Thai massage is considered as one of the world’s oldest art of healing. You will probably find this massage technique on the menu all the way from fancy spas in New York City to the small and humble streets of Bangkok. But why is Thai massage so popular and what are the origins of Thai massage?

Origins

At the age of Buddha in India, 2500 years ago, a friend and a doctor of Buddha himself known as Shivago Komarpaj created the massage technique that uses principles of Ayurveda and yoga. He taught this technique to Buddhist monks and helped them to maintain the main centers for healing at that time, Buddhist temples. The massage technique gained popularity among Thai people very fast, a lot faster than it took Buddhism to reach Thailand.

Survival

As a lot of people in Thailand were unable to read, the technique was passed down through mouth-to-mouth for generations. The monks decided to make formal manuscripts on how you should perform the massage technique. The original document is written in Pali, and since it was considered a religious text, it was kept in the Ayutthaya, the capital of Thailand at the time.

Power is in the knowledge

In order to succeed in the art of Thai massage, spas and massage centres throughout the world place an important necessity for their entire team to fully understand the Thai massage long ancient history, and its health benefits background.  Ask your Thai Massage For Men masseur on further details on Thai massage and he’d be more than pleased to share it with you.

 

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