Thai Yoga massage is traditionally performed on a mat situated on the floor in order to achieve maximum benefit from weight, leverage, balance, and gravity. The client remains dressed in loose, comfortable clothing. Gentle pressure and compression are used to 'move the lom along the sen', stimulate internal organs, relax tense muscles, lengthen and soften fascia, and calm the nervous system. Passive stretching adjusts the skeletal structure, increases flexibility, and restores movement. It is often compared to a dance in which the bodies of practitioner and client merge in continuing movement.
Human touch, whether from another person or from yourself as part of a self-care routine, is one of the most important benefits of Thai Yoga Massage.
Touch, especially from massage, increases Delta wave activity in the brain. This normally happens with infants or when you are in deep sleep. Delta wave activity in your brain puts your mind into deep relaxation which promotes rest, healing and learning.
Thai Yoga massage is ideal for those desiring deep relaxation, release from stress, and maximum flexibility as well as those seeking to increase their level of health, well-being, and vitality. It calms the mind. Its many therapeutic benefits are appropriate for both the young and the elderly. Thai massage recognizes the unity of the whole being. Treatment is comprehensive and maximizes the body's potential. This is an ancient art with origins extending back in history, yet it addresses the ills of present-day society.
Physical Benefits
• Help detoxification of the body and boost immune system
• Increase blood circulation, lower blood pressure and breathing
• Good for muscle relaxation, increase flexibility in your muscles,
increase mobility
• Improves posture, balance, corrects body alignments and dissolves
energy blockages
• Improves athletic performance
• Help arthritis and back pain
• Help tone the body, strengthen joints and fight diseases, including
chronic joint problems
• Prevents illnesses and alleviates degenerative diseases
• Slows the aging process
• Immune booster
Mental Benefits
• Improves emotional balance
• Helps concentration and creativity/ Mind and body concentration
• Clears and calms your mind
• Helps you gain mental clarity
Psychological effects
• Reduce and relieve stress and anxiety
• Helps boost energy and stamina
• Develops self-awareness
• Improves overall health and vitality
The benefits of traditional Thai yoga massage include those of other types of massage, such as improved circulation, release of muscle tension, increased mobility and flexibility, as well as stress relief. However, traditional Thai yoga massage goes further; its more specialized techniques will help promote a balance of all the body’s systems, body, mind, and spirit to create the complete sense of well being. Expect to leave feeling relaxed, restored, and rejuvenated.
Thai Yoga massage is also very helpful in relieving the following ailments:
Arteriosclerosis, arthritis, asthma, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue, diabetes, digestive disorders, fibromyalgia, headaches, heart conditions, high blood pressure, inflammation, insomnia, migraines, neck pain, numbness, injuries, partial paralysis, sciatica, shoulder soreness, sinus pressure, sprains, stiffness, strains of muscles and tendons, stress, TMJ, whiplash pain.
It can also improve:
Pain management, balance mind, body, and spirit, boost immunity, decrease depression and anxiety, enhance relaxation, help with digestion, help with lymphatic circulation, improve blood circulation, improve neurological function, improve range of motion, increase energy and flexibility, prevent PMS, promote inner peace and calmness, provide rejuvenation, reduce stress and releases tension, stimulate circulation, strengthen the internal organs and increase the flow of the Life force through you.
WHO IS YOGA MASSAGE FOR?
Thai Yoga massage is beneficial to an extraordinarily wide range of people. Because of its effectiveness in inducing deep rest and relaxation, it is beneficial to anyone in need of stress reduction or with stress related disorders. With its unique use of stretching movements, it is useful for everyone who would benefit from increased flexibility. This includes almost everyone., from the athlete to the elderly. Its emphasis on peripheral stimulation through pressure points make it useful in the alleviation of organic disorders. The combination of these attributes place Thai massage in a unique position as a healing therapy.
Just as no two people respond to any stimulus in precisely the same way, people will vary in their response to yoga massage. A person who is relaxed, and receptive to a new experience, will especially benefit. One who is more tense, rigid, or fearful, will still benefit, but to a lesser degree. Some will find that a single treatment can radically alter their perception of their own body, and therefore their sense of self, while others will require a longer time to achieve the same physical and emotional result.