Thai Yoga Massage is more than a technique: it is a deep listening experience, a silent dance between movement, breath and presence. It combines the wisdom of yoga with the age-old precision of Thai massage.
Through passive stretching, rhythmic pressure and joint mobilizations, this treatment takes the body into a restorative release. No need to do anything: just let go, breathe and receive.
The Origins of Thai Yoga Massage
Originating more than 2,500 years ago in Thailand, Thai Yoga Massage is an Eastern massage with roots in Ayurvedic medicine and Buddhist philosophy. Its founder is said to be Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha, an Indian physician and disciple of the Buddha who is still revered as the father of traditional Thai massage.
This practice, originally called Nuad Bo-Rarn (“ancient massage”), was passed down in temples and practiced as a form of moving meditation. A sacred gesture to restore balance between body, mind and spirit.
Thai Yoga Massage is based on the theory of the Sen, ten energy channels similar to the meridians in Chinese medicine. When energy
Thai Yoga Massage: the main techniques
Each Thai Yoga treatment is tailored to the person’s body and energy state. However, it is structured around 5 fundamental techniques that work in synergy:
- Passive stretching
- Digitopressions along the Sen lines
- Gentle joint mobilizations
- Compressions and rhythmic oscillations
- Conscious breathing
Passive stretching: yoga that happens
At the heart of Thai Yoga Massage is effortless conscious movement: the practitioner accompanies the body in yoga-inspired postures, guiding deep, harmonious stretches.
It improves flexibility, releases tension, frees joints and opens inner “spaces.” In fact, it is like practicing yoga, but letting it take you.
Digitopressions along the Sen lines: reactivating the flow of life
Rhythmic pressures along the Sen channels are among the most powerful tools in Thai Yoga Massage. Applied with thumbs, palms, elbows or feet, they help loosen blockages, stimulate circulation and rebalance the nervous system. The result? A new vitality that flows back into the body like a gentle wave.
Joint mobilizations: awakening fluidity
Gentle, circular mobilizations restore freedom to the joints. Ideal for those who spend many hours sitting or have chronic tension, these maneuvers awaken the body’s natural fluidity. Each movement is an invitation to let go, to rediscover lightness.
Compressions and oscillations: the body cradles itself
Thai yoga is also rhythm. Slow oscillations and cadenced compressions induce a meditation-like state. The body is rocked as if in a dance, the nervous system is calmed, the mind is quieted. This is where the magic of release takes place.
Conscious breathing: the thread that connects
In every phase of Thai Yoga Massage, breath is the key: every pressure, every stretch, is accompanied by deep breathing. It is the breath that roots the experience in the “here and now,” dissolves inner resistance, and transforms touch into awareness.
Thai yoga at the Lanna Thai center: a journey of reconnection
Thai Yoga Massage is ancient, but always incredibly relevant. In a rushing world, it invites you to slow down, in a tired body it brings back presence, in a crowded mind it gives silence.
At our center, although we do not offer Thai Yoga Massage in its most traditional version, we do offer a treatment that fully embodies its spirit: the Traditional Thai Massage.
Rooted in the same energetic vision, this treatment combines gentle stretching, deep acupressure, rhythmic maneuvers, and mindfulness. Each session is personalized, built in listening to your body and emotions. We use only authentic techniques, learned from trained practitioners, with the sole goal of helping you regain balance, centering and well-being.
Prefer a more enveloping touch? Try our Thai Massage with Oil, ideal for those who desire deep relaxation, or the Hot Oil Massage, perfect during times of particular fatigue, to restore warmth, vitality and lightness.
Let the rhythm of your breath lull you.
Stretch your body, clear your mind with Thai massage.
