About the Teacher



Jon "Matthew" Mandeville has studied at the Wat Pho Thai Traditional Medical School in Bangkok, Thailand and the Old Medicine Hospital School (Foundation of Dr. Shivagakomarpaj) in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

He has also studied with several senior teachers from Asokananda’s Sunshine Network and has served as a teacher assistant in the Lahu hilltribe village in Northern Thailand.

In addition, Matthew has studied with Khun Taragorn Nut - a blind teacher and practitioner trained by the Thailand Caulfield Foundation for the Blind - and, lastly, with
Master Pichest Boonthumme at his residence in Hang Dong, Thailand.

Before studying this branch of traditional Thai medicine, Matthew's background was in curriculum development and instruction - primarily on the higher education level - having received his Master of Arts degree from the Florida State University and his
Master of Education degree from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University.

From 2007 until 2010, he taught Thai massage courses and developed a 200-hour Thai Therapy Practitioner Certification Program while serving as a faculty member at the Natural Health Institute in Nashville, Tennessee until the school was sold - after which time he began teaching independently.

From 2007 until 2020, Matthew maintained a certification as an Approved Continuing Education Provider granted to him by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) - after which time he began focusing exclusively on providing private, apprenticeship-based instruction.

In 2012 & 2013, Matthew began donating traditional Thai therapy instruction to the visually-impaired massage students enrolled
at the Six Dots Foundation for the Blind in Istanbul, Turkey.

In 2016 & 2017, he visited the Abel Santamaria School for the Blind in Havana, Cuba and the Norwegian Blind Association
in Oslo, Norway to explore further teaching and program development opportunities for the benefit of the visually-impaired.

In 2018, Matthew travelled to Greece to meet with the Deputy Secretary General of the Panhellenic Association for the Blind -
as well as members of the Centre for Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind in Athens and in Thessaloniki - with the aim
of donating Thai Therapy Practitioner training scholarships to deserving blind students in Greece.

When he is not donating teachings to the blind, Matthew is devoted to training private Thai Therapy Practitioner
students using the time-honored apprenticeship model of instruction.