February 18-23, 2026
Lisbon, Portugal
@ Agora Lisboa

This course is a Level 1 of 2 to complete a basic beginner Thai yoga massage course following the tradition of Asokananda and the Sunshine Network. It is not required to have previous Thai massage or other form of bodywork training.

In this intensive, hands-on training course, we will cover the main principles and foundations of Thai massage along with practicing a full body sequence from feet to head. By the end of the week, you will have an understanding of how we approach our receiver when giving a treatment, the emotional mapping and energetic lines we use to work with the body, and many techniques to create and give individualized sequences of relaxing and effective massage treatments for healthy bodies. You will receive a supportive manual to continue your practice at home and the knowledge to develop your own intuitive form of giving.

This course is a great foundation to begin the practice and art of giving deeply healing bodywork. It’s in the practice where the real learning happens. Within a small group setting, you will receive guided attention and instructions to ensure you leave the training with confidence and understanding. This course also offers an experience of Thai massage as a deep, personal journey, where the process of learning how to touch, feel and listen relate just as much to extending that practice to ourselves as to others. With the support of other guided practices, we will explore this internal spiritual journey with the tool of Thai massage.

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After this course, you will have:

• an overview of the foundations and principles of Thai massage, including proper posture and alignment, how to use gravity and your own body weight to give deep pressure.
• The history, philosophy and medical theory behind Thai massage.
• A variety of techniques to creatively create full body massage sequences to practice on healthy friends and family.
• How to save your own energy while giving a massage treatment.
• Small group setting so you can receive a lot of guided assistance.
• A print manual to support your continued practice at home. 
• Meditations and practical exercises to explore presence, self-awareness, qualities of touch, and developing compassion and intuition.

About Erica

Erica has been practicing spirituality and healing modalities for the past 18 years. Her main focus between bodywork, conscious touch and shamanic practices inspire her weaving together knowledge from the wisdom of the body with the universal nature of Spirit. She received her practitioner certificate through the Sunshine Network in 2015 and runs her private practice in Lisbon, Portugal since 2017, and has been regularly teaching beginner training courses in this practice in Portugal and across Europe.

As a member of the Thai Healing Alliance, she continues to study regularly with a variety of teachers, taking advanced courses and assisting her teachers in their own training courses. Erica believes in our ability to heal ourselves, and shares these modalities as a complement and support to help us along our own personal journeys.

When & where

Wednesday February 18th to Monday February 23 in Lisbon, Portugal hosted by Agora Lisboa, in Intendente.

Six consecutive days from 10h – 17h30, with one half day in the middle for rest and integration. Lunch breaks are 1.5 hours.

For questions, email: erica@bhavaniyogamassage.com