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About Thai Yoga massage

Traditional Thai massage is a unique form of Bodywork that incorporates Yoga, acupressure and reflexology with origins dating back about 2500 years.
In Thailand, Thai massage is one of the branches of Thai traditional medicine, now recognized and regulated by the government, and is widely considered to be a medical discipline used for the treatment of a wide variety of ailments. On the other hand, Thai massage is also practiced and taught by a number of non-medical massage technicians in the spa and tourism industries. In North America and Europe, an increasing number of practitioners and teachers of Thai massage have emerged since the 1990s. In Europe and the United States, Thai massage is a growing modality among clients of massage clinics and massage therapists seeking continuing education. Thai massage therapists manipulate a handful of major “sen sib” lines by pressing certain points along the lines.

In most models, the main 10 “sen sib” originate at the navel and spread throughout the body to terminate at the orifices. A significant part of the practice of Thai massage also includes yoga-like stretches which are intended to stimulate the “sen sib” and move “prana” through the body via a pumping action which is connected with the patient’s breathing. The “pranic” energy networks permeate the body of any living being, and vibrate in response to physiological, psychological, and spiritual experiences. No one can name or diagram all of the body’s infinite energy circuits. However, 10 main sen are commonly taught and used in Thailand’s massage schools to treat the entire body.

The true practice of the art of healing in traditional “Nuad Boran” (Thai massage) is the compassionate intent of the healer. The Buddhist spiritual practices associated with Thai massage cultivate humility, awareness, and concentration in the healer designed to bring the practitioner to a deeper level of awareness of both, practitioner and the receiver. This compassionate state of being is termed “Metta”, which usually translates as “loving kindness”.
Loving-kindness has the mode of friendliness for its characteristic. Its natural function is to promote friendliness. It is manifested as the disappearance of ill-will. Its footing is seeing with kindness. When it succeeds it eliminates ill-will. When it fails it degenerates into selfish affectionate desire. May all beings be free from enmity, affliction and anxiety and live happily.

Benefits of Thai Massage

Some of the benefits are..

• Helps detoxification of the body and boost immune system
• Increases blood circulation, lowers blood pressure
• Good for muscle relaxation, increases flexibility in your muscles, increases mobility
• Improves breathing
• Improves posture, balance, corrects body alignments and dissolves energy blockages
• Helps to tone the body, strengthens joints and solves physical problems
• Slows the aging process
• Centers the mind and body
• Reduces and relieve stress and anxiety
• Helps people boost their inner energy levels
• Helps to achieve better health, increases health and vitality.