I founded Thai Origin Massage in 2014 after becoming officially licensed with the RMPQ in Canada and licensed in Thailand. My mission was to bring an authentic, highly therapeutic approach to the National Capital Region. Whether you are a local resident here in Gatineau or visiting the National Gallery of Canada (just a 9-minute drive away), I am here to offer a private sanctuary for true physical recovery.


The name Thai Origin Massage is my commitment to my roots and their ancient wisdom that I honour with high regards. I do not treat Thai massage as a generic spa trend, a luxury pampering session, or a superficial marketing gimmick. My work honors the true clinical and spiritual essence of traditional Thai medicine—tracing the Sen Prathan Sib (the ten main energy pathways) to balance the five physical elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. For me, it is a deep spiritual practice that manifests itself directly in physical form.

No Gimmicks. No Forced Interactions.

Human beings are complex creatures. We all choose to spend our hard-earned time, money, and energy exactly where we find fit—just as we all prefer different flavors, paces, and lifestyles. Some prefer a five-star restaurant, while others just want a quick meal to sustain their daily hustle. I hold zero judgment for your choices.


Because of this realism, you will find no forced interactions, scripted small talk, or artificial politeness here. I choose to run my practice and my life with complete honesty, transparency, and raw realism.

Redefining Authenticity

​A lot of people think they fully understand traditional Thai massage simply because they have traveled and received yoga-like stretching on a floor mat with their clothes on. From that limited firsthand experience, they believe Thai massage is strictly bound to “that” specific setting, and they quickly assume anything else is unauthentic.


But a floor mat is just a historical, cultural setting—it is not a clinical principle. Authentic Thai medicine can be practiced on a platform, a raised bed, or a professional massage table, with or without complex oils and therapeutic medicinal balms.​


The physical setup does not dictate the healing. What matters is that the therapist actually knows exactly what they are doing, why they are doing it, and how it anatomically impacts your underlying structural systems. I adapt my physical format to suit the North American climate and healthcare regulations, but my focus remains strictly and reverently locked onto the traditional principles of Thai medical massage, not the gimmick settings.​

As a therapeutic bodyworker with an academic background in Psychology, combined with 55 years of rich, vulnerable life experience—including nearly two decades of raising my children independently as a single caregiver in a foreign country, investing heavily in my own personal growth—I bring an entirely unique perspective to my table.


​My purpose is to offer far more than just the manual, physical skills required to soothe chronic postural pain. I aim to share the deep, contrasting philosophies of the East and the West, offering direct insights that can inspire, uplift, or act as a gentle wake-up call for absolute self-awareness.


From a psychological standpoint, I believe that genuine trust and healthy relationships begin completely within oneself. Our character, happiness, and peace of mind are profoundly shaped by our immediate environments—especially our core family dynamics and the five people we interact with most. These intimate relationships have a tremendous ripple effect on our self-esteem, self-love, and self-actualization, moving steadily outward into our workplaces, our local community, and society at large.

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At our core, human beings are social creatures striving to understand our unique purpose. We all yearn to be active creators of our own lives rather than passive followers. We want to deeply understand relationship dynamics so we can protect our boundaries, avoid emotional fatigue, and safely step away from abusive, toxic, or exhausting environments to find profound happiness.


Yet, we cannot deny the ultimate reality: birth is a blessing, but living on Earth involves inherent suffering. That is exactly why so many individuals seek a deeper, truer meaning to life.


I share my story, my insights, and my clinical practice out of a place of deep respect, lived wisdom, and care. My intention is to help you understand your own internal dynamics so you can radically improve your holistic well-being: physically, mentally, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Before building my life and registered practice in Canada, I earned my B.Sc. in Psychology from Kasetsart University in Bangkok. This degree is fully accredited and officially evaluated by the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration in Quebec (MIFI/MICC). There is zero ambiguity here. Every credential, qualification, and story shared on this platform is a matter of verified public record—fully certified and documented by both the Canadian and Thai governments.

For me, building this sustainable, independent practice has never been about empty words or spinning a beautiful story. It has been about raw actions, relentless discipline, and holding the real, verified proof in my hands. I choose to anchor my family’s future in genuine peace, deeply grounded, and realistic care. As the classic motto states: I prefer to walk the walk, keep moving forward, and leave zero room for absolute nothingness.

Upon graduating from high school, I passed the highly competitive national entrance exams and was accepted into a full-time, four-year nursing program at the Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing, Navamindradhiraj University. I also secured a second-place ranking at the prestigious Srisavarindhira Thai Red Cross Institute of Nursing (STIN) for their Bachelor of Nursing Science Program. I also passed entrance exam and get accepted by Srinakharinwirot University, Bangsaen Campus, in the Facalty of Social Sciences.

