I began my Thai Massage studies shortly after reading a magazine article about Thai Massage. I was so pumped, I wanted to take the very next flight out to Bangkok.

After an exploratory trip to Thailand, where I experienced many different styles of Thai massage, I came back home and found Michael Eisenberg, who, at the time, took students on annual trips to Chiang Mai, to the Institute of Thai Massage, where he acted as an assistant instructor. A talented therapist and gifted teacher, he patiently taught me the whole routine as taught at I.T.M. over a period of five years, a little at a time. Taking my time (I'm a slow learner) gave me a chance to practice, integrate and fine-tune the moves.

By the time I returned to Thailand in 1997 I was ready to take the teaching certification course at I.T.M. with Chongkol and Attchara Settakorn.