| Traditional Thai massage has been practised for | | | | similar system of pressure points to help heal and |
| over 2,500 years. It not only relaxes the body, | | | | relieve stress. The Prana, or life energy, is allows |
| but the mind as well. It actually began in India. The | | | | to freely circulate through the body. |
| Buddhist monks practised both massage and | | | | Traditional Thai massage has many benefits. |
| other healing arts. This spread to families and as | | | | Whether you are the receiver of the massage or |
| Buddhism spread to Asia, the traditional Thai | | | | the giver of the massage, you can feel joy, ease, |
| massage became a part of both the religious and | | | | and comfort. The massage will open up your |
| healing part of the religion. It is believed that | | | | chakras, allowing you to have a more peaceful |
| traditional Thai massage made it to Thailand | | | | mind as well as benefiting your health. |
| around the 3rd or 2nd century BC. Many times, | | | | The giver of the traditional Thai massage also will |
| monastery temples were built near medical | | | | receive generosity, compassion, equanimity, the |
| schools so the art of massage was taught among | | | | feeling of oneness, the feeling of loving kindness, |
| both monks and medical students. | | | | and the pride that can only be felt by a healer. |
| Traditional Thai massage focuses on the | | | | The receiver will feel the joy of receiving as well |
| experience of the whole body. It works on the | | | | as a calmness of rest and a refreshed spirit. |
| major energy lines, known as 'Sen'. These Sen | | | | Physically, the receiver feels a general increase in |
| run throughout the body. By loosening blockages, | | | | energy due to the opening of Sen and other |
| the massage will help harmonize the body and | | | | blocked areas in the body. They will also feel relief |
| recoup any deficiencies of the energy lines. Just | | | | from pain and muscle tension, blood and lymph |
| as Chinese medicine uses acupuncture to help | | | | circulation is improved, and the nervous system is |
| revive health, traditional Thai massage uses a | | | | balanced. An increase in flexibility is also possible. |