Comments on: Thai Massage Healing Magic

By: Shama

Shama — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:03:34 +0000

Eugene, I think there are some elements of Thai Massage which are best felt or experienced in Thailand. Luckily both you and I had the opportunity to do that. I hope I can convey these elements in my articles to those who cannot come here to experience it. The temple excursion is one of those examples – such things generally don’t happen in the western world, but they are such an important part of the soul of Thai Massage.

By: Eugene Lytvynov

Eugene Lytvynov — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:03:50 +0000

Thank you for this wonderful article!!! I also had a dream to study thai massage and to become a practitioner.I finished 3 courses at Wat Po Massage school.I hope people will understand all your feelings and impressions from becoming a thai massage master.Thai massage is just not working with your hands or knees.Its working with your soul,mind,intention…Impossible to describe the work of the practitioner – everyone needs to feel it.

By: Shama

Shama — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:30:52 +0000

Thanks Sujatha, comments like yours give me the inspiration to keep “spoiling” my students:)

I do like your analogy about training in India. It reminds me of one well known Thai Massage school near Chiang Mai which was in a village and had only the most basic facilities with pigs running around everywhere. But countless students went there to study.

It is interesting to see how expectations change depending on where you are. If you would offer training under such circumstances in the western world, nobody would come. But here in Thailand people found this school to be an exotic adventure.

By: Sujatha

Sujatha — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:53:07 +0000

Wow! this kind of brought a lump to my throat-I dream of visiting Thailand… It also reminds me of what I tell my Yoga teacher trainees if they moan about facilities or noise in the venues we train in-I say go train in India-you can then learn on a scorching hot terrace with monkeys,cars, horns, elephants and a whole other lot of noise screeching in the background-you soon learn to go into yourself and not notice those things! I feel honoured to have met such an inspiring Yogi as yourself Shama-a true yogi-you are so the ball with your students all the time, giving us interesting bits of information and new things to look at all the time. You really do spoil us.

By: Shama

Shama — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:53:15 +0000

Thanks Larissa, it was an experience which I will never forget for sure! I am glad that you enjoy reading my messages. I always try to provide interesting and useful content.

By: Larissa

Larissa — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:23:40 +0000

Hi Shama,
Thank you so much for sharing with us your passion to Thai massage!
For a couple months now I receive your e-mails and enjoy every one of them.This article “Thai massage Healing Practice” deeply touched me.
Peace and light.
Larissa

By: Shama

Shama — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:41:40 +0000

Thank you Ariana for your kind words. Your support of my writing is a real source of inspiration for me!

By: Ariana Vincent

Ariana Vincent — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:05:11 +0000

Dear Shama – Thanks so much for posting this fascinating article about your Thai massage experience. Your journey is unique and captivating. I love the photographs that accompany your text. It’s so interesting seeing images of the interior and exterior of temples in Thailand, students, buses, and mats all lined up in a row, edge-to-edge. I can just imagine what an experience that must have been for you. Real life experiences are such magnificent teachers. You have a true gift, Shama, for both verbal and visual expressions. You also have the genuine heart of a healer. Warmly, Ariana