learn the art of
zen thai shiatsu
OCTOBER 2-5
2025
“If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
We are thrilled to bring Zen Thai Shiatsu to the sweet valley of Ojai. — A modality that aims to liberate the body from structural and energetic tension; a practice that wishes to touch so much more than just the physical layers of tissue; a container for deep nourishment and rejuvenation. Zen Thai Shiatsu flows like a living river, pulsing, dynamic, fluid, strong, deep and clarifying, nothing is left untouched.
Join our four-day introductory Zenthai Shiatsu training this October in downtown Ojai at Wild Qi.
What is zen thai?
Zenthai is a flowing, seamless blend of Zen Shiatsu, Thai Massage and Osteopathic Techniques underpinned by the principles and techniques of yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The broad lens that Zen Thai uses, sees the body and its myriad of facets like a flowing river, ever unfolding.
The therapy teaches us to apply a unique quality of listening - a listening to the life beneath the tissue, applied with focused intention. This attentive listening means that each session is special and one of the traits that make it such a powerful therapy.
Zenthai is more than just a practice. It is a journey of self-discovery, embodiment, letting go of concepts/ideas/shoulds and being fully embraced by a beautiful, conscious community.
WHO IS THE TRAINING FOR?
All are welcome to join this training - if you are looking to explore a practice rooted in ancient eastern healing traditions, one where mindfulness, awareness and reciprocity are at its core, this is for you.
This course is for yoga students, yoga teachers, therapists alike looking to explore embodiment practices and expand their ability to tap into their own wisdom and are ready to deepen their relationship to therapeutic touch and healing.
This is course is for anyone who’s willing to let go of being the ‘master’ of techniques and embrace the art of feeling,
No matter what age you are, no matter what background, this is a chance to unplug and deepen your capacity to listen.
You do not need any previous experience in yoga or massage to join. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or just starting on your journey with bodywork, if you have a passion for holistic healing and a desire to enhance your therapeutic abilities, the Zenthai level 1 Training is for you.
WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE
- Comprehensive instruction in Zenthai bodywork techniques
- A 2 hour sequence.
- Giving and receiving hours of quality body work
- Deepening the sense of touch
- Daily yoga and movent to ground into the theme of the day
- Practices to strengthen the body and cultivate inner awareness
- Manual and video of the material covered
- Level One Zenthai Shiatsu Certificate
Once you have completed the level one training you are eligible for the 9-month practitioner training and all other Zenthai Shiatsu trainings around Australia and Canada. To find out more about Zenthai visit www.zenthaishiatsu.com
LOCATION
Downtown Ojai at Wild Qi.
Strip yourself of business and spend 4 days relishing in sweet reciprocity and bodywork nestled by the gorgeous mountains of Ojai.
SCHEDULE
9 - 4 30 Thurs - Sat
9 - 3 Sun
Daily yoga pertaining to the TCM element we are focusing on for the day followed by morning tea.
Bodywork module then lunch. Afternoon is spent each day in group activities as well as giving and receiving bodywork.
INVESTMENT
$750 before 30th August. $880 after.
Meet your teacherS
Rosie Santos, an Australian native, has been sharing the art of Zenthai with the Ojai Valley since she moved here in 2023. She is a seeker of spaciousness and poetry in the human body. Rosie sees Zenthai not only as a method for opening one’s capacity for deep rest, but as a method of authentic connection, movement and repatterning the nervous system.
Brad David, born and raised in Ojai, studied Zenthai in Australia and currently practices Anatomy Trains Structural Integration. His bodywork practice as well as his personal practice, is humbled by the ineffable qualities of our energetic and fascial systems. To take Zenthai back home to Ojai is both medicine and play.