Thai massage was invented 2,500 years ago by the Buddha's doctor. This massage was taught and practiced along with meditation in the Buddhist temples.

Thai massage lasts at least one hour and a half and consists of palm pressing, giving stretches similar to yoga, and pressing the thumbs on the energy lines, called "sen" or "chi" channels, to discharge excessive energy, strengthen weaknesses, and stimulate the lymphatic system.

Thai massage is useful for stress-related problems, chronic pain, injury prevention, and maintaining flexibility, which maintains youth.

The recipient is dressed in loose clothing and lies on a padded floor that is at least 180 cm by 260 cm in area.

Ancient Massage, like most Asian methods, is a technique used to give mankind an experience of the total body. It is similar to acupressure and Shiatsu combined with stretches and yogic Asanas. Its nickname has become, "yoga for the lazy". Ancient Massage will strengthen the client physically and harmonize their energy so a new life experience can arise.

Ancient Massage works on the major meridians, also called energy lines or Nadis, which run throughout the human body. It aims to harmonize the body, to loosen blocks, and to recoup deficiencies along the energy lines. In contrast to traditional Chinese medicine, which uses acupuncture to manipulate the pressure points, Ancient Massage stimulates these same points with healing touch. Therefore, the points suffer less stress, and life energy, or Prana, is allowed to freely circulate.

Along with influencing the energetic side, Ancient Massage also works on the physical body. Starting at the feet and progressing up to the head, the client’s body will be moved, loosened and stretched. Ancient Massage combines techniques usually found isolated in the western physiotherapies including Trigger Point Treatments, Myofascial Techniques, Manual Therapy and others. The combination of energetic and physical aspects is unique to Ancient Massage, and so are its effects. Ancient Massage is a gift for the body, speech (energy) and mind (heart).

Ancient Massage is a way to prevent sickness. It helps to dissolve blocks before they manifest psychologically or physically, and it also improves flexibility. Injured athletes, as well as those suffering from handicaps or stress are another target group. Essentially, anyone will benefit from this powerful technique.

Concerning the treatment, Ancient Massage is a floor massage. The fully dressed client lies on a pad or light mattress. An ingenious system of movements allows the therapist to manipulate the client without much effort. Every movement is designed to support the client as well as the therapist. The massage is given in silence to allow the therapist to understand the client and to give the client a chance to focus and learn about himself without distraction. To give and to experience Ancient Massage is a meditative practice. At the end of a two to three hour treatment, both the receiver and the therapist will feel relaxed and energized.

1) Palm pressing from the extreme of the limbs and goes to the body core by pushing the lymph fluid and the blood to the organs to be renewed.

2) Stretching when the muscles are stretched and prepared, they are stronger and less vulnerable to injury, and can prevent later problems because the limbs can move the fluids more easily. Stretching the limbs also loosens the muscle fibers, allowing the muscles to reconstruct after exercise. Thai massage is called "lazy man's yoga" because it has the same movements as Yoga.

3) Pressing on the energy lines along the muscles where the energy flows. You can give deep pressure over these points, aleviating tension from the muscle knots that are caused by stress, lactic acid, and wounds. You push along theseenergy lines starting from the extremity of the limbs to the body core so that the energy can flow unhindered throughout the body.

- Improves circulation
- Eases chronic neck tension.
- Eases shoulder and back pain.
- Diminishes stress.
- Helps with anxiety.
- Helps with nervous tension.
- Augments oxygenation to the tissues.
- Improves the quality of sleep.
- Eliminates fat and mitigates cellulite.
- Improves localized pain: Sprains, muscle pains, stiff neck, joint pain.

Drains the Lymphatic System

The Lymphatic System carries all of the bodies toxins to the liver to be processed and eliminated. You can feel the larger Lymph nodes with your fingers, although they are throughout the whole body. 70% of the fluid in the body is lymph fluid, however it doesn't exist in the brain, bones, and spine. The Lymph system doesn't have a central pump like the blood stream does, so it can't flow throughout the body on its own; it needs to be transported with the help of exercise and massage. Most of the large lymph nodes are in the knees, pelvis, and neck.

- If you have Cancer you should have medical permission.
- If you have had surgery recently.
- If you have heart problems.
- If you have varicose veins.
- If you have an infectious disease.
- If you have joint pain.

- Extract old cellular fluid.
- Helps immune system defenses.
- Absorbs and transports the nutrients in fat.

In the beginning in India, medicine was part of an ascetically based religious movement, a portion of which became known as Buddhism. Medicine evolved with the Sangha and Buddhism monastery, became codified as part of the Buddhist scriptures, gave rise to the monk-healers and provided the basis for subsequent development of Buddhist monastic universities.

The traditional system of ayurvedic medicine owes much of its early systematization, preservation, and subsequent propagation to the ascetic Buddhists and their monastic institution.

When Buddhism began to spread to other parts of Asia, medical institution and practices of the monastery went along as integral parts of the religious system. When Buddhism reached Thailand in the 3rd or 2nd century BC, temples were built with adjacent dispensaries and medical schools.

Massage and other healing arts were taught and applied in the monasteries and within the family. In families it has been mainly an oral tradition (as most people could not read) handed down from teacher to student. The purpose of writing it down as done by the Sangha, was to preserve the medical tradition for the longest possible time and make it available to the maximum number of people of future generations.

It is easily understandable that compassionate monks and nuns would integrate any beneficial medical system to the one brought from India. It is also easy to understand that influence from China and other surrounding countries may have played a significant role in enriching the existing medical system. When one is sick or unwell no helpful method should be disregarded. If it truly helps, it is good.

As to where and when Ancient Massage originated precisely, it is difficult to ascertain for sure. A long time has passed and much historical evidence has disappeared. For example, at the time of the destructive Muslim invasion of Northern India and also at the time of the Burmese invasion of the capital of Ayutthaya in 1767.

Only fragments of the existing precious medical texts survived the Burmese invasion and destruction, which the king King Rama III in 1832 used as a basis for the famous epigraphs at Phra Chetuphon (Wat Pho) in Bangkok.

One thing is for sure, all is the fruit of care, of people striving to alleviate suffering and make others truly comfortable and well.
First, to offer materiel well being (cloth, food, shelter, medicine and so forth), second, to protect people from fear (the giving of fearlessness), and third, to teach the precious Dharma (the giving of Dharma). These are the three generosities taught by the Buddha.