Thai Yoga Massage
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Traditional Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient healing art, using hands, feet and elbows to apply pressure to important points, thus releasing blockages in the "Ten Sen" energy line system. These blockages cause aches, pains and disease. |
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| Brunhild Maslen |
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Hertfordshire
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St Albans AL1
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(Near to: Redbourn, Harpenden, Wheathampstead, Hatching Green, Childwickbury, Sandridge, Porters Wood, Marshalswick, Oaklands, Tyttenhanger, Potters Crouch, Pimlico, Bedmond, Chiswell Green, Napsbury, Frogmore, Colney Street, Shenleybury, Shenley, South Mimms, Hatfield) |
| Brunhild Maslen |
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Hertfordshire
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Apsley ,
Hemel Hempstead HP3
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(Near to: Little Heath, Bourne End, Kings Langley, Chipperfield, Piccots End, Water End, Frithsden, Potters Crouch, Potten End, Bovingdon, Berkhamstead, Pimlico, Great Gaddesden, Nash Mills, Redbourne) |
| Brunhild Maslen |
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Hertfordshire
(Only if client can't see in Apsley, Hemel) |
Kings Langley WD4
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(Near to: Nash Mills, Apsley, Chipperfield, Leavesden, Watford, Bovingdon, Bourne End, Chandler's Cross, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Berkhamsted, Chesham, Stanmore, Edgware) |
Thai Yoga Massage...
Traditional Thai yoga massage can look back at a long history of therapeutic healing. If one traces the evolution of the techniques of healing-massage practiced in Thailand, one discovers the astonishing fact that the earliest roots of Thai massage lie not in Thailand but in India. The legendary founder of the art is believed to have been a doctor from northern India. Known as Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha, he was a contemporary of the Buddha and personal physician to the Magadha King Bimbisara over 2,500 years ago. The teachings of Kumar Bhaccha probably reached what is now Thailand at the same time as Buddhism as early as the 3rd or 2nd century B.C.
The theoretical foundation of Thai massage is based on the concept of invisible energy lines running through the body. The Indian origin and influence is obvious here since the background of this theory clearly lies in Yoga philosophy. Yoga philosophy states that life energy (called Prana) is absorbed with the air we breathe and with the food we eat. Along a network of energy lines, the Prana Nadis, the human being is then supplied with this vital energy. Out of these energy lines Thai massage has selected 10 mainlines on which there are especially important acupressure points. Massaging these lines and points makes it possible to treat a whole range of diseases or to relieve pain. The 10 mainlines are sufficient to conduct practical treatment for the whole body and its internal organs. Disturbances in the flow of energy result in an insufficient supply of Prana, which will in turn lead to sickness. Working on the energy lines with massage can break the blockades, stimulate the free flow of Prana, and help to restore general well-being. Contrary to Western style massage, traditional Thai massage does not primarily work with the physical body but rather with the energy body. The kneading of muscles, which dominates in Western style massage, is absent from Thai massage: energy points are pressed or general pressure is used instead. There is a lot of stretching involved and many exercises might well be described as 'applied Hatha Yoga' or 'applied physical Yoga'. Increasingly also people in Thailand seem to realize that for certain ailments like asthma, constipation or frozen shoulders and to help recovery after a heart attack or to regain mobility of the limbs after a stroke to mention only a few, Thai massage treatment is far superior to conventional medicine and therapy.
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