Shen Mantra

26/08/2025

If you’re working from home, it’s easy to spend long hours at your desk. Remember to take regular breaks and stretch—your spine will thank you!

You might also consider booking a TYM session, or gua sha or with your favorite yoga teacher to help release tension in your back muscles.

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25/08/2025

“Movement as medicine” is a philosophy that recognizes physical activity as a powerful tool for maintaining and improving overall health and well-being.

Regular movement—whether through structured exercise, passive yoga / stretching like Thai massage, mindful practices like yoga or tai chi, or simply staying active in daily life—can:

- Boost circulation and energy
- Support mental clarity and emotional balance
- Reduce stress and anxiety
- Enhance flexibility, strength, and posture
- Promote healthy skin by increasing blood flow and supporting detoxification

At Shen Mantra, this approach aligns with our holistic values, as we encourage treatments and disciplines that nurture both body and mind. Integrating movement into your daily routine, even in gentle forms, can be a vital part of overall wellness.

Unlock the secrets of stretching and enhance your skills with our Thai Yoga massage course.

NEXT COURSE: CAPE TOWN
DATES: September
LINK IN BIO

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09/07/2025

T H A I Y O G A M A S S A G E
C O U R S E

It starts with gentle breathing and squire meditation to reconnect mind and body, and ends with a back-bend. it’s the magic of Thai Yoga Massage!

Thai massage is often called ‘Thai Yoga Massage’ because it blends an ancient healing system with acupressure, assisted passive yoga postures, compressions, meridian work, manipulations …..

The body is compressed, pulled, stretched and rocked in order to clear blockages and relieve tension. The practitioner uses thumbs, palms, forearms, elbows, knees and feet to open joints, stretch muscles and tendons, tone internal organs and balance energy.

At Shen Mantra we mindfully fuse western knowledge with traditional eastern therapies and philosophies.

CAPE TOWN: SEPTEMBER DATES OUR OUT!
Contact us to book your spot!

LONDON + JOHANNESBURG: training will take place once a year. Dates will be released soonest.

We’d love to welcome you on our course, so please, do get in touch!

TO BOOK / INQUIRIES: LINK IN BIO
🧘‍♀️Zen-desk@shenmantra.com

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Beautifully performed by Banyan Tree

05/07/2025

PRO GUA SHA FACE COURSE | ONLINE

The art of face gua sha, rooted in Chinese medicine.
Each part of the face in Chinese medicine corresponds directly to a part or area of body. Each face is a map of the past, present and future.

Based on TCM protocols, our course incorporates elements of Chinese medicine face mapping, traditional gua sha techniques on the face, neck, shoulders and décolleté, acupressure points and meridians crossing the face, as well as facial fascia releasing techniques, lifting and sculpting techniques with our professionally designed gua sha board.

Interested in learning the art of Face Gua Sha?

• ONLINE: Ongoing. Start at any time from the comfort of your home.

We are internationally accredited.
Training is open to independent professionals wishing to further their skills.

LINK IN BIO | CONTACT US via email for more information: zen-desk@shenmantra.com

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Image Courtesy of Pinterest / Editing by us.

29/06/2025

Your body never lies ……

Beautiful reminder by
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01/05/2025

Gua Sha therapy is rooted in traditional Chinese medicine and focuses on balancing the individual’s Qi in order to promote wellness from within.

Interested in learning the art of Face Gua Sha with a TCM practitioner?

PRO GUA SHA FACE COURSE | ONLINE

Based on TCM protocols, our course incorporates elements of Chinese medicine face mapping, traditional gua sha techniques on the face, neck, shoulders and décolleté, acupressure points and meridians crossing the face, as well as facial fascia releasing techniques, lifting and sculpting techniques with our professionally designed gua sha board.

“ Gua Sha is so much more than lymphatic drainage, effleurage movements, sweeping techniques and colourful pretty stones. The art of Gua Sha requires the ability to raise a rash, the ability to read a face prior, during and post a treatment. As always, there is so much more to gua sha than sliding a pretty stone across the face ....”

