What it's about
Massage for Trauma is a trauma-informed Touch Therapies workshop with Roni Gilboa, taught in two six-day levels. It looks at how trauma shows in the body and at massage techniques that can ease its short- and long-term effects, such as chronic pain, side effects of medical protocols, insomnia, neuropathy and digestive problems.
Level 2 extends the practice to the supporting mechanisms of the psoas and the vagus nerve, with assisted stretching and motion, breathing, self-care, centring and grounding. Western knowledge of muscles, nerves, movement and fascia is combined with the tradition of Sen lines and energy movement, alongside dance, meditation and Qi Gong. On the sixth day participants do supervised outreach fieldwork, practising at one of the charity foundations in Chiang Mai.
Level 2 is only open to participants who have already taken a trauma course with Roni Gilboa. It runs from 7 to 12 December 2026 (6 days, 36 hours) at Sunshine Massage School, 159/2 Kaeo Nawarat Road, Chiang Mai and costs 13,500 baht. A deposit of 50 % of the course fee secures the place once it has been confirmed.