Thai Massage Teacher Certification

Program Criteria

Thai Bodywork has a Certified Instructor (TBI) program that certifies individuals to teach specific components of the Thai Bodywork curriculum. If a student is interested in becoming an instructor, they can arrange an initial meeting with Thai Bodywork staff to determine mutual feasibility. If there is a decision to proceed, the student will be asked to complete an application, which will be reviewed prior to a decision on acceptance into the program.

The following are minimum criteria for beginning instructor certification. The underlying principle is that a Thai Bodywork teacher must be first of all an excellent practitioner. Every instructor who presents Thai Bodywork material is essentially a representative of TBW to their student population. We have created positive awareness, established standards of excellence in our teaching, and wish to maintain and hopefully enhance these standards as we expand our group of certified instructors. A candidate may be invited into the program before completing all of these requirements, but they must be completed prior to final certification.

• Completion of the core Thai Bodywork program of study, including:
  • Levels 1-3 (130 hours)
  • Clinical Thai Bodywork Fundamentals (20 hours)
  • HandsFree Thai 1 and 2 (40 hours)
  • Thai Herbal Compress (20 hours)
• A minimum of 1 year of professional practice, including at least 100
  logged Thai massage/CTB sessions.
• For CTB teaching certification, 3 in-depth client clinical studies, describing initial presentation, assessment and analysis, Thai massage/CTB treatments chosen, client progress, client education and outcome. The clinical studies will be assessed based on various factors, including analysis, selection of treatment, success and understanding of the CTB protocol.
• The TBW Instructor Certification Agreement will be executed documenting TBW and student’s responsibilities for the certified teacher relationship.