WELBY Holistic Healing hosted two professional workshops on 1) Broadsword foundation skills and form and 2) Reusi Dat Ton (Thai Yoga/ Ascetic Self Stretch) in January 2019. This was the first time ever Reusi Dat Ton workship being offered in Australia and we have attendees from various disciplines with health professionals, yoga therapists, tai-chi qigong…
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WELBY Holistic Healing at Bendigo Yoga Festival 24th February 2018
WELBY Holistic Healing will be supporting 2018 Bendigo Yoga Festival and running two workshops on the 24th February! Retreat & indulge with a weekend of yoga, music, workshops & mindfulness in gorgeous Bendigo at 60 View Street, the Old Fire Station complex. 9am – Chinese Qigong/ Yoga with Muscle-Tendon Renewal Classic (Yijin Jing) with Tai-Chi…
Bendigo Physiotherapist Completed Further Certification at Wat Po Thai Traditional Medical School
During the recent term break Raymond returned to Wat Po temple in Thailand to participate and to take Reusi Dat Ton (Thai Yoga/ Hermit Exercises/ Ascetic Self Stretch) classes every morning to consolidate what he studied back in May.
“The morning class is free to public and most of the time students who are studying traditional Thai massage or foot massage are encouraged to attend this morning class as Reusi Dat Ton is regarded as the foundation of traditional Thai medicine. It was fantastic as I get to mingle with other students who are studying traditional Thai massage and on certain days tourists from all over the world who are curious and simply giving it a go. It was quite strenuous because of the heat and humidity but it was really rewarding afterwards. Also you get a Mulberry tea as a “reward” after the 30mins session!”, said Raymond of the experience taking classes in the famous temple.
At the same time Raymond also completed the Traditional Thai Facial Therapy certificate after giving 20 facial treatments successfully to fellow students, teachers and customers to the clinic.
Facial therapy consists of seven steps include cleansing massage, apricot exfoliation, Thai traditional facial massage, clay mask, cucumber mask, toner and collagen enriched face cream.
“The facial therapy protocol is very very very strict and the teachers there do not allow any deviation from the traditional method. I guess since it has been passed down from generations and a proven approach to facial rejuvernation, why change anything? But I cannot wait to combine that with facial acupuncture techniques because I can see the same acu-points they use with the facial massage, if we follow the same flow of energy and sequences we may be able to create an even more powerful facial rejuvernation regime! For those people who are not comfortable with needles, then the facial therapy can be a stand-alone treatment to achieve great result already! I am very excited.”, exclaimed Raymond.
WELBY Holistic Healing is planning to commence a unique Reusi Dat Ton class in Bendigo in 2018, you can register your interests using our contact form http://welbyholistic.com/contacts or email info@welbyholistic.com
Facial therapy and facial rejuvernation acupuncture treatments http://welbyholistic.com/facial-acupuncture-bendigo/are available at Bendigo Chinese Medicine, 54 Booth Street, Golden Square. For more information you can contact us at info@welbyholistic.com or call 54431393 for an appointment.
Raymond completed Reusi Dat Ton (Thai Yoga) training in Thailand
Reusi Dat Ton (Ascetic Self Stretch/ Hermit Yoga) is an important part of the traditional Thai medicine and culture. The movements are based on the Reusi statues at the temple and their poems about their health benefits.
It usually starts with breathing exercises, self acupressure massage and then moves onto dynamic stretches and poses, which is very similar to how we would normally run our taichi and qigong classes at WELBY Holistic Healing.
Raymond was very lucky to train in a very small group with only three other people and found the intensive close supervision extremely beneficial (and grueling especially in 35 degrees heat and 90 – 100% humidity with no air conditioning!).
“It is almost the missing link between Yoga from India and Qigong from China, I think this is the perfect form of exercise for people who find Yoga a little bit too “static” and Qigong transition too “dynamic”. As soon as we started training you can straight away recognise the movements from both Yoga and Qigong and even Pilates. I have already started prescribing individual exercise from the Reusi Dat Ton series for physiotherapy patients with neck and upper back pain and have immediate success. I truly cannot wait to start sharing what I have learned soon! It has been an eye opening experience and a reminder that I should always keep an open mind when comes to learning things I am skeptical and not familiar with.” exclaimed Raymond.