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In 2001, Tommy was authorized by his mentor, Joyce Ng Siu Ping, to teach the foundation of Yang style Tai Chi and the Competition 24 and 42 Forms.
Tommy was also instrumental in the development of the internationally released book "Dynamic Yoga" by his mentor and friend Kia Meaux.
In 2002, he relocated to Kathmandu, Nepal, to continue his studies of Traditional Healing with Rahul Bharti. Working as the General Manager
at The Healing Hands Center, he taught five and ten day courses on Ancient Massage, and courses in the foundational movements of Tai Chi and the Yang Style 24.
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In 2003, Tommy studied Thai Massage at the “ShevagaKomarpaj” Old Medicine Hospital, in Northern Thailand, and also learned from Chaiyuth Priyasith in Chiang Mai. He did a course of study on yoga at the Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, India, and extended Vipassana Meditation retreats in Rajasthan, India.
In 2004, he relocated to Trinidad & Tobago and began offering tours. He was also interviewed for an article on Indian Head Massage for the May/June 2005 issue of Massage Magazine.
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In 2005, Tommy earned a teaching certificate from the Vivekenanda Yoga Ashram in Bangalore, Karataka. He also continued his studies of massage with courses on both Ayrveda and North Indian massage, and he completed more Vipassana Meditation retreats in Bangalore and in Kochi, Kerala.
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Founder & Director
Tommy has been involved in the practice and research of traditional physical therapies since 1990.
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Rahul Bharti
Born in Varanasi on the Ganga River in India, Rahul Bharti had a unique childhood. Learning and living with healers in India, Thailand and Sri Lanka he received transmissions on the arts of healing and took care for the well being of others since an early age.
As a boy he traveled to Thailand and came in contact with the art of Ancient Massage. Gathering knowledge and developing his intuitive insight he studied and practiced in the north and south with local healers. After living in Thailand for many years and studying in Chiang Mai extensively (Old Medicine Hospital and Chaiyuth Priyasith), he has made Nepal his home.
After working in Kathmandu in collaboration with the Hotel Vajra, the Yoga Studio, the Himalayan Yogic Institute and others for ten years as a teacher, teacher-trainer and therapist, he now has his own center of learning in Kathmandu, The Healing Hands Center. |
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