Thai Massage

 

This technique was developed and well kept in Thailand by buddhist monks. It has a strong spiritual component because is base it on loving kindness and compassion (metta)

Created by Dr. Jivaka Kumar Baccha, a medical doctor closer to Buda that started collecting all the different asian medical insights as he was traveling with a patient. He took a lot from Yoga and Ayurveda.

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This massage is also know as Thai-Yoga, because is a pasive yoga developed in Thailand that uses pasive stretching combined with with preassure on muscles. It is very effective as it opens the body in a gradual way reaching a better mobility and flexibility, decreasing tensión in the body and improving a correct blood flow, thus generating energy in the tissues. It can contribute in the improvement of the posture to reach a general sensation of wholeness and well being.

Different from other techniques of massage, it uses not only the hands, but elbows, forearms, knees and legs. From the outside it looks like an outstanding dance, where the receptor and the therapist fuse in harmony