Baan Hom Samunphrai; Calendar, Courses & Activities

Calendar of Courses & Events

1. Similarly colored titles (LIKE THIS) can be taken one after the other. The skills taught are incremental -- there is continual development based on supervised practice but no meaningless repetition. (The three Thai Massage courses from August to December 2017 are designed as a series.)

2. You can click on THE FULL TITLE of each course to see a description of what it offers.

3. The shorter 'Herbal Therapies,' 'Food as Medicine,' 'Foot Reflexology' & 'Womblifting' workshops can be combined with any of the longer courses.

Date	Course	Status	Booking
	CLOSED FOR THE MONTH OF JULY
Aug 7th to 9th, 2017	A THAI MEDICINE SEMINAR with NEPHYR JACOBSEN	closed
Aug 21st to 30, 2017	タイ式子宮バランスセラピー　チェンマイ研修ツアー WOMBLIFTING & RELATED HERBAL THERAPIES Includes Herbal Compresses, Traditional Steam Treatments, Postpartum Care, & Food as Medicine. In Japanese & English.	Full	Click here for information in Japanese or here for English
Sept 4th to 8th, 2017	35hr HERBAL THERAPIES for HERBALISTS. (Live-in 5 study days = 11,000 baht. Non-live-in 5 study days = 8000 baht) Plant identification, preparation and application of some of the special balms, sprays & compresses made and used at Baan Hom Samunphrai.	open	25% Deposit
Sept 11th to Oct 5th, 2017	150hr THAI MASSAGE COURSE (Live-in: 22 study days + 3 days off = 51,700 baht. Non-live-in: 22 study days = 35,200 baht.) At the beginning this course concentrates on the fundamental parts of the Thai Traditional Massage, the legs, arms and trunk along with the different positions. The second part of the course introduces the acupressure elements (energy points and sen lines) and moves on to the shoulders, head and abdomen. There is a written as well as a practical exam at the end. Homprang is assisted by her sisters-in-law, Ajarn Bang as well as by her Intern, so everybody gets the practical attention they need -- but there is a lot to memorize as well, and students practice a lot out of class as well during the course hours.	limited places	25% Deposit
Oct 8th to 15th, 2017	'SEMINAIRE HOLISTIQUE' with JUDITH MORLET (in French)	closed	click here for information
Oct 17th to 29, 2017 (N.B. students arrive on Monday afternoon, Oct 16th. Class begins on Tuesday at 7am and finishes on Sunday afternoon, Oct 29th. Sunday, Oct.22nd, is the only day off.)	80 hr 'TECHNIQUE' for Advanced Students & Professionals (Live-in: 12 study days + 1 day off = 27,500 baht. Non-live-in: 12 study days = 14,200 baht) Topic: Thai Traditional Massage Technique for Professionals. This is a course for practitioners with a lot of experience who want to extend and/or renew themselves by deepening what they have been doing for years. The focus will be on touch, balance & fluency with a special emphasis on how to protect oneself and lengthen one's professional life, enhance one's pleasure in the work and of course one's effectiveness with the client or patient. The course also qualifies any therapist to join Homprang's 150 Hour Special Therapeutic Course which is open only to ex-students -- indeed, that is one of it's most important objectives. (You can CLICK HERE for more on this course and it's relationship to the Special Therapeutic Massage Course that follows.	open	25% Deposit
Nov 1st to 14, 2017	Annual JANET PEACOCK 80hr THAI MASSAGE - Advanced Study Group The students in this group have already done a whole Thai Massage training course with Janet Peacock, and after this course will be eligible for the 150hr Special Therapeutic course starting on Nov 20th as well.	Full
Nov 20th to Dec 14, 2017	150 hr SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE COURSE (ex-students only.) (Live-in: 22 study days + 3 days off = 51,700 baht. Non-live-in: 22 study days = 35,200 baht.) Open to ex-students only, this course introduces special acupressure techniques that can be used to treat serious conditions including migraine, numbness, stroke effects, intractable back conditions, and many other ailments not usually addressed by Thai Massage. Extremely intense, Homprang makes no exceptions to those who qualify -- you must be comfortable with her techniques and movements as there is not enough time to teach the fundamentals of Thai Massage. By application only, even for ex-students. (Click here for more on the course requirements.)	1 place remaining	25% Deposit
