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Thai Massage | Treatment, Response, and Health Benefits
There are actually three important moments in time, that is, subsequent effects (or responses) after having received a Thai Massage treatment session: [ ... ]

Aquatic Massages | Water Massage
Aquatic Massage therapy — also called Pool Massage or Water Massage — takes place in water in a (swimming) pool, and is typically a gentle [ ... ]

Safflower Oil and Ayurvedic Massage | Abhyanga
Safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius) is an herbaceous, thistle-like plant. The oil, which is rather similar to Sunflower oil, is derived from the seeds of [ ... ]

Phenomenological Views, Existentialism, and Advaita Vedanta
Phenomenology is a philosophical lineage of which in the former century the philosophers Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre were the major spokesmen. They [ ... ]

Huang Po and the Transmission of Mind | Obaku
Huang Po — also known as Huangbo or Ōbaku — was a Buddhist teacher, an exponent of Chan or Zen Buddhism, living in the 9th century in Chi [ ... ]

Ayurvedic Herbal Smoke Inhalation | Dhumapana
Dhumapana is an Ayurvedic treatment procedure by which one inhales medicated herbal smoke. It can also be used as a treatment as part of the Dinachary [ ... ]

Ayurvedic Ear Massage and Oiling | Karna Purana
Karna Purana or Karna Pratisaranam is an Ayurvedic ear oiling treatment, which also includes a gentle massage of the ears, that is, massage of the ear [ ... ]

Thai Herbal Sitz Bath | Yu Fai Postpartum Treatment
One of the traditional postpartum treatments in Thailand is the Sitzbath (Sitz Bath), part of the practices performed in the Yu Fai postnatal period. [ ... ]

ZenThai Shiatsu Massage | Zen Shiatsu, Osteopathy, and Thai Massage
Zenthai Shiatsu was developed by Gwyn Williams (Australia) and draws from the traditional energetic based systems of Zen Shiatsu (the Shiatsu lineage [ ... ]

Ayurveda and the Importance of Sleep | Nidra
According to Ayurveda Medicine, sleep — which is called Nidra in India — is an important pillar in sustaining life. Getting enough sleep s [ ... ]