The Energy Within
Anyone who has visited Thailand might recall almost tripping over Thai massage therapists as they line the crowded night bazaars and beach fronts, nimbly shifting their weight to stretch out and counterbalance their supine clients, teasing out the week's stresses and gently restoring their client's to optimum health. In Thailand massage costs very little and therapists abound, massage is a sociable activity received regularly by all.
Thai Massage works along similar, yet lesser known, energy principles to Traditional Chinese Medicine, replacing Chi (Qi) is Sen. Sen energy travels throughout the body along 10 main energy lines or meridians. To maintain a steady and even flow of energy is to achieve good health - this is the simple goal of Thai massage.
Every life no matter how charmed has its fair share of stresses, through these stresses we build up areas of muscular tension, we suppress emotions and close off painful memories; all of this energetic 'baggage' is stored in the body and can lead to blockages in and around the Sen lines, potentially resulting in illness. Thai Massage is a fully clothed massage given on a futon mattress, the massage therapist uses a sequence of acupressure and yoga-like stretches to reconnect the Sen lines encouraging the healthy flow of Sen energy throughout the body. Often dubbed 'Yoga for lazy people' the passive stretches of Thai Massage give the body an excellent work out which together with the acupressure reconnects broken energy paths.
It's a tragedy that in the west our health care tends to deal with the symptoms of illness and not the root of many problems, as a result little of our health care system takes a preventative approach.
Thailand is also known as the land of a thousand smiles - perhaps this is due to their proactive and empowering approach to a healthy lifestyle and personal well being through the integration of regular massage - we might all smile more with more massage in our lives.
For more information visit www.tadasana.ie
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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