Ananda Apfelbaum, featured in TIME magazine's August 2004
issue, is the author of Thai Massage, Sacred Bodywork
published by Penguin and Putnam. She also produced the
instructional accompanying DVD, Thai Massage, Sacred
Bodywork. She has been performing bodywork for the past 16
years. Ananda presented Thai massage workshops at the Omega
Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY from 1991 to 2003
and was on staff at Omega's Wellness Center throughout that time.
She has also taught Thai Massage elsewhere in the US and
internationally.
Ananda is a graduate of the Swedish Institute in NYC. She furthered
her studies in Japan, China, and Thailand. After getting introduced
to Thai Massage, Ananda decided to specialize in it as Thai massage
spoke to her dance and movement background. She trained with
several Thai Massage masters in Chiangmai, northern Thailand,
especially with Ahjarn Pichest Boonthumme. She is certified from
the Old Medicine Hospital in Chiangmai.
In addition to her Thai massage work, Ananda is a writer,
documentary photographer, dancer and founder/director of the
Tibetan Relief Project.
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