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Benefits of Thai massage

An important element of Eastern medicine is the concept of life force or energy. In Yogic terms, it is referred to as prana, in Chinese it is called chi, and in Thai it is called loom. All are referring to the basic principle of life force energy, which flows along specific channels.

Traditional Thai massage is an ancient energy-based healing system that combines acupressure, reflexology and assisted yoga postures. Treatment effects are enhanced when the patient is fully relaxed and breathing deeply.

Nuad Boran (known in various forms as Thai massage, Thai Yoga Massage, and other terms) began to evolve in Thailand over 2,000 years ago. Based on healing principles similar to those utilized in other non-western healing therapies, the Thai system focuses on circulation of vital energy in major pathways called sen. The major energy lines are manipulated, and important pressure points along these pathways are stimulated to help break down blockages, stimulate energy flow and restore balance and harmony.

Identifying features of traditional Thai massage are integrated yoga postures which are performed on the recipient. Through assisted yoga, the body is stretched in ways that are difficult to attain through individual exercise and yoga practice. The result of a full-body Thai treatment is often an exciting and powerful mind/body healing experience, bringing both the recipient and the practitioner to heightened states of physical and spiritual well-being.

Traditional Thai massage is more precise and energizing than other forms of traditional massage. Thai massage provides benefit by stimulating pressure points to open the body’s energy pathways, allowing healing energy to flow freely and allowing the body to heal itself.

For many, traditional Thai massage is also a spiritual discipline in that it incorporates the practices of mindfulness (breath awareness) and loving kindness. These techniques, when shared by practitioner and client, help bring the treatment session to a focused and deep level.

Cheerfulness - an expression of love

“If we want cheerfulness to pay us a visit we have to be free, and to be free we must stop amassing inner burdens. Cheerfulness is linked to the idea of lightness. And what makes us light? Love. Love warms and expands our heart, and then we become light, like a balloon floating up into the atmosphere, and we rise joyfully into space. Cheerfulness is one of the most poetic expressions of love. When you love someone, you only have to hear their name or see them from afar to feel cheerful, joyful, and for your soul to begin to sing.
You will say that if the person you love doesn’t love you, seeing them from afar or hearing their name will make you suffer. This is true, but this means that the love you feel for them is still not true love.

True love is self-sufficient; it expects nothing. And as it expects nothing, it gives you everything.”

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Living with love - what this means

"As soon as you awaken in the morning, welcome this new day with gratitude and make a resolution to live it with love. And what does ‘to live with love’ mean? Well, it simply means to breathe, to eat, to walk, to look and to listen with love. You think you already know all this… No, you don’t! When you truly begin to comprehend with your whole being what it is to live with love, your entire existence will be transformed. Love will spring forth from you unceasingly from morning until night, and even when you are sleeping.

To live with love means to live in a state of consciousness which harmonizes all the actions of your life and keeps you in perfect equilibrium… a state of consciousness which is a source of joy, strength and health, not only for yourselves, but for all those around you."

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

For more excerpts from the teachings of Omraam visit this website.