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ancient healing traditional thai massage By Marti Doolittle Now becoming more popular in the West, you don’t have to travel to Thailand to experience the benefits of a unique style of therapeutic massage called Traditional Thai (or Thai Yoga) Massage. Why Thai Massage? Thai Massage is an ancient healing art originating in India over 2500 years ago, which was later migrated to Thailand where it is a common healing practice. In Eastern medicine, it is believed that stagnation along energy lines of the body can cause pain, fatigue and disease. Thai massage can help release this blocked energy, relieve aches and pains from tense muscles, stiff joints and reduce the debilitating effects of everyday stress. This form of bodywork can also help improve poor posture and maintain joint flexibility which is so often lost with age. From young to elderly, Traditional Thai Massage can help improve your range of motion, prevent injury and increase vitality. With regular treatments, benefits tend to multiply. After a Thai session, clients often state they feel renewed, energized and “taller”. What is Thai Massage like? Thai massage is administered on a comfortable floor mat while you are fully-clothed in a completely relaxed and passive state. During an average 60 to 90-minute private session, your practitioner will position and support you in yoga-inspired stretches, while applying gentle palm pressure and soothing rocking movement for a therapeutic full-body treatment. How is this different from Yoga? With yoga, you are performing stretches using various yoga postures. With Thai Massage, the therapist is applying rhythmic acupressure, while performing the stretches for you, always working within your flexibility range. In other words, the therapist does all the work for you. You do not need to be familiar with yoga, but if you are, Traditional Thai Massage makes an excellent complement to your yoga practice or any form of exercise. Health & Wellness: The medical community is embracing the therapeutic benefits of massage and its contribution to health & wellness. Let your healthcare provider know you are receiving massage therapy. I encourage you to investigate other forms of therapeutic massage and bodywork until you find what best suits your health & wellness needs.
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Marti Doolittle, of Healing Muscle Therapies, is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Thai Practitioner, and offers this unique form of bodywork in
Silver Lake, Wisconsin. She can be reached at (262) 515-7035 or visit her website at