Why Thai Massage is Quickly Becoming the Hottest New Trend
Thai Massage is resurfacing as the hottest new trend with life-long benefits for mental and physical health.
Thai Massage offers the benefits of an acupressure or deep tissue massage, the stretching and breathing of a yoga class and energetic balancing of the body’s electromagnetic field all in one session.
While Thai Massage has been strongly embraced by many pro-athletes, runners, golfers, surfers and rock-climbers, this style of bodywork offers many advantages for people from all walks of life. Thai Massage has very few contraindications, making it highly beneficial to nearly everyone.
Thai Massage is practiced on a thick mat on the floor with the client wearing loose-fitting, comfortable clothing, thus making it easy to do anywhere, anytime. The practitioner uses hands, feet and knees to provide gentle, rhythmic compressions and yoga-like stretches to joint and muscle tissue, all while addressing the ten major energy lines.
One of the biggest reasons Thai Massage is gaining so much popularity is because of its energizing effects on both the body and mind. Unlike most table massages, at the end of a Thai session the client feels physically energized, as well as mentally alert and refreshed. These sensations can be directly attributed to the muscle tissue being stretched, joints being freed and energy pathways being cleared.
Another attractive benefit of Thai Massage is the effects it has on the body’s internal organs and bodily functions. Regular recipients of Thai Massage have reported positive shifts in their metabolism, digestive process and sleep patterns. One of my clients who suffered from insomnia began receiving Thai Massage once a week for a period of one hour. Within just a few weeks, she was sleeping soundly through the night and awaking the next morning feeling rested and ready to greet the day.
Professional athletes and sports enthusiasts often receive Thai Massage prior to their games or activities because of the many benefits it affords them. Like most of us, they sometimes lack the self-discipline to hold the appropriate stretches long enough to achieve the proper warm-up. This is a perfect example of why Thai Massage is quickly becoming the new trend in massage and bodywork.
Often referred to as the “lazy man’s yoga”, Thai Massage deepens the stretch in a way that is passive for the recipient, yet very active in its effects. The movements are done to the client, which removes their preoccupation with trying to struggle into a pose. Suddenly they find themselves in a deep stretch and they’re actually enjoying it because they didn’t have to exert any of their own energy to get there.
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Trista Thorp is a Certified Thai Massage Therapist, Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master in Carlsbad, California. Her practice is geared specifically toward Womens health and well-being. Trista’s exclusive clientele consists primarily of celebrities, professional athletes and local sports enthusiasts.