NOTICE	Please take note that the December 18th to 22nd, 2017 Food as Medicine Workshop has been moved to January 4th to 9th 2018 -- Homprang will be in Burma over the Christmas Holidays this year.
	2018
Jan 4th to 9th, 2018	40hr HERBAL THERAPIES with FOOD as MEDICINE (Live-in: 6 study days = 13,200 baht + 1 day-off = 14,300 baht. Non-live-in 6 study days = 9600 baht )	open	25% Deposit
Jan 12th to 24, 2018	80hr THAI MASSAGE COURSE. (Live-in: 12 study days + 1 day off = 27,400 baht. Non-live-in: 12 study days = 14,200 baht) Topic: Thai Traditional Massage (Nuad Boran) and Rasidaton (Thai Yoga). This course concentrates on the classic two hour Thai Massage: legs, arms, side, prone and sitting positions. Because technique with fluency is the focus, the stomach, face, and head are less the focus than the simple grace of touch and flow, the latter being far more difficult to acquire than any of the technical parts. Hardworking beginners can learn the full Thai Massage 'set' in this course, while professionals can improve their technique, refine their touch, and learn how to look after both themselves and their clients even better. Rasidaton (Thai Yoga) is included in all Homprang's courses, but it's particularly important in this one.	open	Deposit buttons will be posted Aug 2017 - let us know if you are interested.
Jan 27th to Feb 4th, 2018	哈科米中港台身心舒緩營 Annual HAKOMI RETREAT at Baan Hom Samunphrai for Mandarin Speakers.		click here for more information
Feb 7th to March 3, 2018	150hr THAI MASSAGE COURSE (Live-in: 22 study days + 3 days off = 51,700 baht. Non-live-in: 22 study days = 35,200 baht.) At the beginning this course concentrates on the fundamental parts of the Thai Traditional Massage, the legs, arms and trunk along with the different positions. The second half of the course introduces the acupressure elements (energy points and sen lines) and moves on to the shoulders, head and abdomen. There is a written as well as a practical exam at the end. Homprang will be assisted by her sisters-in-law, Ajarn Bang as well as by her Intern, so everybody gets the practical attention they need -- but there is a lot to memorize as well, and students are encouraged to practice with each other out of class in the evenings and on weekends.	open	Deposit buttons will be posted Aug 2017 - let us know if you are interested.
March 12th to April 5th, 2018	150hr SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE COURSE (for ex-students only.) (Live-in: 22 study days + 3 days off = 51,700 baht. Non-live-in: 22 study days = 35,200 baht.) Open to ex-students only, this course introduces acupressure techniques that can be used to treat serious conditions including migraine, numbness, stroke damage, intractable back conditions, and many other ailments not usually addressed by Thai Massage. Homprang is very sorry, but she can make no exceptions to those who are eligible. You must be comfortable with her specific way of working as there is not enough time to go back and help everybody get on the same page technically. (The 80hr Thai Massage and 80hr 'Technique' courses are being offered to facilitate that.) There is Rasidaton at 7am everyday, and both a written and a practical exam at the end. (Click Here for more on the course & its requirements.)	open	Deposit buttons will be posted Aug 2017 - let us know if you are interested.
April 7th to 17, 2018	CLOSED FOR SONGKRAN
April 20th to May 1st, 2018	60hr WOMBLIFTING, POSTPARTUM CARE & RELATED HERBAL THERAPIES (Live-in: 9 study days + 1 day off = 21,000 baht. Non-live-in: 12 study days = 14,200 baht) Homprang's most intense course -- she believes in it intensely, and students must be prepared to concentrate every minute and practice, practice, practice. Includes intricate acupressure and abdominal manipulation as well as herbal compresses, traditional steam treatments, postpartum care for mother and baby, and herbal preparations as they are needed. Men who would like to join are welcome, and indeed there are male therapies based on the same energy points, sen lines and herbal threatments. No videos or cameras allowed -- Homprang insists you learn it now, not record it for the future!	open	Deposit buttons will be posted Nov 2018 - let us know if you are interested
May 28th to June 2, 2018	40hr HERBAL THERAPIES with FOOD as MEDICINE.(Live-in: 6 study days = 13,200 baht + 1 day-off = 14,300 baht. Non-live-in 6 study days = 9600 baht )	open	let us know if you are interested

