The main type of working with body is a soft pressuring with palms along energy channels. At the same time the therapist puts his client’s body in a position, where these channels kind of come to the surface and become more reachable for impact.

At the same time the therapist may work using his palms, knees and feet

On the lines of energy flow in the body (sen) there are also special points - energy knots (marmas), where energy may get stuck and physical tension builds up. In such points, in order to release this tension we can use fingers for a deeper impact

Sometimes it’s easier to work with these zones using your feet (in this case - the heel)

In general, working with the feet is often used in Thai massage, it allows to make quite a deep affect with the minimum therapist’s effort

For the same purpose we often use knees, it’s especially suited with tight muscles or a large stature of the client

I should notice, that when the therapist has a good contact with his body, he will never harm or hurt his client (even when he uses knees, elbows and other parts of the body in his work)

In addition to pressure (and often along with it), I actively use soft twisting, which tone ligaments and muscles, increase flexibility of joints and spine

Yogis believe, that flexibility of the body is the key to good health and longevity. It’s important to maintain our muscles and ligaments flexible. In traditional Thai massage we widely use stretches

…and deep stretches, because of which it’s often called Thai Yoga massage

A unique method in Thai massage is stimulation of blood circulation to clean vessel walls. For a short time therapist clips arteries in different places of the body, reducing blood flow, and then frees them again, that allows the bloodstream to run the vessels with twice as much vigour, cleaning them. Of course, this method is only applicable for people with a healthy circulatory system.

Technique of Traditional Thai massage

According to the theory of Thai medicine, so-called life- or inner energy circulates in a human body. It moves through special energy channels - «Sen», which are connected with all tissues and organs. A person is healthy only when this energy flows freely, harmoniously spreading all over body. Normal physical state creates a feeling of aliveness, self-confidence and optimism. Any obstacle on the way of this energy flow leads to an illness.

There are 10 main lines or channels - 10 sens - in Thai massage. In the process of massage a practitioner affects on these channels and bio-active points (Marmas), that removes barriers on the way of life energy and prevents it’s stagnation. As a result, organism’s healing forces and regulation of body chemistry and energetic processes get activated, immune system strengthens, stress implications go away.

Technique of Traditional Thai massage

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