• ONLINE: Ongoing. Start at any time from the comfort of your home.

We are internationally accredited.
Training is open to independent professionals.

TRAINING LINK IN BIO | With

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13/04/2025

A gentle reminder 🧘‍♀️

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06/03/2025

PRO GUA SHA FACE COURSE | ONLINE

The art of face gua sha, rooted in Chinese medicine.
Each part of the face in Chinese medicine corresponds directly to a part or area of body. Each face is a map of the past, present and future.

Based on TCM protocols, our course incorporates elements of Chinese medicine face mapping, traditional gua sha techniques on the face, neck, shoulders and décolleté, acupressure points and meridians crossing the face, as well as facial fascia releasing techniques, lifting and sculpting techniques with our professionally designed gua sha board.

Interested in learning the art of Face Gua Sha?

• ONLINE: Ongoing. Start at any time from the comfort of your home.

We are internationally accredited.
Training is open to independent professionals wishing to further their skills.

LINK IN BIO | CONTACT US via email for more information: zen-desk@shenmantra.com

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07/01/2025

Cape Town! Want to learn the art of Thai Yoga Massage?

Next Course (Level 1 + 2) is scheduled in Cape Town with Aidan Walsh from 17th to 28th of February.

https://www.shenmantra.com/courses/thai-yoga-massage/tym-cape-town/

24/11/2024

PRO GUA SHA FACE COURSE | ONLINE

The art of face gua sha, rooted in Chinese medicine.

Based on TCM protocols, our course incorporates elements of Chinese medicine face mapping, traditional gua sha techniques on the face, neck, shoulders and décolleté, acupressure points and meridians crossing the face, as well as facial fascia releasing techniques, lifting and sculpting techniques with our professionally designed gua sha board.

:: Gua Sha is so much more than lymphatic drainage, effleurage movements, sweeping techniques and colourful pretty stones. The art of Gua Sha requires the ability to raise a rash, the ability to read a face prior, during and post a treatment. As always, there is so much more to gua sha than sliding a pretty stone across the face .... ::

Interested in learning the art of Face Gua Sha with a TCM practitioner?

• ONLINE: Ongoing. Start at any time from the comfort of your home.

We are internationally accredited.
Training is open to independent professionals.

TRAINING LINK IN BIO | With

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13/10/2024

THAI YOGA MASSAGE COURSE: CAPE TOWN

Our courses are an opportunity to open the door and enter the journey of training in eastern therapies, to take your skills to the next level, to grow and to transform how you relate to the world. Whether you want to deepen your massage or yoga practices or become a professional therapist, our training will take you on a journey of self-discovery, supported by an expert and caring community of teachers, mentors and fellow practitioners.

Immerse yourself in eastern therapies study, find your path, make friends for life and let us take you on a journey deep inside into eastern wellbeing.

▪️NEXT TRAINING: NOVEMBER

LEVEL 1: 20th to 24th NOVEMBER
LEVEL 2: 27th November to 1st of December

▪️▪️LINK IN BIO: Get in touch for further information or email us 👉🏻 zen-desk@shenmantra.com

TRAINER: Aidan Walsh, Senior Shen Mantra Trainer + Yoga Teacher

Our courses are all internationally accredited.

Namaste

Zen-Desk@shenmantra.com
www.shenmantra.com

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26/08/2024

PRO GUA SHA FACIAL COURSE: IN PERSON

LOCATION: London
DATE: 8th of September
TRAINER: Achara Chavanakunakor, Senior Trainer

Based on Chinese Medicine protocols, our training protocol incorporates elements of TCM face mapping, gua sha techniques on the face, neck and shoulders, Chinese medicine acupressure points and meridians crossing the face, as well as facial fascia releasing techniques, lifting and sculpting techniqu...