Thai Yoga Therapy

Traditional Thai Therapy, also called Thai Yoga Massage, Nuad phaen boran or Nuat Thai, is a therapeutic technique that dates back thousands of years. Its precise origins are unknown, but practitioners traditionally trace their lineage to Jivaka Komalaboat, also known as Shivago, who was a personal physician to the Sangha, a friend and physician to the Buddha and renowned as a healer in Buddhist tradition.

Diagrams inscribed on the walls at the temple of Wat Po in Bangkok illustrate one of the fundamental principles of traditional Thai medicine, that is, that energy flows through the body along ten major channels or sen lines. If an obstruction occurs in any of these channels, it is believed, pain or disease results. In this sense, traditional Thai therapy is similar to many other ancient healing systems, which believe that illnesses are caused by an imbalance or obstruction within the individual, or by an imbalance between an individual and his environment.

Ancient Thais treated a number of ailments by using massage to restore the flow of energy throughout the body. Traditional Thai massage is a deep, full-body treatment, which includes both stretching of the joints and muscles, and applied pressure to the sen lines. A Thai massage treatment is a positive, energizing, uplifting experience for the client as well as the practitioner.

Thai yoga therapy has many benefits including:

• stress and pain relief
• better resistance to injury
• improved range of motion
• release of lactic acid and other toxins from areas of accumulation
• toning of internal organs
• deep relaxation

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