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About David Roma
David Roma first met traditional Thai massage in the mid-1990s while working as a pilot based in Bangkok, where he also began teaching yoga. He is a Nationally Board Certified Licensed Massage Therapist, a member of AMTA and the Thai Healing Alliance, a certified yoga instructor and an instructor at Sunshine Massage School in Chiang Mai. His training includes Wat Po in Bangkok, ITM, Pichest Boonthume, the Sunshine Network and Loi Kroh in Chiang Mai, and teachers such as Itzhak Helman, Arno L'Hermitte, David Lutt and Kam Thye Chow. His teaching emphasises full body mechanics, the "art of slowness", flowing transitions, mindfulness, intuition and good intention. Through Roma Thai Yoga he offers NCBTMB-approved trainings in the United States, from introductory courses and levels 1 to 4 to Hands Free, Royal Thai Massage and Pha Khao Ma, and he is the author of the book The Healing Touch of Thai Massage.