Paul Fowler

Thai Healing Studies and Buddha Dhamma

Paul has been studying, practicing, and teaching Thai massage for over twenty-five years. He founded Blue Lotus Thai Massage School nearly two decades ago and has trained thousands of Thai massage therapists in Chicago and around the world. He’s widely known as both a powerful practitioner and a passionate advocate of the Thai healing arts.


Thai physical therapies include far more than stretching and compression (though even that alone can feel amazing when done well). They also include the use of balms, liniments, oils, cupping, scraping, steamed compresses, dry compresses, point therapy, abdominal massage, Tok Sen (tapping meridian lines with a wooden hammer and pestle), and much more.


Paul has studied and practiced all of these modalities and incorporates them as needed for each client’s unique situation. In Thailand, such practitioners are often called “massage doctors”—and that’s exactly how Paul works. He doesn’t charge extra for specialized services like hot compresses; instead, he carefully assesses your condition and chooses the techniques that best restore balance and well-being.