HISTORY

The founder of Thai massage and medicine is said to have been Shivago Komarpaj, who is said to have been the Buddha’s physician over 2,500 years ago. In fact, the history of Thai massage is more complex than this legend of a single founder would suggest. Thai massage, like Traditional Thai Medicine more generally, is a combination of influences from Indian, Chinese, Southeast Asian cultural spheres and traditions of medicine, and the art as it is practiced today is likely to be the product of a 19th-century synthesis of various healing traditions from all over the kingdom.

BENEFITS

Physical Benefits of Thai Massage

Help detoxification of the body and boost immune system
Increase blood circulation, lower blood pressure
Good for muscle relaxation, increase flexibility in your muscles, increase mobility
Improve breathing
Improves posture, balance corrects body alignments and dissolves energy blockages
Improves athletic performances
Helps arthritis and back pain
Help tone the body, strengthen joints and fight diseases, including chronic joint problems
Prevents illnesses and alleviates degenerative diseases
Slows the aging process

Mental Benefits of Thai Massage

Improve your outlook towards life; builds an emotional balance
Help with concentration and creativity/ Mind and body concentration
Clear and calm your mind
Help you gain mental clarity

Psychological effects of Thai Massage

Reduce and relieve stress and anxiety
Help people boost their inner energy levels
Develop discipline and self control
Achieve better health, increases health and vitality
Raise the energy level and stamina
Build internal power (and creates a natural confidence)

What Are The Benefits Of A Child Massage?

The obvious advantage is that the child will feel relaxed and relieved after the massage. In addition, it can also help to treat certain problems in everyday life:

• hyperactivity
• fatigue and inability to pay attention
• Sleep disorders
• developmental delays.

Studies show that it can also:

• reduce anxiety
• gain self-esteem
• increase flexibility
• improve muscle tone
• reduce pain

Maintaining hormonal balance is important for all ages, but especially for teens with imbalances that lead to mood swings and other disturbing and challenging behaviours, it can affect them physically. Massage helps these children regain a healthy hormonal balance.

How can you improve your child’s physical and emotional development?

Once they start school, children spend increasing amounts of time sitting at desks and don’t always sit correctly. In addition, many kids relax after school by playing computer games, where they are again in a seated position and putting a load on their eves and nervous system.

Regular massage therapies can help to relieve body tension, improve posture and balance bodily functions. Even one massage session can calm them down and help them to regain emotional balance.

Thai massage techniques are adapted to maturing and growing children and young people. High-gualitv natural essential oils are used during the massage.

This therapy:

• helps to put your child’s mind at peace and imbroves attention and concentration.
• has favourable effects on the nervous system and pacifies the mind.