Advanced Thai Yoga Massage

Expand your Thai yoga massage practice with advanced postures and energy work to treat stress, back pain, headaches, and several other common conditions

• Includes step-by-step photographs for more than 50 advanced Thai yoga massage postures

• Illustrates in full color the locations of the sen lines and explains their specific therapeutic qualities and connections to ayurveda and the 5 kosha bodies

• Details successful treatment plans for 8 common ailments with custom 60-minute Thai yoga massage posture flows as well as ayurvedic and yoga recommendations for continued healing and prevention at home

In the unique healing system of Thai yoga massage--based on yoga, ayurveda, and the martial arts--the practitioner uses his or her own hands, feet, arms, and legs to gently guide the recipient through a series of yoga postures while palming and thumbing along the body's energy pathways and pressure points, known in the Thai tradition as sen lines and in ayurveda as marma points.

Providing a way to expand one's Thai yoga massage practice, this book includes step-by-step photos and guidelines for more than 50 advanced Thai yoga postures as well as successful treatment plans for 8 common ailments: stress, back pain, stiff neck and shoulders, arm and hand exhaustion, headaches, constipation, fibromyalgia, and anxiety/depression. Each treatment plan offers a customized one-hour Thai yoga massage posture flow specific to that ailment along with ayurvedic and yoga recommendations for continued healing and prevention after the massage session. This comprehensive guide also illustrates the exact location of the sen lines and marma points, detailing their therapeutic indications and connections to ayurveda and the five kosha bodies, as well as explaining how to incorporate them into sessions for deeper healing.

Auteur

One of the first Thai yoga massage practitioners in North America, Kam Thye Chow has taught Thai massage in Thailand and throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. The author of Thai Yoga Massage and Thai Yoga Therapy for Your Body Type, he is the founder and director of the Lotus Palm School in Montreal. Kam Thye Chow lives in Montreal.

Contenu

Foreword by Timothy McCall, M.D.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Heart of the Lotus Palm System

2. Massage Pathways: The Sen Lines and Marmas
   Sen Kalathari
   Sen Ittha and Sen Pingkhala
   Sen Thawari and Sen Sahatsarangsi
   Sen Sumana
   Sen Ulangka and Sen Lawusang
   Sen Nanthakrawat and Sen Khitchanna

3. Advanced Practice Series
   Sitting Postures
   Single Leg Postures
   Side Position Postures
   Back Postures
   Double Leg Postures
   Abdomen Massage

4. Thai Yoga Massage Protocols for Common Ailments
   Stress
   Back Pain
   Stiff Neck and Sore Shoulders
   Tired Arms and Hands
   Tension Headaches
   Constipation
   Fibromyalgia
   Anxiety and Depression

Conclusion

Appendix: Classifying Muscle Trauma

Resources

Index