Jack Chaiya

Jack Chaiya is a traditional Thai massage practitioner and teacher based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He runs his own practice, Jack Chaiya Massage, on Wiang Kaew Road, where he offers 90-minute therapeutic Thai massage sessions. Western teachers credit him as a master of the Nerve Touch School, a jap sen style that works directly on the nerves and sen lines. Students describe his style as a family, matriarchal lineage passed down from his mother, known as Mama Chaya or Mama Lek. The Surya Thai Massage Method names him as one of its three root teachers, alongside Pichest Boonthumme and Chongkol of ITM. No official website or self-written biography was found.