Chiang Mai Yoga, Reiki, Astrology, Tai Chi and Massage, Thailand

Health and healing with Yoga, Reiki, Astrology, Tai Chi and Massage
In the heart of Chiang Mai, Thailand

THE TEACHER & THERAPIST

Hi all and welcome to Chiang Mai.
Please let me introduce myself, my name is Rod Savvides from the UK.

I am currently residing in Chiang Mai and will be offering my services here. I have been interested in the holistic fields since 1993, and this is where my journey began, to improve my life and in turn, to help others in there search for healing themselves.

As you can see I have been busy learning many different ways of balancing and healing, body and mind. It has been a lot of fun, hard work and sacrifice, though the rewards for my efforts have paid off tremendously, in improving my overall quality of life .

I wish to offer those that come to me, a way of improving there lives for health and well being.

My experience in Yoga, stems back since 1995, when I started to study the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, the great spiritual teacher from India, for 6 years.

Around the year 2000 I wanted to deepen my practice in Meditational Yoga, so I started to practice Asana.

I have trained in India, USA, England, Spain and Italy by well known Yoga teachers, such as John Scott and Richard Freeman (Ashtanga Yoga), Godfrey Devereux (Dynamic Yoga), Karen O'Bannon and Bijoo Metha (Iyenger Yoga), Tara Fraser (Vini Yoga), Mataji (Nada Yoga & Yoga Nidra), and Paramahansa Yogananda (Kriya Yoga).

I embarked on a career in Yoga in 2002 when I studied, the British wheel of Yoga foundation course, with Tara Frazer. In 2003, I studied with Godfrey Devereux and completed, his Yoga teacher training in 2004. Also in 2004 I studied with Karen O'Bannon intensively in Rishikesh India, were I completed her Iyenger Yoga teacher training.

Along the way I studied with many excellent, not so well known Yoga teachers. Petra Mitidieri (Ashtanga Yoga) was my first asana teacher and her teaching in the Ashtanga full primary series, was a great inspiration for me.

I started to learn Wudang Tai Chi, around the same time I started to learn Asana Yoga, it was not my first experience with a martial art, back in 1993 I was learning Wing Chun kung fu.

I studied Wudang Tai Chi, under Sufi Michel Jacques, a 3 times world champion of Tai Chi pushing hands (Tai Chi fighting training technique). Sufi Michel Jacques trained under, master sifu Dan Docherty, also a world champion and forerunner in the UK and Europe in the art of Wudang Tai Chi.

Having completed my syllabus training with Michel, I then turned to sifu Dan Docherty to perfect my practice in the art of Wudang Tai Chi. Before leaving the UK, I had manage to learn the Wudang Tai Chi, short and long forms, plus the sword, sabre and spear weapons forms, which are part of the Wudang Tai Chi system.

Obviously Tai Chi is a life long practice, in perfecting your technique and of course yourself.

When I was in India, I was initiated into levels 1 & 2 of the Reiki system. I am now a Reiki level 3 practitioner.

Paramahansa Yogananda was a great inspiration for me, in the realms of working with healing energy, since 1995 I have been practising a remote healing technique develop by the Great Yogi.

I have also had the privilege to study Mantra (Nada Yoga) and Yoga Nidra (Yogic sleep) with Mataji a well known teacher in Rishikesh-India.

I studied with Mantak Chia, while he was in London and completed his cosmic healing course .

Astrology has always fascinated me. I have had an interest in astrology for around 18 years, where I have been in self study. Though I do western type readings, I also have a keen interest in ancient Indian Vedic astrology and Thai astrology.

I have use astrology in my daily life, as a tool for living with more awareness, of the energies around us, which may effect our day to day living.

I started to learn massage, as a complementary to my yoga practices. My focus has been Thai massage, and I have studied in Chiang Mai Thailand.

Firstly I studied at the TMC school, on my return I learnt at the Loi kroh school of massage and then with a master of Thai massage, Pichest.

I have also learnt foot massage at the Lanna Thai massage school, here in Chiang Mai and Indian head massage in India.

I also have knowledge of Tantric massage and Sensual Awakening massage.

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