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Thai massage is as amazing as Thai cuisine or the beauty of Thai women. It is the result of the influence of Chinese medicine and Indian yoga. The balance of this massage is remarkable. It relaxes the energy lines, stretches and culminates in great yoga asanas (posture), which an untrained person cannot achieve on his own. Despite the intensity and work with deep structures, traditional massage is not exhausting for the masseur or the person being massaged. If you see a good Thai masseur at work, you may feel that Thai traditional massage it is actually meditation. Thai massage there is nothing erotic. This is a therapeutic massage. For Thai oil massage it is combined with the traditional one and is more relaxing and offers several application variants, e.g. as hot stone massage, herbal Thai massage, etc.
Energy tracks
The idea of energy pathways running through the whole body is the basis of Thai medical teaching. Thai massage knows the top ten. Using a network of energy lines ( Prana Nadi), the human being is powered by life force. Western science is still in doubt about the existence of these pathways. It can be verified practically when healing is achieved or at least from an existing disease. Disorders in the flow of energy reduce the level of Prana in the body and lead to the development of disease. Work on energy pathways together with massage of pressure points removes blockages, promotes the free flow of Prana and restores the return of health and well-being . We find more or less the same theory in Chinese acupuncture and Japanese Shiatsu, which developed in dependence on China, where energy pathways are called meridians.
Manual medicine, physiotherapy or chiropractic in Western medicine are much closer to Thai massage, but even here we do not work with energy pathways and points; The theory of these disciplines is based on knowledge of anatomy. Only reflexology approaches Thai with its approach to energy points.
Ancient representation of the body. You can see such and other similar pictures in the famous Wat Pho temple in Bangkok.
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Traditional Thai massage is performed on the floor or massage bed with a harder mattress in loose and comfortable clothing or on the bare body with the help of towels. Similar to Chinese massages (tuina or anmo) and other acupressure massages such as. Shiatsu. Other other Thai massages are performed in combination with traditional undressed body and possibly. with massage oil. We can call them Thai massages only if they are the way they are taught in Thai schools today and thus retain the teachings of traditional Thai massage.
Thais have a "patent" for this art, in the form that only Thai can obtain official certification. Other certificates in Thailand are issued to foreigners in fast courses by schools completely unofficially and cannot be considered a real confirmation of the transfer of knowledge and experience, something we could compare with a copy. See Philippine masseuses.
traditional Thai massage
Other differences between classic European and Thai massage
Thanks to the techniques and performance of Thai massage, it can also be performed by a woman of smaller stature and without such much effort. Sports or so-called classical massage is very physically demanding for a masseur. It focuses only on working with muscles and soft tissue. A female masseuse of a classic massage often does not have to handle the massage as well as a male or Thai masseuse. That's why they are ours Thai masseurs often surprised by their strength.
History of Thai massage
The oldest roots of Thai massage lie in India. Thai massage came to Thailand along with Buddhism. The legendary founder of this art was a North Indian physician, known as Jivaka Kumar Bhakka, a Buddha's, and the personal physician of King Magadha Mimbisara 2,500 years ago. Not so long ago, Thai massage was provided only to Buddhist temples. Modern times and tourism in Thailand caused the spread to other places, and then came the massage oil and the combination of traditional Thai massage with techniques used with oil massage.
Jivaka Kumar Bhakka
In Thailand, this founder is called Dr. Jivaka and is also considered the discoverer of the healing power of plants and minerals. The three components of Ayurvedic medicine are the steam bath, plant treatment and massage. We offer a combination of these components, e.g. as herbal massage.
Thailand has a great history of developments in that view on the map, against against Thailand that we know now. Thailand has been forming for a very long time. It is a mixture of nations from all possible "kingdoms", from which Thailand then emerged. Due to the smaller distribution, Thai massage developed in two places. To the north in the place of today's Chiang Mai formerly the kingdom of Lan Na and the southern style of Bangkok. Today we say from Bangkok, but formerly the capital was Ayutthaya, after which the kingdom was named from 1350 to 1767. The changes in borders and the appearance of the kingdom were more variable almost every century.
This was more of a approximation. We will describe more later about the styles from which the schools of these styles and techniques came out.
Today, among other things, we know Wat Pho in Bangkok as the center of Thai massage and traditional medicine as the first public university since 1955. Where some teachers of their students, Thai masseurs, learned, if they also did not learn themselves directly in Wat Pho or Chiang Mai.
Massage therapists
Anyone who visits a good Thai masseur may have the impression that he or she has not just visited a masseur, but may feel as if he or she has visited a physiotherapist who does not solve the problem with massage alone. He or she can combine both styles of massages according to the proportions of the body and the problems they need to correct.
Otherwise, the massage itself does not always offer a solution to the problem. Therefore, a good Thai masseur also corrects by stretching and moving the body, he deals with acupressure points and others that have already been said. So he can also combine techniques.
Good Thai masseurs have an advantage in different view of the body. In addition, if they have the right guidance from a good teacher and full knowledge, they are skilled, so these combinations provide the best prerequisites for practicing. This makes it different from others.
