1.) If you want to join a class, use
the PayPal
Buttons
to the right of each course below to put down a deposit.
2.)If
you already have a deposit with us you can use it for any course
or amount. You
just have to tell us what course you want and you will be fully
booked in.
3.) Deposits
are non-refundable,
but if you have to cancel we will be pleased to hold them for any
class in the future. We refund deposits only if we
can fill your place.
4.) There is a Transfer Fee for all wire
services, including PayPal,
and the fee is your
responsibility.
But don't worry if
you don't know exactly how much is deducted--we will credit
you with whatever we receive.
5.)
"LIMITED PLACES"
beside a course means it has 8 or more deposits -- we close most
of our
massage classes at 12.
6.)
"FULL" means we have
received 12 deposits and the class is closed. If more than 12 we
make that very clear on the Calendar.
7.) There are inevitable cancellations,
and if you are still interested you can join our
WAITING LIST by e-mailing us at
baanhom@homprang.com. The List is
strictly 1st-Come-1st-Served, and if you are Number One and there is a vacancy, we will get in
touch with you immediately .
8.) For more information on Fees, Deposits and Payments,
you can click on HELP
FOR NEW STUDENTS
which is at the bottom of this
page.
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COURSE SERIES 2024-2025.
Homprang's Courses in English for
2024 are
all listed below with the titles hi-lighted in dark green. Needless
to say, the courses can be taken individually or as many as you like
in a row. And there are breaks during each series so there is plenty
of time to explore Thailand as well.
SONGKRAN/EASTER SERIES: March to
June 2024 .
LOI KRATONG/CHRISTMAS SERIES: September 2024
to January 2025 .
You can CLICK on each title in
the list below for a Course Description. If you are still not sure
which course or courses would suit you best, or can't find the
information you need on our website, please do e-mail us.
.
2024
CALENDAR
DATE
COURSE
STATUS
DEPOSIT
2024
COURSE FEES
As of
March 1st, 2024, our Course Fees
went up by 10%
-- our first increase in over 10 years!As
always the student fee covers everything: the Course, the Rasidaton,
full Room & Board (full
'Pension'),
Herbal Steam Baths, and the use of all our facilities.
August 1st to 12th 2024
泰療・草藥癒：清邁製藥食療、按摩放鬆之旅
trans: "The
Power of Herbs: Thailand Food as Medicine with Healing Massage
Journey." A Collaboration
in Mandarin with Eartha Su assisting Homprang.
(Live-in:
12 study days + 1 day off = Total Bt 30,000. 25% Deposit = Bt 7,500 CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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 over the whole
body.
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 of Homprang's courses,
but it's particularly important in this one.
OPEN
00
If you already have a Deposit please let us know by e-mail when
you want to use it.
(Live-in: 9 study days + 1 day off =
Bt 22,800 baht. 25% Deposit = Bt5,700) CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFORMATION
One of
Homprang's most intense courses, students must be prepared to
concentrate every minute during the hours in class and then
practice, practice, practice. Includes both intricate
acupressure work and abdominal manipulation as well as herbal
compresses, traditional steam treatments, postpartum care for
mothers and babies, and herbal preparations as they are needed.
This course
is often taken more than once by students who would like to
practice Womblifting professionally as a single course is rarely
enough. The course is also of great interest to professional
midwives and doulas from all over the world -- working together
in a class with such a diversity of students is an education in
itself!
There are a
surprising number of men who take the course as well -- it deals
not only with male problems associated with the abdominal area,
the prostate in particular, but is of huge benefit to any
professional massage therapist, male or female. It is also a
very good preparation for Therapeutic Massage in general.
OPEN
Click PayPal button to pay 25% 60hr Womblifting Course
DEPOSIT of Bt
5,700
If you already have a Deposit please let us know by e-mail when
you want to use it.
(Live-in: 9 study days + 1 day off =
TOTAL Bt22,800. 25% Deposit = Bt5,700) CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFORMATION
You can click on the title for more information on Homprang's herbal work, and
you can also have a look at the section of Related
Photoson the Homepage. In addition there is a
Sample
Program -- it
was written in collaboration with her Bhutanese intern, Jamtsho
Sonam -- he was educated in France and has a strong academic as
well as practical background in Plant Medicine.
