What makes Thai massage different?

While massage helps relax body and mind, Thai massage, or Nuad Thai, is different. It aims to heal rather than provide gentle relaxation. The clinical benefits of Thai massage include reducing pain and muscle stiffness, and improving joint mobility.

Free-flowing energy
Nuad Thai involves a traditional set of full-body massage techniques – deep tissue pressure, passive stretching and physical manipulation into yoga-like poses – which have been practiced for thousands of years. The theory behind the therapy views the body as having 10 main energy lines called sen lines. Energy moves throughout the body following these lines. When the flow of energy is blocked bodily dysfunction, then discomfort and pain can follow. Thai massage seeks to open up these energy lines and release the energy flow through three main methods: