Sadly Asokananda died on Friday, 24 June 2005.Deeply respected for his spiritual life, studies and teachings, we know his light will forever stay with us. Through each massage we give, every student we teach, we will always be thankful for what he simply allowed us to discover and share.

After being in Thailand and learning Thai Massage, I moved to Chicago where I was teaching Shiatsu at a Acupuncture School and a Massage school as well as working at an AID's clinic. I was talking about Thai Massage to one of my fellow workers and they mentioned that they had heard of two women that taught it. Upon finding their phone number for them, I called them that night and began studying with them the very next day. I continued to study with them for the next three years and after those three years I began to teach Thai Massage at the Acupuncture School and at a Massage School in Chicago and Racine. Their School was called Open Secrets, and sadly they no longer teach. Though their enthusiasm and wonderful way of teaching will stay with me for the rest of my life. Eventually was time for me to leave the United States and I found myself in Montreal. I began to study at the Lotus Palm school. With great joy and gratitude I eventually became a teacher for Lotus Palm. I would travel with my teaching for Lotus Palm and every time I would come to the West Coast to teach Thai Yoga Massage for them it became harder and harder for me to go back to Montreal. So after 4 1/2 years I left Montreal and moved to Victoria.

Since being here on the West Coast I have studied with Kristin Nuttalland Tom Holt. I also have studied with Saul David Raye and his senior teachers Phoebe Diftler and Bill Hufschmidt
Next year I plan to study with Pierce Salguero in D.C. Cause you can never know or learn enough Thai Massage.