Sati School of Thai Yoga Massage
At Sati, we share the philosophy that the beauty and effectiveness of healing touch lie within the detail of technique and the mindfulness and exploration of oneself.
As you develop technical proficiency, you’ll discover that each movement, each touch, becomes a gateway into deeper awareness and presence. Our students consistently share how this path transforms not only their professional practice but their entire approach to life, human connection and healing.
We are all at different stages in our learning and we strive to meet each individual students needs in this most incredible of journeys. We keep our class sizes small to achieve this.
The foundation of our teaching is exploring how we find our integrity whilst supporting another.
This involves:
- Innate awareness of posture.
- How to transfer bodyweight, reducing effort and tension.
- Moving from the Hara (centre) with the breath.
- Learning how to develop confidence in our intuition.
- Being gentle with ourselves and then sharing that with another.
We offer courses at all levels of practice. Whether you are beginning your path in healing arts or seeking to deepen your existing practice, our comprehensive training provides the space, guidance and community to support your growth.
We would love for you to join us in exploring this remarkable healing tradition, where each lesson becomes a step forward to both professional mastery and personal awakening.
Dave Hoyle
My greatest passion has become sharing this most incredible of journeys. Learning how to share the joy of touch, supporting each other and discovering what it is to be human within embodied connection.
Practicing Thai Yoga Massage is not only an incredible modality that brings the profoundest of deep healing. It also reveals such an accessible portal to our own embodiment and awakening. Connecting ever deeper with ourselves, realising and becoming present with our own alignment and then integrating into all aspects of our being. This is the gift that this unique healing dance continues to bestow upon both giver and receiver.
Dave’s journey with Thai Massage began 24 years ago, drawn by the natural connection between Tai Chi, Taoist internal arts and Yoga.
His teaching draws from his extensive background in movement arts and healing traditions, deepened by years of diverse study and practice. His five-year immersion in Waldorf Movement Studies and ten years experience as a Steiner School movement and gymnastics teacher have also given him valuable insight into body mechanics, spatial dynamics and human development.
As a qualified yoga teacher with a focus on restorative practices, a certified Qigong instructor and ongoing osteopathic studies, Dave integrates Eastern and Western healing philosophies to create a supportive and comprehensive learning environment.
His movement practice draws primarily from Tai Chi and Qigong structural and energetic principles, which greatly informs his approach to bodywork and teaching.
Lauren Grove
Lauren assists Dave in the Mudita Practitioner Training and Dave’s advanced trainings at Sati. Lauren began her journey into Thai Yoga Massage 7 years ago, studying extensively with Dave and Ralf Marzen, founder of Mudita School of TYM. She now has her own thriving TYM practice in Ashtead, Surrey.
Lauren is also an acclaimed yoga teacher in her own right and has been teaching Vinyasa Flow and Anusara Yoga since 2010. Running her own yoga retreats, intensive workshops and regular classes she has a gift of understanding how to read a students needs and adjustments.
Her passion for Thai Yoga Massage, dedication to service and teaching make her an invaluable part of the team with students continually expressing their gratitude and appreciation of her presence.
The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment
Thich Nhat Hanh
Justyna Kotlega
TYM Practitioner
The course taught me how to be more aware of the present moment, of myself, my breath and of my touch and how I impact other people in my life. That allowed me in turn to become more aware of other people and process what was happening a lot quicker. If you want to develop greater intuition as well as inner wisdom of your body and connect with that then this is your course.
Luke Philips
TYM Practitioner
The skills I’ve gained have been far greater than anything I’ve learned on previous Teacher or Training courses and I highly recommend this to you if you’re interested either personally or professionally in Thai Yoga Massage then this is the course for you, this nis the teacher for you.I cannot highly recommend it enough. Its a fun journey.
Ani Karamyan
TYM Practitioner
It was such a transformative experience for me because the way I learned how to touch another human being translates into how I touch the world, so if I had to do this, I would do it all over again over and over. I do recommend everyone that has an interest to pursue this journey.
Wendy Snongjati
Yoga Teacher
David’s Thai Yoga Massage is probably the most authentic I have experienced in my life. That is quite amazing considering that I am Thai and grew up in Thailand!
Sharon Price
Yoga Teacher
Once in a while you come across some very special therapists and Dave is one of them. He is so in-tune with you, he listens to your body and how it responds to the massage and so the massage is always developing with your experience in each moment.
Kate Evans
Sports Massage Therapist
I tend to suffer from upper body tightness as well as painful legs and feet from working all day. Afterwards I felt completely fluid, my legs and shoulders felt as light as air and my shoulders are now pain free.