To my parents’ deep disappointment, I decided not to attend nursing program and took the psychology route instead. I had taken those grueling four years nursing entrance exams and Srinakharinwirot University exams, simply to prove to my parents—and to myself—that I could achieve absolutely anything I set my mind to. But I knew deep down that I did not want to spend my finite time on Earth working inside a sterile hospital environment.

My refusal to enter nursing school was heavily shaped by my upbringing. I grew up surrounded by an intense medical family: neurosurgeons, pediatricians, oncologists, veterinarians, dentists, and medical doctor. I watched my sister and cousins sacrifice their time, their energy, and their fundamental personal freedom just to uphold these heavy social titles. I saw them grow profoundly exhausted, leaving little to no room to enjoy their own lives or care for their own holistic well-being just to meet society’s rigid standards.


While I deeply respect their sacrifice, I consciously chose not to walk that same path. I wanted to see people laugh more, let loose, and truly live. That is why I pivoted toward the psychological and spiritual dimensions of human existence, rather than just the physical mechanics of disease.


My intense curiosity about the human psyche started very early. I vividly remember being only five or six years old at my grandfather’s funeral, looking at the weeping crowd and wondering why people cried so heavily over a natural cause-and-effect reality, knowing we all have our own finite timeline on Earth. Of course, that was the perspective of an innocent child who had not yet experienced the shattering weight of love and real human loss.


As I grew, my questions only deepened. I wanted to look behind the societal veil and understand what truly makes people who they are. Is it their upbringing, their genetics, the DNA imprinting passed between one another, childhood trauma, wealth, poverty, social norms, group influence, or the ego? Or is it something even deeper, carried over from a past life? My passion lies in understanding the human psyche—peeling back the layers to see exactly who we are at our core.

My choices have not always been easy, and they have come with a heavy emotional cost. Moving to Canada meant stepping completely outside my comfort zone to raise my two children entirely on my own, far away from the warmth and support of my family in Thailand. I still vividly remember the tears at the airport the day I left, and for a long time, I questioned if the promise of a better future for my children was truly worth the painful distance it created.


After nineteen years of navigating life completely on my own terms in Canada, I have come to understand the profound truth behind the Buddha’s teachings on attachment—where there is love, there is suffering.


Suffering and challenges are universal. They cross all boundaries of age, gender, race, status, and social titles. In this earthly existence, everything carries a price tag; every human dynamic comes with terms and conditions. I learned through intense firsthand experience that the modern concept of unconditional love, expectation-free can often be a form of psychological gaslighting and guilt trips. In reality, everything requires energy, time, good or bad intention, attention, focus, and biochemistry.

Through these raw experiences, I built a mental resilience. I learned to let go of everything I feared to lose, allowing Spirit to guide and carry me. I have learned to take 100% full ownership of my own decision-making—without complaints, guilt, or blame games. I learned the art of patience, discovering how to sit quietly in stillness and watch things unfold in their own time according to the natural law of Cause and Effect.


I have learned that when one door closes, another door always opens. Therefore, there is no point in clinging or holding on to people, things, or places. Change is never easy; we fight to hold on, and then we fight to let go.


I have learned that energy never lies and it never disappears; it can only transforms.

I have learned that there is no menu in Karma—we will always be served exactly what we deserve, whether it takes days, weeks, months or many times in an instant. For me, observing this natural law of cause and effect has become a beautiful, fascinating reality. To put it simply: I have absolutely no fear of my own actions and the intentions behind them, because I have had one too many firsthand experiences witnessing how quick karma plays out since I was very young.


I have learned to appreciate my dark nights of the soul, to stand tall despite my scars, and to understand that there is no true growth without pain. I learned that one of the hardest lessons in life is mastering the art of letting go—whether it is guilt, anger, love, loss, or betrayal. We fight to hold on, then we fight to let go.



I have learned that attachment leads directly to jealousy, which is merely the shadow side of greed.


Ultimately, I have learned that love is never defined by what we say, but by what we actively do to protect, honor, and nurture ourselves and others.

I initially trained in massage therapy in Canada to address my own chronic physical pain. However, once I received my official license from the RMPQ to practice in Quebec, I knew my learning had only just begun. Learning within school protocol is merely a starting point—it is neither a final destination nor proof that one is truly skillful and great at what they do.


After becoming officially licensed, I chose to fly back to my homeland of Thailand to study advanced Thai medical massage in my native language, straight from the source at the world-renowned Wat Po Thai Traditional Medical and Massage School in Bangkok.


I knew that true traditional Thai massage is far more than just stretching on the floor with your clothes on. Those popular techniques represent just one small piece of a massive, ancient Thai medicines.