Students must remember
that Homprang herself is a Traditional
Doctor, mid-wife & herbalist,
and has no academic background to distract her. That is why no
two classes of hers are ever the same, and why her work is
always so fresh and relevant.
The exact content of the
course will be determined not by a formal syllabus but by the
season, the climate, social as well as natural, and above all by
the interests of the specific group. And those interests are
always refreshingly diverse from formidable specialists to what
are sometimes the best-informed particpants of all, people who
just love herbs!
LIMTED
PLACES
Click PayPal button to pay 25% Herbal Therapies Course DEPOSIT
of Bt 5,700.
If you already have a Deposit please let us know by e-mail when you want to
use it.
Nov. 8th to
the 19th, 2024
JANET
PEACOCK 80hr THAI MASSAGE
5th
Annual Advanced Study Group
The students in this group
have already done a complete Thai Massage training course with
the well-known teacher, Janet Peacock, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
contact organizer
Closed
Nov. 23rd to Dec. 17th, 2024
150hr
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE COURSE
(Live-in:
22 study days + 3 days off = TOTAL Bt 56,400.
25% Deposit = Bt14,100) CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFO.
The Special Therapeutic
Course introduces cutting-edge acupressure techniques that are
used to treat serious conditions including migraine, numbness,
stroke damage, intractable back conditions, and many other
ailments not usually addressed by Thai Massage. A background in
Thai Massage is very helpful but not essential, and the course
is open to any Professional Therapist with a strong background
in energy work like Shiatsu, for example. Indeed, the most
important qualification is substantial, hands-on experience of
working with serious conditions, and a
desire to go further in alleviating the suffering of those who
carry them.
If you are still not sure
if this course is appropriate for you, please do e-mail us with
your questions.
If you are also one of a number of students who
would like to go on to the ADVANCED Therapeutic
Course , this course would make you
eligible.
LIMTED
PLACES
Click PayPal button to pay 25% Herbal Therapies Course
DEPOSIT of Bt14,100.
If you already have a Deposit please let us know by e-mail when you want to
use it.
(Live-in:
22 study days + 3 days off = Bt
56,400. 25% Deposit = Bt14,100) CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFORMATION
This class
is for Professional Therapists who have already taken Homprang's
150hr Special Therapeutic Course at least once, have been
using the techniques they learned from that experience in
their own practices, and would like to be involved with Homprang
and other professional colleagues in the development of further techniques and therapies.
Thai Massage is not just an ancient codified
ritual but an evolving art, indeed all serious therapists know how
much can be learned from one's own humble, patient, evolving practice.
A substantial number of Homprang's students have now become professional
colleagues, and she regards this class as
more a
Peer-group 'Lab' than a Training Program.
A copy of the new 2024 edition of
the 150hr Therapeutic Massage
Manual with illustrations by Ariana Dietze will be the starting
point -- her new drawings are a vigorous feast in themselves.
And Homprang is developing the book yet further right now with niece
Pichaya ('Pop') Chaleekanha at the iMac OS.13 Sonoma
controls.
LIMTED
PLACES
Click PayPal button to pay
150hr Advanced Therapeutic
Massage Course
DEPOSIT of
Bt 14,100 THB (Thai Baht)
If you already have a Deposit
of any sort it is applicable for
this course as well. Please remind us if we forget.
(Live-in:
22 study days + 3 days off = TOTAL Bt 56,400.
25% Deposit = Bt14,100) CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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 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.
Suitable
both for beginners and advanced students, Homprang is assisted
by her much respected sister-in-law, Ajarn Bang and her
niece, Anne, and everybody gets the practical attention
they need at their own level. A very intense course, there is a
great deal to master by participants at all levels, and
everybody is encouraged to practice in the evenings
and on days-off.
(Live-in: 9 study days + 1 day off =
Bt 22,800 baht. 25% Deposit = Bt5,700) CLICK ON TITLE FOR MORE INFORMATION
One of
Homprang's most intense courses, students must be prepared to
concentrate every minute during the hours in class and then
practice, practice, practice. Includes both intricate
acupressure work and abdominal manipulation as well as herbal
compresses, traditional steam treatments, postpartum care for
mothers and babies, and herbal preparations as they are needed.
This course
is often taken more than once by students who would like to
practice Womblifting professionally as a single course is rarely
enough. The course is also of great interest to professional
midwives and doulas from all over the world -- working together
in a class with such a diversity of students is an education in
itself!
