Dear all
My wife is Thai and has her own Thai massage business in Edinburgh. She has her anatomy and physiology qualification, is ITEC approved but does not have a teaching qualification. She would love to teach anyone interested in learning thai body and foot massage - just not sure if students can practice it on clients legally or not thereafter?
Can anyone clarify her position regarding teaching?
IE
Does she need an official U.K teaching qualification
Can she teach, but only to people wishing to practice on friends and family only
What kind of certificate if any can she offer?
Is there a market for this?
I would really appreciate any help anyone can offer on this subject
Ken
RE: Thai massage teaching
Hello Ken ... or should I say, Sawasdee Kha (my hubby is Thai!!:D)
Seriously I would say that there is a market for learning real Thai massage as it seems to be growing in popularity in UK. Yes she would need to have a teaching qualification - as to the various styles of qualifiction you could perhaps have a look at the NVQ or VTCT websites (google will direct you). If she is a member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists they would be able to direct her to the right areas as well and possibly explain insurance implications etc.
Good luck
Sue
RE: Thai massage teaching
Sawasdee krap Sue
Thanks for your reply.
I'm not sure my wife will be keen to do the teacher training at the moment - the anatomy and physiology exam almost killed her [:@]! a breeze if it was in Thai but her English is still developing.
Is there any leavel she can take people to without the training?
Ken
RE: Thai massage teaching
Hi Ken,
I'd be interested in learning this - but that is besides the point. I would recommend getting a teaching qualification - you can do something via City & Guild called C&G 7307 which qualifies you to teach adults, you can then do a bridge course to PGCE Post 16 (but this is Post Graduate level) - this is what I did when I lectured at college (Business Studies/Economics).
Interestingly IGPP will insure you to teach if you hold these qualifications plus the qualification in the subject you want to teach and have practical experience - so maybe in a couple of years I might take up some form of teaching again.
Hope this helps and let me know whether you go ahead with courses
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stormdeva
RE: Thai massage teaching
This is exactly the route I'm taking to teaching. I've just started the 7303 and if I get on ok I will do the CertEd.
RE: Thai massage teaching
Ken,
See my reply to this under the 'Thai foot massage' thread.
I have been taught a massage technique as a post graduate course (That is all the students already had massage and A&P qualifications) by someone without any teaching qualifications, and the course was submitted to and approved by FHT.
Sheila
RE: Thai massage teaching
Ken
Sorry I can't advise on your question about your wife teaching Thai massage, however, if she is interested in practising with someone, I live in Edinburgh and haven't had a lot of opportunity to practise since doing my nuad bo rarn training in Chiang Mai last year so would be keen to pair up on the subject. (I'm a qualified/experienced therapist in various other massage techniques via FHT and IGPP).