FAQs About Course Registration

DEPOSITS. Our classes are closed at 12 and often fully booked. For this reason we must ask for a 25% Deposit to reserve a place, insuring that nobody is turned away when there is still space remaining. We refund deposits but only if a cancelled place can be filled again before the beginning of the class. Indeed, we keep a Waiting List just for this purpose, though cancellations happen rarely.

You can click on the PayPal Button in the right hand column above to pay the deposit -- (the Logo is in Thai but the instructions are in English). The Deposit includes a 4.5% fee to cover the PayPal Transfer and Currency Conversion charges. To pay with your credit card you must first click on the PayPal Button and then click on Pay with my credit or debit card at the bottom of the PayPal pop-up window.

SETTING UP A PAYPAL ACCOUNT OF YOUR OWN. If you have a PayPal account of your own you can make the payment without using the Button -- ask us for instructions before you choose this option. We credit students for whatever sum arrives in our account, so nothing is ever lost, for you or for us. Indeed, more and more students are using this option to pay their final bill as well.

LIVE-IN STUDENTS. Most of our students live here with us -- the place is beautiful. the food delicious, the company good, and above all the students get to spend a whole lot more time with Homprang and her family. Traditional medicine differs widely from region to region all over the world, and those differences have arisen not out of ignorance but out of the enormous variety in the cultural patterns, religious beliefs, family structures, diets, and climates of each region. We strongly recommend you immerse yourself in this training as deeply as you can by living here with us, and in the end we're cheaper than living in a guesthouse in town anyway.

NON-LIVE-IN STUDENTS Of course we understand that some students already have a place of their own in Chiang Mai and/or a significant-other who works in town, or whatever. And we'll look after you well anyway, don't worry. (Non-live-in students must pay the same deposit as live-in students, but, everybody is credited for the whole sum that we receive on their final bill, so nothing is wasted or lost.)

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Course Fees

Non-live-in students are charged at Bt 1600 per day. The fee includes the whole day from 7am to 7 pm -- the Rasidaton (Thai Yoga) at 7am, breakfast at 8am, the class from 9am to 4pm with lunch at noon, one of our four Training Notebooks, and a herbal steam bath after class. Homprang hopes very much that non-live-in students will join the Rasidaton at 7am, which is why the non-live-in fee now includes breakfast at 8am (juice, muesli, fresh yoghurt, fruit, whole grain bread or toast, wild honey, jam, tea and coffee). And the steam baths are hot about 5.30 pm everyday.

Live-In Students are charged Bt 2200 per day -- this includes a room of your own with 3 meals a day, 1 hour of Thai yoga plus 6 hrs of teaching, herbal steam baths after class, one of our four Training Notebooks, bicycles, internet, and transportation when you need it. Needless to say, most of our students choose this option as it's what makes us unique.

If you are willing to share a room (2 to 5 beds) the charge is a little less, Bt 2100 per day. If you prefer a private room with a shower and toilet of your own the charge will be Bt 2300 per day -- we have only 3 rooms with private bathrooms so do tell us ahead of time if you are interested in this option.

When To Arrive and Depart. Most live-in students arrive the day before the class begins because the Rasidaton (Thai Yoga) is at 7am on the first morning. If you do arrive the day before, your dinner and bed for that night will be considered as part of your first day of class, which means your course fee covers you through to the end of the last day of class (plus one final steam bath if you wish). You are always welcome to stay on, but there is a charge for the extra night and meals.

The live-in charge for Days-off & Extra Days is Bt 1100 per day. This is for a private room with a shared bathroom. If you have opted for a shared room & shared bathroom, the extra-day charge is only Bt 1000, If you have a private room with your own bathroom the charge will be Bt 1200.

For Live-in Students all the perks continue on days-off, including the steam baths and transportation, and many students take the opportunity to practice in one of our dedicated spaces.