There are a
surprising number of men who take the course as well -- it deals
not only with male problems associated with the abdominal area,
the prostate in particular, but is of huge benefit to any
professional massage therapist, male or female. It is also a
very good preparation for Therapeutic Massage in general.
Live-In Students
are now charged
Bt 2,400 per
study-day--
this
includes a room of your own with 3 meals a day, 1 hour of Thai
yoga plus 6 hrs of teaching, a Training Notebook, Herbal
Steam Baths after class, and the use of all our facilities
including bicycles and wifi.
When should students
arrive?
As the Rasidaton (Thai Yoga)
is at 7am on the first morning, students must arrive
the afternoon before the class begins.
(We offer free
airport pickups on the day before a class begins -- just give us
the Time, Airline and Flight Number.)
When does the course
start & end?
The herbal steam bath at 5.30pm and
dinner at 7pm
the night before the course begins are part of the 1st
Day which includes the Rasidaton at 7am the next morning
and the first full day of class.
The
night before the last class ends
belongs to the Final Day, and continues to the end of the class at 4pm
on the final day.
Days-off.There is one Day-off
for every week of class -- exactly when is arranged during each
class. The charge is
Bt 1,200 per day and includes full room & board
(full pension) and the use of all our facilities.
Extra Days.Many students choose to stay on
after the class ends at 4pm on the Final Day -- that's what we call 'Extra Days.'
The charge is
Bt 1,200 per day for full Room
& Board.
When
& how should students pay?We would like to be paid
in Thai baht during the first 3 days of the class, and you must decide how you are going to pay us
before you arrive. For more information on how to get
Thai Baht in the easiest, safest and least expensive way,
pleaseCLICK HERE
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1.) If you are already in
Thailand you can bring your Thai baht to us in cash. That will
be the cheapest as well as the easiest way for
you as well as for us.
2.) If you are coming straight out to us after you
arrive in Chiang Mai, we will take you to a good place to
exchange your Bank Notes, use your ATM Card, or get cash at a
Bank with your Credit Card. We will drive you there at
4.30pm on the 1st or 2nd day after the class has begun.
3.) If you are going to use PayPal
(always a very safe and easy option) you should have opened an account with PayPal
before you come to Thailand. With PayPal there is a Transfer
Fee of 4.5% -- any transfer fee is your responsibility.
4.) You must inform your
Bank that you will be here in Thailand before you arrive,
otherwise none of your cards will work. Indeed, your Bank will
assume your card has been stolen!!!)
We
welcomeGuests
and non-studying Partnersas
long as we have room, and the charge is
Bt 1,200
per day. Meal Refunds
on all days
exist for Guests and non-studying partners,
but you must tell us by 9am for lunch (Bt 100) and 1pm for
dinner (Bt 200).
No Meal Refunds for Study Days. The student rate is a special,
all-inclusive charge, and there can be no refunds for meals
missed on Study Days. But students do get refunds for missed
meals on Days-off.
DEPOSITS.
Our classes are closed at 12 and often fully booked. We 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 before the beginning
of the class. Indeed, we keep a WAITING LISTjust for
this purpose.
You should click
on thePayPal BUTTONSto the right of each course
above to pay the deposit, which includes 4.7%
to cover the Transfer charges. To
pay with your Credit Card you can click on the PayPal Button and then click on
Pay
with my credit or debit card. If you have a PayPal account of your own
you can use that as well.
FULL PAYMENT The rest of your student
fees should be paid within the first 3 days of the course. Please
note that
we do not have Credit Card facilities on our Bank Account,
and if you want to pay by Credit Card with PayPal you
must set up an account of your
own before you come.
For the easiest and cheapest source of cash, we
would suggest you use your ATM card while you
are here. But you must inform your bank
that you are in Thailand or they will assume your card has been
stolen!
LIVING-IN.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 that will be cheaper than
living in a guesthouse in town anyway!
REFUNDS FOR MISSED MEALS.A refund for a missed lunch or dinner can be claimed by those
who are here as Room & Board Guests and by Students on
Days-off, but you must tell us by 9.00am for a lunch and 1.00pm for a dinner.
There is no meal-refund for students on Study-Days.
NON-LIVE-IN STUDENTS
(SUSPENDED post-COVID --
but it's changing, so do ask us about this.)
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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