Thai Massage is a unique healing modality intertwining acupressure, energy meridian work, and passive yoga stretching.  Thai massage, Thai Yoga Therapy, and Nuad Boran are all names describing the same ancient art practiced in Thailand. Thai massage is one aspect of a traditional medical practice handed down through an unbroken chain of masters for hundreds, if not thousands of years, by oral tradition or secret palm-leaf manuscripts. 

     Thai massage is remarkably different from other forms of bodywork.  Most Thai massage sessions are performed on a thick foam mat on the floor while the client is fully clothed and no oil is necessary.  The therapist flows gently  through acupressure point stimulation and yoga-like stretches to create a fluid dance that balances and energizes the client.  Thai massage greatly benefits stiff, tired, and sore muscles helping restore lost range of motion, flexibility, and damaged tissue.  By encouraging lymphatic function and blood circulation, Thai massage can help detoxify the body, strengthen the immune system, and prevent  injury or disease.  The  routine can  be adjusted to suit a wide range of physical needs and abilities.  Thai massage is a perfect complement  to physical therapy, exercise, or any  therapy to promote wellness and balanced health in the body.

     Traditional Thai Massage is largely influenced with Indian Ayurvedic principles that traveled to Thailand alongside Buddhism.  Similar to other Asian techniques like Shiatsu and reflexology and Western trigger point therapy, Thai massage therapy promotes the flow of energy between specific points in the periphery of the body and the internal organs. The energy called sen create an intricate network of 72,000 energy meridians and acupressure points that stimulate and relax the client's mind and body, encouraging a holistic and natural healing process.

     All three essences are interconnected and when in balance, the body is healthy and harmonious.  Disease can originate in any one of the three essences and can cause imbalance in the others. Traditional Thai Medicine recognizes this connection and addresses them equally using the three branches of medicine:

                                            -Herbalism and diet to encourage health in the physical body.

                                            -Spiritual practice for the citta or mind/heart connection.

                                            -Thai massage balances the energetic system.

     Traditional Thai Medicine teaches the harmony of three essences to maintain a balanced, healthy, and peaceful life.  This Circle of Life describes the presence of the body, citta, and energy.  The body is the physical structure of the atoms and molecules that make-up the material self.  Citta translates as mind-heart describing the inner processes that are not visible but are directly real through our own experience.  Energy is the force that animates the body and citta, linking them together.