KAIABOUT KAI
Learning more, to understand with greater clarity
Kai created ManaTouch in Nangang, Taipei. Beginning with Hawaiian Lomi Lomi, he continues to study Thai bodywork, structural approaches, integrative massage, energy work, and other ways of meeting the body.
PRACTICE
Training is not used to make a session complicated
Different methods offer more ways to notice, understand, and choose. The point is not to display every technique in one session, but to meet each person with clearer judgment, restraint, and care.
The whole person is treated,
not just the symptom.
LINEAGE & TEACHERS
Primary training lineages
Each learning path gives Kai another way to understand the body and make thoughtful choices about touch. These are the primary lineages that shape his practice today.
- 01
Hawaiian Lomi LomiStudied directly with respected Hawaiian teacher Wayne Kealohi Powell and completed his training and certification.
- 02
Thai long-cloth massageStudied in person with world massage champion Yuria on multiple occasions, including conversations about applications for women and during pregnancy.
- 03
Chakra Energy BalancingStudied directly with Russian master Pavel Gutnikov.
- 04
Advanced Thai stretching and massageStudied advanced mat stretching, high-table stretching, and elbow-and-knee Thai massage directly with senior Thai instructor Dew.
- 05
Integrative deep-tissue massageStudied integrative deep-tissue massage directly with Wassa Lakkham.
CONTINUING STUDIES
Related learning experience
- 01
Soft-tissue tension release—lower body
- 02
Bone and joint applications—lower body
- 03
Functional Methods in Structural Integration｜Russell & Nobuko
- 04
Kundalini Reiki
- 05
Female reproductive system massage lineage from Traditional Thai Style
- 06
Esalen-inspired integrative massage
- 07
Head, eye, and facial combing and meridian techniques
A RECORD OF LEARNING
Learning continues through practice, questions, and adjustment
This photograph records one part of Kai’s Thai long-cloth massage training with Yuria and Take. It is not a summary of every path he has studied, but a glimpse of how learning is gradually brought into his way of meeting the body.
CONNECTION