Learning Thai Massage in Koh Samui.

Marloas is nineteen years old and she comes from Rotterdam in Holland. She is in gap year from school and has taken the time to travel in Asia. She has been on the road for four months and as the trip winds to a close she has come to the Health Oasis Resort in Koh Samui to learn Thai massage.

"This is one of the best things I did on my trip," she enthuses. "While I was travelling I had massages. It felt so nice that I decided I would like to learn how to do it!"
"It"s just for fun. I have learned it for myself and to help my friends and family."
No, she does not want to become a massage therapist. Her goal is to train as a medical doctor, and this preparation in massage could well help her in her aspiration to study western medicine.

Her twenty-hour course stretched over a leisurely five and a half days. So she has plenty of time for rest and relaxation in the swimming pool and on the beach beside. She laughs when she says, "I enjoyed the rest!"
"I also really liked the Course with Thai instructor Nan."
Nan, by the way started her studies at the prestigious Wat Pho in Bangkok which serves as the premier massage teaching facility in Thailand.
"She really gets the students to practice a lot. She"s very kind and supportive, too and that helped a whole lot!" Says the young Dutch student.
"She taught me to apply my whole body in making the massage strokes."
Marloas explains she was always afraid that her hands would become tired whilst massaging, but she was surprised to find that instead she felt energised.
"I now know the pressure points and understand how to make people relax."

The course that Marloas attended is not designed to turn out professional therapists. It is certificated but is designed for self-development and general interest. For those eager to learn Thai massage for professional use,

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