Authentic Thai medical massage possesses deep, complex layers that modern health sciences often struggle to find the vocabulary to explain. Its core principles are preserved in ancient Thai words that few Westerners—or even modern Thais—fully understand. It is, at its heart, a spiritual practice that manifests itself directly in the physical realm.


As the ancient saying goes: As above, so below. As within, so without.


Because of this intense linguistic and cultural barrier, the true essence of traditional Thai massage remains heavily guarded. It is kept exclusively for those who possess the patience and passion to study the Sen Prathan Sib (เส้นประธานสิบ)—the ten main energy pathways. These pathways are deeply rooted in the five elements of the bodily system: earth, water, air, fire, and space. These elements are the very source of all creation and distinction in the Universe.

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While many people around the globe claim to know exactly what traditional Thai massage is or isn’t, I approach the practice with absolute humility. The depth of this ancient knowledge is vast, and learning it is a lifelong journey.


However, I know enough to seamlessly merge the structural principles of modern health science with these ancient, time-tested practices. I understand the strengths and limitations of both worlds—the East and the West—and I weave them together based on our fundamental survival needs and the human psyche. Ultimately, my practice aims to go far beyond the standard narrative—beyond what simply meets the eye or what the rational mind can easily comprehend.


Over the past decade, I have provided clinical treatments to a vast array of body types and age groups, ranging from young children to seniors seventy-eight years old, as well as mothers carrying life in their wombs. Through this extensive real-world experience, my work has naturally evolved into a highly intuitive, multidisciplinary approach. I tailor each treatment to your specific muscular needs at the exact moment we meet on the table. My structural toolkit includes everything from advanced Thai medical massage and deep relaxation to pregnancy care, lymphatic drainage, facial massage, foot reflexology, and targeted abdominal work.


While I care for the body from head to toe—including specialized reproductive health—most clients seek me out for my strong hands and my total specialization in chronic pain management. This is where my training in advanced Thai medical massage techniques, or the Nuad Sen I mastered in Thailand, comes into play to unlock your body’s long-term physical recovery.

While many people around the globe claim to know exactly what traditional Thai massage is or isn’t, I approach the practice with absolute humility. The depth of this ancient knowledge is vast, and learning it is a lifelong journey.


However, I know enough to seamlessly merge the structural principles of modern health science with these ancient, time-tested practices. I understand the strengths and limitations of both worlds—the East and the West—and I weave them together based on our fundamental survival needs and the human psyche. Ultimately, my practice aims to go far beyond the standard narrative—beyond what simply meets the eye or what the rational mind can easily comprehend.


Since I started a healer journey in 2013, I have provided treatments to a vast array of body types and age groups, ranging from very young children to seniors seventy-eight years old, as well as mothers carrying life in their wombs. Through this extensive real-world experience, my work has naturally evolved into a highly intuitive, multidisciplinary approach.


I tailor each treatment to your specific muscular needs at the exact moment you are on the table. My structural toolkit includes everything from advanced Thai medical massage and deep relaxation to pregnancy care, lymphatic drainage, facial massage, foot reflexology, belly massage and targeted bodywork.


While I care for the body from head to toe—including reproductive health—most clients seek me out for my strong hands to heal their chronic pain. This is where my training in advanced Thai medical massage techniques, or the Nuad Sen Boran I learned in Thailand, comes into play to unlock your body’s long-term physical recovery, restore collagen coil(s) and the power bank—mitochondria.

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As I have always believed, self-love got nothing to do with external appearances and socail validation; the invisible architecture of mental and psychological health is what matters most.


While a healthy body is essential, our thoughts and immediate environments directly alter our biology. Unresolved negative patterns and toxic surroundings spike cortisol levels, eventually manifesting as physical sickness. I knew I had to be fiercely selective of my immediate environment to protect my peace for the sake of my family’s well-being.


After a few years of intense, grueling manual labor, the physical demands of the cleaning job began to take a heavy toll on my body. Remembering how deeply effective traditional Thai massage was when I lived in Thailand, I searched for a local therapist in the region to help ease my chronic structural pain and exhaustion.


However, back in 2012, a clinical massage treatment cost $80 per hour. On a house cleaner’s wage of $20 per hour, it was an impossible luxury. That $80 represented an entire week’s worth of groceries for my family of three. Realizing I could not afford the care I desperately needed, my claircognizant vision kicked in. I looked into professional training instead.


I enrolled in a recognized massage therapy school in Gatineau which offered a legitimate Thai massage curriculum. My initial hope was entirely practical: I hoped my classmates could help heal my physical pain during our hands-on practice sessions, and I knew that earning a professional license would allow me to shift my income to a sustainable bracket when I completed the program in 2014.


