodically work through and appropriately treat the client’s needs. Every session and component of the SomaVeda® Therapeutic Day program is unique and different. Think of the program as not just a treatment but a journey of discovery into the possibilities of healing based on this traditional therapeutic model.
Content therapies are based on Ayurveda, Christ-Centered Yoga & Yoga Therapy, SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, Medicine of Hope™, Indigenous (clerical/ pastoral/ ministerial) Healthcare, Healing Science and Medicine (I.H.S.M.).
SomaVeda® incorporates mindfulness, gentle rocking, deep, slow stretching, and rhythmic compression to create a singular healing experience.
Nurturing, calming, and enlivening SomaVeda® will expand your ideas of hands-on healing. It brings fundamental elements and energy into harmony; creates wholeness of mind, body, and spirit in the client and the practitioner. It is an excellent alternative form of vibrational and energy-based healing work. It is suitable for rehabilitation, pain relief, and stress reduction.
SomaVeda® Protocols Included:
Primary Program: Seven different sessions over seven or more days. Advanced Therapeutic Day Programs may be over 20 or 30 individual sessions and incorporate the basic protocol and adjuncts as deemed appropriate and necessary. However, please note: SomaVeda® Therapeutic Day programs are designed/ tailored for the individual client and their specific needs for health and balance. That means this protocol will vary from one client to the next and will also vary over time as to what is emphasized and what is not.
The program will emphasize the balancing of both physiological/ structural and psychological/ emotional and the energetic/ vibrational as well, including but not limited to 1) All the primary Chakra, 2) Over 700 Marma-vital points, 3) All primary energy lines, i.e., Meridians and Thai Sen Lines, 4) Five Doshic Bodies, 5) Three Primary Dosha (Vatta, Pitta, Kapha), Ayurveda Pulse (Nadi Vignyam), 6) Over 300 therapeutic Yoga Asana or Postures.
SomaVeda®: Thai Yoga Therapeutic Day Protocol
Seven Sessions over Seven Days Session #1: Intake and Traditional Vedic and Naturopathic Clinical Assessments and a Short General Balancing Session Session#2: Supine Position Intensive Session #3: Side Lying Position Intensive Session#4: Prone Position Intensive Session #5: Abdominal/ Torso and Leg Stretching Session #6: Seated Position Intensive Session #7: Long General Session and re-assess
Total contact time averages 10.5 hrs.
All programs/ sessions include Assessment, Sacred Therapy, food-nutrition and supplement counseling, and Mental-Emotional and Spiritual counseling by a Certified NAIC minister/ counselor. Programs may incorporate Traditional Thai Yoga Mat, Table, or Chair as appropriate for the session and client.
Advanced SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Therapeutic Day Programs may also include:
▪ SomaVeda® Pancha Karma Detox and Vitality enhancement
▪ SomaVeda® BET/ EFT Energy Psychology– Tapping for Mental and Emotional issues.
▪ SomaVeda® Sacred Nutrition: More specific coaching, education, and demonstrations on obtaining and preparing whole food nutrition to support healing and wellness.
▪ SomaVeda® Vibrational- Energy Medicine: Adjunct healing modalities such as Light (Near-Far-Infrared/ Photo-biomodulation Therapy), Bio-magnetic/ PEMF Therapy,
▪ SomaVeda® Complex Decongestive Therapy (C.D.T.)
▪ Massage Therapy (If N.A.I.C. Practitioner is also a State Licensed Massage Therapist!)
▪ Reiki
▪ Homeopathy
▪ Herbology
▪ Jade Integrative Therapy
▪ SomaVeda® Subdermal Endermatherapie
▪ SomaVeda Food Over Medicine Nutrition Counselor Certificate program
Among the many benefits of SomaVeda® Thai Yoga, the following have been noted:
• Supports a relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
• Enhances the Body/Mind /Psyche connection
• Practically expresses loving kindness following the likeness of Jesus
• Practical extension of Divine Energy (Chirothesia)
• Lowers low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (” bad” cholesterol)
• Raises high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the “Good” cholesterol)
• Boosts immune system, helps increase resistance to infection
• Lowers high blood pressure
• May reduce the risk of some cancers (Static Lymph and or site toxic)
• Assist in the management of type 2 diabetes
• Reduces stress and enhances the sense of well being
• Increase bone density by stressing connective tissue and “bending the bones.”• Reduces Risk of Heart Attacks
• Helps to Increase lean muscle mass
• Balances the Chakras and promotes the
circulation of Prana and vital energies
• Reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression
• Reduces chronic fatigue and related syndromes
• Increases tendon and connective tissue extensibility.
• Increases range of motion and reduces resistance to motion (PNF)
• Virtual cure for many soft tissue disorders (Fibromyalgia, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
• Reduces pain and referred pain from trigger points
• Effective in reducing Migraine Headache frequency and severity
• Reduces swelling and edema
• Increases circulation of fluid and oxygen to deficient areas
• Increases range of motion and general mobility
• Effective treatment in many kinds of soft tissue-related disorders
• Stress and emotionally related infertility and impotence
• Removes Toxins and speeds recovery
• Reduces and or eliminates the harmful effects of negative emotions
• Effective treatment in psycho-somatic and psycho-emotional illness
• Effective treatment for Repetitive Stress Disorders
• Addresses nutritional and food issues and increases nutrient motility
• Reduces back and neck pain
• Integrates and supports the proper alignment of all structural parts of the body without ballistics or force. (Osseous alignment)
• Reduces and or eliminates active/latent Trigger Points and equalizes/ reduces areas of high neurologic activity
• Effective lymphatic Drainage modality
For a more extensive review of medical, clinical, and anecdotal evidence for the benefits of the SomaVeda® Therapeutic Day program, CLICK HERE!
