Thai Yoga massage
Thai Yoga Massage. This ancient therapy which is over 2500 years old.
- Relives pain and muscle tension.
- Relives stress and emotional strain.
- Strengthens and rejuvenates the body.
- Improves circulation of blood and lymphatic fluid.
- Increases flexibility assisting with common back and joint problems.
- Giving you a general feeling of well being assisting in balancing the mind body and spirit.
For more information please contact Sensei Tassie on 07949097777 or by email.
The History of Thai Massage
Historically speaking the knowledge of Thai traditional massage (Nuad Thai) reached South East Asia approximately 2500 years ago. It is said to have been introduced by a doctor from Northern India by the name of Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha. A contemporary of Buddha and a personal doctor of the Magadha King Bimbisara. Kumar Bhacca is known to have been a friend of Buddha and a doctor for the Buddhist monks.He is mentioned in the Pali Kanon, the old texts of Buddhism from the Southern school of Theravada (found today mainly in Sri Lanka, Birma, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand). In the 17th century medical texts written in the Pali language and Khmer script on palm tree leaves. These old texts seem to have been of great importance and were worshipped almost in the same way as the Buddhist writings.
However, when in 1767 the ancient Royal Town of Ayutthaya was destroyed by Burmese conquerors, the old texts were largely lost. Only fragments survived which King Rama III in 1832 used as a basis for the famous epigraphs of the Phra Chetuphon Temple (Wat Pho) in Bangkok. This school is the oldest school of Thai traditional massage, also known as nuad Thai.
The Thai medical centre Wat po is where Sensei Tassie has studied the ancient art of Nuad Thai.