Thai-Massage
The traditional Thai massage (TTM ) is a massage technique that in Thailand under the Thai name Nuad Phaen Boran ( Thai: นวด แผน โบราณ ) is known, which means " ancient healing touch ". In Western Europe it is also called Thai yoga massage. Thai massage consists of passive, yoga positions and stretching movements taken from stretching, joint mobilization and pressure point massage. Ten selected energy lines ( Thai: สิบ เส้น - sip sen) that run through the body as an energetic network according to Ayurvedic teaching will be processed through gentle stretching and rhythmic pressure of palms, thumbs, knees, elbows and feet. The Thai massage is clothed rather than on a floor mat. Traditionally, it takes 2 ½ hours and is characterized by its dynamic performance aspect.
History and origin
The yoga elements (fish, plow, bridge, pliers, etc. ) of the Thai massage and the terminologies refer to an Indian origin. In its designation and its course the energy lines Thai massage resemble ( Thai: เส้น - sen) the usual in India energy lines ( prana nadis ): Sen Sumana ( thai - เส้น สุมนา ) - Sushumna nadi ( Sanskrit), Sen Ittha ( thai - เส้น อิ ทา ) - Ida nadi ( sanskrit), Sen Pingkhla ( thai - เส้น ปิ ง คลา ) - Pingala nadi ( sanskrit).
The authorship of the Thai massage is the North Indian doctor Jīvaka - Komarabhacca ( alternate spelling: Jivakar Kumar Bhaccha ) attributed. Even today he is venerated in Thailand as the "father of medicine," and in a devotional ( thai: Wai Khru - ไหว้ครู ) at the beginning of the Thai massage noted ( "Om Namo Jivago .. ").
Jīvaka - Komarabhacca was contemporary of Buddha and lived in the 5th century BC in India. In the Pali Canon, the ancient scriptures of Buddhism of the Southern School of Theravada, he is known as physician to the Magadha King Bimbisara Indian. King Bimbisara was attached to the Buddha and went to see him again. Also Jīvaka - Komarabhacca was in contact with the Buddha and took care of him and his monastic community physician.
The Thai massage must be in a circle of monks who relocated from India to Myanmar, have been transmitted in Southeast Asia - probably for many centuries, first orally in Buddhist temples. This may be the earliest from the 3 / 2 Century have happened, because only then began to spread the Buddhist teachings in the Southeast Asian region BC.
It also circulates the assumption that the Buddhist monks themselves have developed the Thai massage in order to cure them of the consequences of long meditation postures.
The only written remains to Thai massage are written on palm leaves in Pali language and Khmer font and were painted in 1832 by the then Thai King Nang Klao (Rama III. ) In the temple of Wat Pho in Bangkok in 60 engraved stone tablets. ( Epigravuren are there still be seen today ). All other products were already in 1767 in the destruction of ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya by Burmese invaders king lost.
As knowledge has probably leave this art of massage with Buddhism the Indian continent, it is not practiced in India today. The published there are techniques known as Indian Yoga Massage or Massage aryurvedische. It is conceivable that in Siam already existed forms of massage, which mingled with the new doctrine, and it is also possible that has won over the centuries on trade relations with China traditional Chinese medicine influence on the method.
The traditional Thai massage is connected to Buddhism in their current practice. It is applied with Metta ( in southern Buddhism common term for loving kindness ). The Masters are deeply religious people who perform massage in the state of mindfulness, equanimity, compassion and compassionate joy in the rule.
Operation
According to traditional Asian teaching
Foundation of Thai massage is the ayurvedic system of 72,000 energy lines ( nadis ), of which ten (sip sen - สิบ เส้น ) in Thai massage be edited. About this energy lines on which the so-called Marma points (energy points) are ( in Japanese shiatsu known as acupressure points), the man is powered by aryurvedischer teaching with prana ( life energy). Prana can be supplied to the body through breathing. In the Dehnpositionen of Thai massage the muscle consumes oxygen and man is encouraged to breathe more deeply. Intense pressure massage also cause increased respiration. A deep breathing promotes relaxation and regeneration (increased prana). In the teaching of Thai massage of pressure on specific marma points and energy lines with the following relief among other physical ailments corresponds:
- Headache
- Nausea
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Ringing in the ears ( tinnitus)
- Sleep
- Shock
- Cough
- Knee Pain
- Back pain
- Dizziness
From a scientific perspective
- Pressure point massage stimulate the blood circulation.
- In the stretching can relax the muscles.
- Yoga positions affect the skelettomuskuläre system and affect posture.
- Twists, inflections and stretching the spine can be intensified by train and have an effect on the physical agility.
- Positions in which the legs are raised, promote blood circulation and lymph flow.
- The rotation of the joints contributes to the production of synovial fluid and thus to physical suppleness.
- In the deep relaxation of the parasympathetic nervous system is activated, so that the internal organs have increased blood circulation and stimulate the metabolism.
- Mindful contact can trigger physical well-being, and lifting techniques can lead to a feeling of security.
Dissemination
In Thailand, Thai massage is a natural part of everyday life:
- It is practiced in the family environment or of local professionals to health care.
- To regenerate it finds application in hospitals.
- In most modified form it is offered in the tourism industry.
Since the 1990s, the traditional Thai massage or Thai yoga massage is taught and disseminated in the West. Asokananda (Harald chest, 1955-2005 ) was one of the first Europeans who introduced the Thai massage on the borders of Thailand and also internationally trained teachers. In Germany, the Thai massage in yoga centers, spas, spa hotels and private practices is exercised.