Traditional Thai massage has its origins within the principles of Cheewaka Ko-marrapat, an Indian healer who lived around the same time as the Buddha. It is the most effective system of manual manipulation for energising and strengthening the whole body. It promotes transmission in the energy lines and the flow of blood in veins, arteries and capillaries. The applied pressures used in massage therapy will relax and release the stiffness felt as a result of adhesions in the soft tissue fascia, thereby promoting normal function, experienced as physical well-being. Traditional Thai massage utilises pressure applied by touch to specific energy points and energy lines and is a combination of Thai and the original Indian healing therapies.
Contemporary Thai massage is a fusion of these ancient practices with those developed during the nineteenth century, using a variety of other Thai healing traditions, as well as Indian Aryuvedic and Chinese medicine. Therefore, today, we enjoy the benefits of a massage system that incorporates the wisdom of ancient and modern Asian traditions into a blend of movement, stretching and pressure that rejuvenates the whole body.