Namaste and Welcome to Thai Yoga Bliss
For me the practice of Thai Yoga Therapy is a personal spiritual practice.  It is a unique blend of Yoga, Ayurvedic and Buddhist knowledge and traditions which has a great lively component of Spirit.  Thai Yoga is a spiritual practice of the healing arts where the practitioner brings a lively meditative presence and ‘Metta’ (loving kindness) into action while using ancient techniques of unblocking & enlivening the energy body.  The recipients experience the benefits of a super-charged yoga asana session and deep meditation  while resting comfortably.  I hope you will come try it out.  

What is Thai Yoga Therapy?
Thai Yoga Therapy is the healing art of  the legendary ancient Traditional Thai Massage.  It is also known as Thai Yoga Massage , Thai Yoga and Thai Massage.  It is however not at all like the massage we know in the west.  Massage is the closest English translation.  In reality it is a legendary Yoga Therapy and Ayurvedic healing art.  It is an ancient, unique, energy-body work that can be deep, dreamy, and relaxing while releasing blocked energy and leaving the recipient in a more aware and energetically coherent and fluid state.  This energy-body work utilizes the Yogic system of energy lines called the Prana Nadis, which are known as the Sen in the Thai tradition.  In ancient traditional understanding the energy lines lie not in the physical body but in the energy sheath known as the Pranamaya Kosha.  Thai Yoga Therapy utilizes a flowing sequence of rhythmic rocking motion, compression, pressure along energy lines (Sen) using palms, fingers, feet, elbows and knees, assisted yoga stretches, joint rotation, breathing, a meditative state and loving kindness (metta).  Thai Yoga Therapy  is received fully-clothed, on a mat on the floor, wearing comfortable yoga-like clothing.

What should I expect during my Thai Yoga session?
In Thai Yoga Therapy the body is slowly and smoothly moved and compressed  along 10 main energy lines to relieve tension, release  restrictions, and tonify the body inside and out.  Relaxed conscious breathing is emphasized and helps create a calm, peaceful state of mind-body. While Thai Yoga is a  more rigorous workout for your body than a table massage, Thai Yoga is meant to be  therapeutic, not strenuous or painful. An open line of communication is maintained to ensure your comfort and safety throughout the session. The goal of ancient Traditional Thai Massage is  to open up and enliven the energy-body, while respecting physical body  limits. The effect is uniquely relaxing as well as energizing.   
 
Thai Yoga Therapy appeals to a wide range of people. It’s beneficial for  all ages, flexibility and activity levels. While each person will respond to Thai Yoga in relation to their own experience and present state of health, it is good to remember that ancient Traditional Thai Yoga Massage has been used for  countless generations to counter degenerative forces and promote wellness.  It is also widely used by athletes, dancers, yoga teachers and students.

What are the Origins of Thai Yoga Therapy?
Thai Yoga Therapy is the healing art of Traditional Thai Massage or nuad phaen bo rarn,as it is called in Thailand.  That translates as ‘Ancient Massage’.  It’s origin is attributed to an Indian Ayurvedic physician, Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha, who was a friend and the physician to Buddha and the physician of the Sangha of Buddhist Monks and nuns.   It has more than 2500 years of history of therapeutic healing.  For most of it’s history Thai Massage was only practiced and taught in the Buddhist temple or wat and was considered a spiritual practice.  Giving a Thai Massage was a practical application of Metta, the Pali and Thai word from Theravada Buddhism denoting “loving kindness”.   In Traditional Thai Massage, the practitioner maintains a meditative state with full awareness and mindfulness.  In this state the practitioner is able to develop intuition of the energy flow in the body and of the prana lines and to treat people according to their needs.  It is this form that I practice, drawing on almost 40 years of  classical yogic meditation based on the works of Pantanjali along with yoga asana and breathwork.  

What has Thai Yoga Therapy been used for?
Thai Yoga has been used for these and other therapies: acne, allergies, anxiety, athletic training and recovery, arthritis, Ayurvedic therapy,  back pain, cramps, circulatory issues, coughs & colds, constipation, depression, diabetes, ear pain, elder care, Fibromyalgia, head aches, heart attack, high blood pressure, knee pain, low energy, neck pain, numbness, pregnancy, sciatica, shoulder pain, sinusitis, sleep disorders,  varicose veins, wellness/whole body balancing, yoga therapy for kapha, pitta, or vata imbalance.  Thai Yoga Therapy is a living wholistic healing art and as such is always evolving with the human condition.