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Here you’ll find our articles about Thai Massage (also called Thai Yoga Massage or Nuad Thai), which is Thailand’s most important traditional therapeutic healing arts treatment modality.

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Thai Massage Teaching Methods and Techniques
Thai Massage Teaching Methods and Techniques
Teaching Thai Massage generally follows a see-feel-do approach. In more educational terms this would be called a VAK (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic) m [ ... ]
Herbal Compresses and the Sib Sen Energy Lines
Herbal Compresses and the Sib Sen Energy Lines
Herbal Compress Massage, in Thailand called Luk Pra Kob, and also referred to as Herbal Ball Massage, can be applied hot or cold. A Thai herbal compre [ ... ]
Thai Self-Massage Training Courses and Workshops in Thailand
Thai Self-Massage Training Courses and Workshops in Thailand
From a country so big in massage, notably in Thai Massage — both on the treatment and training level — one would expect a substantial numb [ ... ]
Learning Sen Lines in a Thai Massage Course | Sip Sen
Learning Sen Lines in a Thai Massage Course | Sip Sen
In this post, we’re going to take a look at how, in practice, the actual trajectories of the Thai Sib Sen Energy Lines are taught to Thai Massag [ ... ]
The Old Medicine Hospital and its Spiritual Heritage
The Old Medicine Hospital and its Spiritual Heritage
After the Wat Pho Thai Medical Massage School, the most illustrious name in the Thai Massage community in Thailand is the Shivagakomarpaj Traditional [ ... ]
Buddhist Ethics and Thai Massage
Buddhist Ethics and Thai Massage
One of the core ideas in Buddhism is to supply means and methods to come to the end of suffering of mankind. This, of course, is the same goal as gene [ ... ]
Spiritual Aspects of Thai Massage Training in Thailand
Spiritual Aspects of Thai Massage Training in Thailand
In the past, that is, before the 1950s, Thai Massage training in Thailand was typically given in Buddhist temples by monks, at home within the family, [ ... ]
Thai Temples and Thai Traditional Massage | The Buddhist Wat
Thai Temples and Thai Traditional Massage | The Buddhist Wat
The Buddhist Wat (“Wat” is the Thai word for “temple” derived from the Indian Sanskrit “Vata,” meaning “encl [ ... ]
Different Thai Sib Sen Energy Line Charts for the Same Sen Lines
Different Thai Sib Sen Energy Line Charts for the Same Sen Lines
One of the most “disturbing” things about the Thai Sen Energy Lines is that there are different versions around as far as it concerns the [ ... ]
Thai Massage and The Four Attitudes | Metta, Karuna, Mudita and Upekkha
Thai Massage and The Four Attitudes | Metta, Karuna, Mudita and Upekkha
The Four Attitudes — Karuna, Metta, Mudita and Upekkha — also called the Four Sublime States, the Four Immeasurables or Four Infinite Mind [ ... ]