I chose to invest my time and energy into something tangible, lucrative, and highly practical. It was incredibly difficult to work manual cleaning shifts to cover the bills, care for two toddlers completely alone, and memorize complex medical anatomy to secure my professional license. But I preferred going through those 18 months of intense personal pain to shift my family’s baseline into a better space, rather than sitting back and waiting for a rescue.


Complaining will never change your reality or get you anywhere. Your hands and your feet do. I learned this truth through the fire of my own journey—which is exactly why I choose to live free of a victim mentality, blame games, entitlement, artificial urgency, laziness, or shallow small talk. Let’s work and be realistic. As the classic motto says: ‘Just Do It.’


I knew I needed a significant financial shift if I wanted to raise decent, successful human beings. I could not see a sustainable future raising two boys on minimum wage, nor could I imagine surviving retirement on it. I had to make a decisive move before things fell apart. In the end, my own physical and emotional pain became my ultimate guide. It forced me to step up and become my own hero—a living example of the wounded healer.


Life has a beautiful way of guiding us exactly where we need to be. Moving to Canada eventually pushed me right back onto the healer’s path. Every single step, challenge, and realization has brought me to this exact point in my journey: to offer an exclusive space of genuine peace, unshakeable will, and deeply grounded care.

People often wonder why I have stood so firmly in this space, refusing to compromise my craft or bend to corporate expectations for all these years, never giving up despite the scars. The truth is simple: Thai Origin Massage has never been just a way to survive from day to day to me. It is a decade-long plan—an unshakeable safety cushion forged with my own two bare hands for my children’s future and the Thai heritage that is my root, which I honor and regard wholeheartedly, I do this knowing that this traditional Thai manual therapy can serve humanity for thousands of years to come, standing the test of time for generations.


I built this digital and physical fortress so that as my sons grow into the medical field—they do so by choice, not by force. In truth, I never wished for them to enter this field, having seen firsthand how draining this path can be for my own Thai blood. But my children want to be healers, and I have no control over their free will. I can only prepare the path and offer what I can bring to the table for them.


If they ever need a safety cushion to fall on, they will always have an independent, debt-free family healthcare asset to step into. In a world shifting through unpredictable global crisis and minimal economic stability, this practice is the solid ground they can stand on, and the cushion they can fall back on if they ever need it.


My mission is simple: to do whatever we must do to ensure our family thrives with absolute integrity, strength, and peace of mind while delivering unparalleled structural recovery care to our community. I do not look at short-term commercial trends. I think in decades or perhaps to the point I left the planet.


I am pouring my finite life force, my tears, and my self-mastery into this grid today so that long after I have left this realms, my bloodline remains protected, self-reliant, and free. This is my legacy. This is why my boundaries are firmed.


Over the next five years, we are actively transitioning our private space into a specialized, multi-disciplinary Family Healthcare Hub—anchored by professional medical training, advanced academic focus, and raw, honest clinical realism.


The next generation of our lineage is already executing their training under Canadian’s standards and regulations:

Albert Lortie
(Penny’s Eldest Son)
Advanced Somatic & Structural Care

Pol Lortie
(Penny’s Youngest Son)
Advanced Clinical & Medical Infrastructure

Pol, the youngest son is preparing to launch his direct pathway into clinical medicine next year, enrolling in a rigorous 3-year Nursing program alongside a professional massage therapy curriculum. Upon completion, he will execute an additional 4-year advanced academic track to become a fully licensed Nurse Practitioner (NP).  His dual-layered expertise will integrate premium bodywork with advanced primary medical care, cementing our family’s capacity to handle both intricate physical rehabilitation and medical assessment.


We have navigated everything necessary for Albert and Pol’s academic tracks on our own, completely without a safety net, to learn the exact value of our time, energy, boundaries, discipline, and clinical excellence. We are building a medical sanctuary where family unity, advanced education, and absolute human decency meet. If you value our raw truth, multi-generational lineage, and physical restoration, our family is here to do just that. If not, we can respectfully part ways with zero hard feelings and the free will we all have. A few things I know, though:

My practice is deeply guided by the objective, sometimes harsh laws of Mother Nature. After 50 years of living on this earth plane, I know for a fact that true living begins when I learn to let go of everything I fear to lose.


That I also know this one truth, when you love a flower, you do not pluck it just to claim selfish ownership. You water it faithfully to keep it alive until it naturally reaches its end, and then you have no choice but accept the universal truth to let it go.


However, before you allow your lifeforce energy to flow unconditionally, you must ensure you are planting a good seed into a healthy environment. It is highly unwise to waste your finite time and energy watering a dead seed in toxic soil, expecting it to somehow grow. If you desire a rose, you do not nurture weeds. You must decisively remove the surrounding weeds so they do not deplete your scarce resources and leave your beautiful rose seed to wither away.

Credit : Conservation International (CI)

Credit : Conservation International (CI)