Authentic Indian Head Massage courses?

[Ambivalent LAUreate]

I just started a thread about Thai massage as well, but I'm just back from travelling in Asia and am really keen to find good eastern-inspired massage courses.

I'vebeen playing around on the internet all afternoon andam noticing that Indian Head Massage seems to be more readily available in the UK than the Thai massage so I wondered if it might be a better place for me to start?

I'm looking for a really authentic Indian Head Massage course though, not a westernised version.

Can anyone recommend?

Thanks
John

 

[Magster]

Hi John

Have you tried Narendra Mehta he may be what your'e looking for.

Cis

 

[quapSeeve]

Hi ya

I'm not sure if there is such thing as authentic Indian head massage. I'm sure that it is Indian and modern at the same time. Life evolves.

If a course has a certain amount of Indian Ayurveda in it, themassage technique is similar to Nerendra Mehta's method and good tuition,I think that is good enough. (Try [link=http://www.indianchampissage.com]www.indianchampissage.com[/link])

Indian head would be better described asIndian InspiredSeated/On-Site Head and Upper Body Massage. But of course this is a mouthful and people like snappy titles that go clicky click in the head.

I would recommend that you go for a course that isat least 3/4 days long (not the 1 day ones) with case studies and anatomy to study. I trained on a ITEC certificate course and then a few years later started teaching ITEC Indian head, so very biased. Also studying Thai massage would be an excellent to add to Indian head asyouare able to help others more comprehensively. (try [link=http://www.bodyharmonics.co.uk]www.bodyharmonics.co.uk[/link])

I often do the Indian head and scalp massage on clients after giving them Thai massage, or someone comes for 30 minutes of Indian head then I add 15 to 30 minutes of Thai back massage on the mat.

Best Wishes

Dave the Reiki Pixie

 

[Walter M]

I know this is a sensitive subject, but I don't think all one day workshops should be tarred with the same brush. I have done a few one day courses with Inspire Massage Workshops, including Indian Head Massage, and due to the tutor being fantastic, and there only being 4 of us on the course, I found that we learnt plenty in one day. I've done other longer courses and not got nearly as much out of them.

Also Inspire have such a great work ethic that their tutors will always take time out to make sure you know what you are doing and they won't give you a certificate until they think you are ready to offer the treatment in a safe way - even if that involves you going back and doing the workshop again, at their own cost.

Although in one day they don't cover the Anatomy stuff, they do point you in the direction of what you need to learn so that you can study it in your own time and they give you plenty of support after the course has taken place.

And most importantly - they don't give you a practitioners certificate for being on a one day course unless you have already got an Anatomy and Physiology qualification. There are insurance companies out there who would insure people after just a one day course, but the fact that Inspire insist on the A&P first suggests to me that they really care about the quality of the therapists that they send out into the workplace, as I'm sure they lose business because of they insist on the A&P, as so many people getting into massage therapy just want the quickest and cheapest route in.

Despite running one day workshops, Inspire isn't the cheapest or quickest way in, but I am convinced it is one of the best as I have them to thank for inspiring me and increasing my ability and my confidence enough for me to set up my now successful massage practice. I wasn't lucky enough to have tutors like them when I first started studying and I honestly believe if Annalisa Zisman and the rest of the guys there hadn't got involved in my training when they did, I would probably still be working in my dead end job in a bank now!

Janey

 

[Pompal 09.]

Hi ya Janeycakes

I'm glad you benefitted from your course. Not all have that level of integrity. Also for the beginner to Complementary Health longer courses are better to generate confidence, knowledge, skilland reflective practice. My comments are of a generalised nature with that in mind. I am passionate about healing/massage therapies and only wish to give the best advice and not encourage cowboys (or cowgirls). I've been on plenty of short workshops myself but wouldn't of got the best of it without prior knowledge and experience. When I practice Indian head, I do it as a therapeutic modality not so much as relaxation and pampering. When I teach it to diploma standard, I do so as a therapeutic modality not so much as relaxation and pampering. As I said in my last post, I am BIASED!

Wishing the you the best (because the best is always best)

Dave the Reiki Pixie