Level 5: Thai Massage Practicum
This certified online Thai massage course teaches you how to work with specific types of clients.
Course Description
Prerequisite: Level 4: Therapeutic Thai Massage
Duration: 60 hours
CECs: NHPC 15 | CMMOTA 24 | MTAM 30
Included: Handbook, online access, T-shirt, certificate
The Level 5: Thai Massage Practicum course takes place once a year; during the first two weeks of July.
Thai massage is a hands-on profession, and you need hands-on education. The primary focus of this course is to give you practical experience in various environments using the advanced techniques and specialized modalities you learned from the previous levels.
Our courses emphasize hands-on training and practical experience. In addition to working with the instructor and other students, you can practice your new skills on Sirius Health client volunteers on the fourth training day.
This course will begin daily with Thai Yoga (Reusi Dat Ton) or Qigong. You will then spend one day learning a specific application of Thai massage and the next day visiting locations including a senior's home, school, street market and professional sports club. You will also receive private hands-on tutoring from the instructor for more accurate movements and techniques.
Course content during the first week will include introducing Dynamic Thai techniques and learning about the causation and diagnosis of unbalanced elements. We will also examine how to create a meditation state and study the application of the four Brahmaviharas in Thai massage.
Course content during the second week will include an introduction to abdominal work and how to use Thai massage to work with unbalanced elements. And we will examine the art of sensing and intuition and study the relationship between the Noble Eightfold Path and Five Precepts and Thai massage ethics.
By the end of the course, you will have improved your therapeutic Thai massage skills, practiced client-practitioner relationships and developed essential business practices.
Course Pricing
What's Inside the Course
Gain the Power to Feel Confident and Capable
Wouldn't you love to know how to do this incredible form of Thai massage? Maybe start your own Thai massage business or treat your friends and family?
In this combination of in-person and online Thai massage course, Grant will guide you step by step to show you from the basic massage techniques to more advanced on how to give your massage clients an incredible Thai massage experience.
Schools typically teach Traditional Thai Massage as a system of sequences. We have developed a different and vastly improved approach. We teach you the entire system with its many sequences. But we also help you to go beyond those sequences and learn many specialized therapeutic applications.
We strongly focus on therapist-friendly ways of working to keep therapists healthy and inspired, and we focus on working with the energy components that make Thai Massage so effective.
What Makes Us Different
HANDS-ON TRAINING
Our courses emphasize hands-on training and practical experience, so we ensure that you have lots of time to practice.
SMALL CLASS SIZE
To ensure that our instructor has time to work with each student, we limit our class size to eight students.
GUEST CLIENTS
Each course we give our students the opportunity to practice their new skills on a Sirius Health client volunteer.
Grant Martens
I am the owner and founder of Sirius Health, and I have the privilege of being both a Registered Instructor and an Advanced Registered Thai Therapist with the Thai Healing Alliance International (THAI). I am also licensed as a Thai Massage Practitioner under the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC).
My introduction to Thai massage took place in 2016 during a visit to the Gellért Bath and Spa in Budapest, whilst travelling across Europe with my family. The experience left a profound impression, inspiring me to pursue formal training in Thailand. In 2018, I undertook my initial courses at the Thai Massage School of Thailand (TMC) in Chiang Mai. Furthermore, I sought private sessions with Mr Nat at the Suppatra Blind Massage clinic during this journey.
In 2021, I returned to Chiang Mai to earn my CAPT certification at the International Training Massage School (ITM), complementing my studies with various short programmes at Ong’s Thai Massage School.
In 2025, I devoted another two months to advancing my skills in Thailand. I trained in Thai Face Lifting and Abdominal Massage at Sirichan Thai Massage Learning Centre, Chi Nei Tsang and Karsai Nei Tsang at Loi Kroh Massage and Ong’s Thai Massage School, and completed courses in Prenatal/Postnatal and Pregnancy Massage at Ong’s.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there any prerequisites for this course?
Yes. The prerequisites for this course are Level 1: Thai Massage Foundations, Level 2: Intermediate Thai Massage, Level 3: Advanced Thai Massage and Level 4: Therapeutic Thai Massage.
Where do the classes take place?
Our school is located in the heart of Saskatoon in the River Landing district, close to accommodation available for rent and a plethora of food vendors and restaurants to satisfy all tastes and budgets.
Will I receive a certificate for this training?
At the end of each course, you will need to complete a practical examination and receive a mark of 70% or higher. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate accredited by Thai Healing Alliance International (THAI) and the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC).
How long will I have access to the online resource?
You will have lifetime access to the online resources.
In what language do you teach?
Grant teaches all courses in English.
What if I want a refund?
You must pay for the course in advance to secure your place. You may receive a full refund up to two weeks before the start date, 75% up to 7 days in advance, and 50% up to the start date. There is no refund after the class has started.
