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1. What is Traditional Thai Massage?
2. What are the Benefits of Thai Massage?
3. What is Radiant Lotus® Thai-Yoga Body Therapy?
4. Who is Kwan Yin?

What is Traditional Thai Massage?

Traditional Thai massage which can be traced back 2500 years from Thailand, is a unique form of Eastern massage that is interactive between the client and the practitioner. It combines the best of Yoga and acupressure. The Thai massage involves physically manipulating, stretching, stimulating or correcting the client's body through the energy lines called Sen. Thai massage which is done on a mat with the client remains fully clothed, produces both external and internal balancing effects in the body. Through the use of a wide variety of stretching movements, Thai massage opens the joints and balances all the major muscle groups of the body. The patterns of gentle rocking and rhythmic compressions ease the clients into deeply relaxed state while helping them become more flexible than they thought possible.

              Dr. Jivaka

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What are the Benefits of Thai Massage?

Benefits of the Thai massage includes warmed and stretched muscles, greater range of movement, increased and focus healing energy flow, injury prevention, relaxation and stress relief, relief from sore and aching joints and muscles, detoxification, and a feeling of balance and well being.

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What is Radiant Lotus® Thai-Yoga Body Therapy?

Radiant Lotus® Thai-Yoga Body Therapy is a style of bodywork based on Traditional Thai Medical System. The origins of Traditional Thai Healing can be traced back more than 2500 years to its creation by Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha, a famous Ayurvedic physician from India. Dr. Jivaka, or the Father Doctor, was a friend and physician of Guatama Buddha and to the monks and nuns of the first Buddhist monastery. His holistic healing methods merged with Classical Chinese medicine to develop this remarkable system of massage techniques. Traditional Thai Medical Massage continues to be taught at Wat Po, an ancient Buddhist monastery in Bangkok and the Old Medicine Hospital in Chiang Mai. Throughout its history, Thai Massage has been closely aligned with Martial Arts training as the healing component. Other Southeast Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Laos and Cambodia, practice massage styles similar to Thai Massage. It strikes a dramatic similarity to Amma and Tuina of China and to Anma/Shiatsu of Japan.

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Who is Kwan Yin?

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