Alongside daily yoga, the days here make room for other kinds of work on the body: individual movement work, exercise in the pool, simple strength programming, and traditional Thai massage. The first three are part of the retreat programme. Massage is arranged for you with trusted independent local practitioners.
Individual attention to how you actually move. Myofascial release, a look at habitual patterns of effort, and corrective exercises chosen for the person in front of us — so that practice can continue without strain.
This is educational movement work, not a medical assessment, diagnosis, or treatment plan. If something needs clinical attention, we will say so.
Low-impact work in the lap pool, where the resistance comes from the water rather than from weights. Easy on the joints, and a good way to keep moving on a rest day or through the heat of the afternoon.
Sessions are programmed for the group and scaled to each person. They are offered as exercise, not as hydrotherapy in a clinical sense.
Bands, bodyweight, and straightforward functional strength work — programmed for practitioners who want their yoga to stay sustainable as they get older. Sessions are scaled to the individual rather than to a class average.
Group sessions form part of the retreat programme. One-to-one personal training is not included in retreat prices and is arranged separately on request.
Traditional Thai massage can be arranged with trusted independent local practitioners. Availability, location, duration, and payment are confirmed when requested.
Massage is not performed by Chann Jiva staff and is not part of the retreat price. Tell us what you would prefer — a short trip to a massage house nearby, or a practitioner coming to the farm — and we will make the arrangement for you.
Thailand is the land of massage. Traditional Thai massage works along Sen — the energy lines that traditional Thai medicine maps across the body — using sustained pressure, passive stretching, and slow rhythmic compression rather than oil and gliding strokes.
We do not perform the massages ourselves. We arrange them with trusted independent local practitioners — either a short trip to a massage house nearby, or a practitioner who comes to the farm and works in your room or a quiet space on the property. Availability, location, duration, and payment are confirmed when you ask.
