What it's about
Massage for Trauma is a trauma-informed Touch Therapies workshop with Roni Gilboa, taught in two six-day levels. It looks at how trauma shows in the body and at massage techniques that can ease its short- and long-term effects, such as chronic pain, side effects of medical protocols, insomnia, neuropathy and digestive problems.
Level 1 introduces trauma and its physical manifestation. Participants meet the psoas and the vagus nerve, work with connective tissue and adapt traditional techniques with modern understanding, practising treatments for pain, neuropathy, anxiety-related sleep problems and digestive complaints. Western knowledge of muscles, nerves and fascia is combined with the Sen lines, alongside dance, meditation and Qi Gong. On the sixth day participants do supervised outreach fieldwork at a charity foundation in Chiang Mai.
The workshop is for massage therapists; the oncology course is not a prerequisite. Level 1 runs from 30 November to 5 December 2026 (6 days, 36 hours) at Sunshine Massage School, 159/2 Kaeo Nawarat Road, Chiang Mai and costs 13,500 baht. A deposit of 50 % of the course fee secures the place once it has been confirmed. Level 2 follows from 7 to 12 December 2026. The school lists this date as fully booked.