| About Thai Traditional Massage | | | | better. |
| If you are walking around the paved streets of | | | | When you get the thai massage for the first |
| Thailand, you'll be amazed at the number of thai | | | | time, maybe you can get exhausted the next |
| massage parlors all around the country. In most | | | | morning. This is also natural, because the blocked |
| of these massage parlors, it costs just few dollars | | | | "poison" is now released into your blood stream |
| for 2 hour session, but if you are getting thai | | | | and if this amount of poison is too much, you can |
| massage from 4-5 star hotels, this could cost as | | | | get extremely fatigue next day. But of course, it |
| much as 50 dollars. Unlike European oil massage, | | | | will be gone just 1 or 2 days. After that you can |
| you get massage with a loose massage cloth | | | | enjoy thai massage again, and after this, you will |
| provided by the parlor. | | | | not have such fatigue any more. Experts |
| Thai massage is based on the traditional theory | | | | recommend you to have massage not everyday, |
| from India about "invisible force lines that runs | | | | but 2-3 times per week. If you actively retain to |
| through the body". Basic theory is, a therapist | | | | get thai massage every week, you can feel |
| stimulates this line by pressing points on the force | | | | refreshed always. That's the common secret of |
| lines. This actively seeks to release blockages and | | | | many old Europeans who retired to Thailand. Thai |
| allow the force flow throughout the body. The | | | | massages are the refreshments that make them |
| Therapist incorporates the use of hands, feet, | | | | live happier and healthier. |
| arms and legs to stretch, balance and energize | | | | Some foreigners suppose "Thai massage is for |
| the client's body. Also this eliminates the poison | | | | foreigners". But that's not true. In smaller towns |
| materials within the body fabric. The whole | | | | where you can hardly see any foreigners you can |
| session is supplemented by many extension and | | | | still find a thai massage parlor. In Thailand, thai |
| stretching components. Sometimes thai massage | | | | massage is one of the common essence of living |
| can occasionally cause some pain when the | | | | like food, water and air. It is not like the relaxing |
| therapist press some spots. This is natural | | | | massage in Europe where it's still treated as a |
| because this is where "the force is blocked", and | | | | luxury. That's why you can get thai massage at |
| even though you may have some pain releasing | | | | such an affordable price. |
| the blockage, after the session, you'll feel much | | | | |