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Renowned for services
ranging from eyelash extensions and
laser hair removal to chakra
balancing and
chi revitalizing,
Bangkok is host to an exotic and
bizarre array of treatments and
therapies. A quintessential
component to this multi-faceted
jamboree, traditional Thai massage
is perhaps the most well-known and
celebrated of Bangkok's pampering
services. As the Japanese delicately
knead flesh in accordance with
Shiatsu and the Chinese offer rubs
following principles of Tui-Na,
Thailand presents a signature
massage
technique involving
traditional systems of holistic
Thai massage draws significant
influence from India's ancient
Ayurvedic traditions of medical
practice.
Ayurvedic medicine, also a
holistic form of healing, plays an
integral role in the practice of
both Hinduism
and Therevada
Buddhism. Monks and similar
practitioners of healing transmitted
Ayurvedic techniques
toThailand
some 2,500 years ago, thus giving
birth to the wonderful phenomenon
that is Thai massage.
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Thai massage combines meditation, energy, reflexology, pressure points and yoga stretches.
Main energy lines are selected for this practice (otherwise known as the Sen) starting from the feet and
working systematically up through the body to the head. |
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