A Thai Massage Training Retreat in Florida
Yes — there is a genuine residential Thai massage training retreat in the U.S.: the SomaVeda® Thai Yoga Practitioner Certification (CTP1), a 13-day immersive intensive in Brooksville, Florida. You live the training — daily hatha yoga, hands-on bodywork from morning to evening, Thai medical theory, and clinical protocols — and leave with a 165-hour professional credential in a living lineage. No flight to Chiang Mai required.
Thirteen days that change your hands
The retreat is built on the Level 1 Fundamentals and Level 2 Ayurvedic (Southern-style) hands-on core — the complete therapeutic-day protocol — plus Bio-Tap®/EFT emotional-balancing skills, 25 online lectures of traditional Thai medical theory, and clinical application. It is taught at the Thai Yoga Center in Brooksville under Grand Master Ajahn Dr. Anthony B. James, with registration handled directly by the Thai Yoga Center.
Next retreat
November 6–18, 2026
$5,995 (+ $289 materials · housing & uniform separate)
Details & registration at thaiyogacenter.com →Not ready for thirteen days? Most students aren't — that's what the weekend door is for.
Start with a weekend, not a leap
The certification path begins with the two-day Level 1 Fundamentals class — 18 NCBTMB CE hours, no experience required, and the exact same material that opens the retreat. Take the weekend, feel the work in your hands, then decide about the intensive.
Why Florida instead of Thailand?
The lineage is the same — SomaVeda® carries the Old Medicine Hospital tradition of Chiang Mai, brought West at the request of Ajahn Sintorn Chaichagun. What changes is the cost, the jet lag, and the language barrier. We compared the options honestly in Thai massage training in the USA vs Thailand — and if you're weighing the investment itself, read is certification worth it?