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During two decades of practicing and teaching Thai Massage, I have learned quite a lot about the magic of touch. I know it is there, I have seen it, felt it, and experienced it, and I don’t need any more proof other than my experience.
Let’s look at the element of experiential proof compared to scientific proof in the context of Thai Massage.
This is not meant to discount science, but to offer an alternative way of perception – one that is more often the norm in Asia than in the Western world.
What does Thai Massage have to do with depression? Thai Massage – and most massages – are probably about the farthest thing from depression that you can find. And that is why it can be very helpful.
Recently I got a message from a friend of mine. She revealed to me that her doctor told her that she had a case of depression and put her on heavy anti-depressants. He told her she should keep taking them for several years!
Learning Thai Massage will give professional therapists amazing skills. However, there is also another way to use it.
Aside from our professions, we are also spouses, parents, and friends. Thai Massage can be applied to both scenarios – professionally and socially.
Let’s take Thai Massage out of the professional context for a moment, namely the kind where you make an appointment with a therapist, go to their office, fill out the forms, and pay a fee.
Abdominal Massage is much more than just a localized application. Western massage therapy emphasizes benefits that are specific to this area, like working on the intestines. Eastern therapy however extends the benefits of abdominal massage to the entire body.
The body is a totally interconnected system. Whatever happens in one area, affects the whole.
This concept has been slowly squeezed to death by western medicine. It increasingly specializes in smaller and smaller areas of the body and attempts to treat them individually and out of context.
Traditional eastern medicine is based on a much more holistic model that sees the body as a pulsating, vibrating, and interconnected system. This approach is also often used in western alternative health care.